Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load distribution in a network of small-cell base stations
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Application No.: US14996650Application Date: 2016-01-15
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Publication No.: US09788235B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Siddharth Ray , Murari Srinivasan , Milo Steven Medin
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schawartz and Cohn LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/801
- IPC: H04L12/801 ; H04L12/851 ; H04L12/701 ; H04W80/04 ; H04W36/18 ; H04W28/08 ; H04W36/22 ; H04W28/02 ; H04W16/08 ; H04W84/04 ; H04W24/08 ; H04W92/04

Abstract:
A network device may make a determination that a first backhaul connection, which serves a first base station, is congested and that a second backhaul connection, which serves a second base station, is not congested. This determination may be made based on a first periodic data cap imposed on the first backhaul connection, a traffic load on the first backhaul connection, a second periodic data cap imposed on the second backhaul connection, and a traffic load on the second backhaul connection. In response to the determination, the network device may configure a value of a cellular communication parameter utilized by one or both of the base stations. The configuration may comprise periodic adjustments of the value of the cellular communication parameter. The periodic adjustments may cause one or more mobile devices to be handed-over between the first base station and the second base station.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160135088A1 Load Distribution in a Network of Small-Cell Base Stations Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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