Load balancing in a wireless cellular network based on user equipment mobility

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions, stored thereon, that when executed cause a user equipment (UE) to:

obtain, from an evolved Node B (eNB) of a wireless communication network, priority information to indicate a relative priority of individual carrier frequencies or individual cells, among a plurality of carrier frequencies or cells of the wireless communication network, for use by the UE to select a carrier frequency to monitor during a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode of the UE when a mobility of the UE is below a threshold;

obtain, from the eNB, an indicator to indicate whether the UE is to ignore the priority information for selection of the carrier frequency or cell to monitor during the RRC idle mode when the mobility of the UE is above the threshold;

estimate a mobility of the UE;

if the estimated mobility is above the threshold and the indicator has a first value, select a carrier frequency or cell to monitor during the RRC idle mode without regard to the priority information;

if the estimated mobility is above the threshold and the indicator has a second value, select a carrier frequency or cell to monitor during the RRC idle mode based on the priority information; and

if the estimated mobility is below the threshold, select a carrier frequency or cell to monitor during the RRC idle mode based on the priority information without regard to whether the indicator has the first value or the second value.

2. The one or more media of claim 1 , wherein the priority information includes a plurality of cell reselection priority configurations that are designated for different levels of mobility of the UE, wherein individual cell reselection priority configurations indicate a relative priority of the carrier frequencies.

3. The one or more media of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to monitor the carrier frequency for paging messages or system information broadcasts during the RRC idle mode.

4. The one or more media of claim 3 , wherein the priority information is included in an RRC connection release message that instructs the UE to enter the RRC idle mode.

5. The one or more media of claim 1 , wherein the priority information is included in a system information broadcast (SIB) message.

6. An apparatus to be employed by an enhanced Node B (eNB), the apparatus comprising:

transceiver circuitry to communicate with a user equipment (UE) via a cell on a carrier frequency of a wireless communication network, wherein the wireless communication network includes a plurality of cells with overlapping coverage areas; and

network management circuitry coupled to the transceiver circuitry, the network management circuitry to:

transmit, to the UE, priority information to indicate a relative priority of individual carrier frequencies or individual cells of the wireless communication network, for use by the UE to select a carrier frequency to monitor during a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode; and

transmit, to the UE, an indicator having a value to indicate whether the UE is to ignore the priority information for selection of the carrier frequency or cell to monitor during the RRC idle mode when a mobility of the UE is above a threshold.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the priority information and the indicator are included in an RRC connection release message that instructs the UE to enter the RRC idle mode.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the priority information and the indicator are included in a system information broadcast (SIB) message.