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Granted Patent B2
US 10,045,268 · App. 15/031,480 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Wireless base station, traffic load-balancing method, and storage medium with program stored thereon

Inventors: Tomohiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiko Matsunaga (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Nakata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
H04W36/22H04L47/125H04W28/02H04W28/0236
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Patent No.
US 10,045,268
App. No.
15/031,480
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Problem] To provide a wireless base station, a traffic load-balancing method, and a traffic load-balancing program that make it possible to more reliably avoid backhaul congestion and decreases in wireless-terminal throughput. [Solution] This wireless base station includes the following: a setting unit ( 14 ) that sets network load information that indicates the traffic load on a backhaul between the wireless base station and a core network; and an execution unit ( 15 ) that, on the basis of the network load information set by the setting unit and network load information received from a neighboring wireless base station, executes a process that balances the traffic load between the wireless base stations.

Claims (28)

1. A radio base station comprising:

a determination unit for determining network load information indicating a traffic load in a backhaul between an own station and a core network;

an execution unit for executing distribution of traffic loads among radio base stations on the basis of the network load information determined by the determination unit and network load information received from an adjacent radio base station; and

an estimation unit for estimating a loss rate and a Delay Variation of a packet transmitted from an own station to a core network, wherein

the determination unit determines, on the basis of the estimation results of the estimation unit, a traffic load in a backhaul between the own station and the core network and designates the determination result as network load information, and

the execution unit transmits the loss rate and the Delay Variation of the packet estimated by the execution unit to an adjacent radio base station, together with the network load information.

2. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein

the execution unit transmits the network load information determined by the determination unit to an adjacent radio base station.

3. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein

the execution unit executes Handover on the basis of the network load information determined by the determination unit and network load information received from the adjacent radio base station and causes a radio terminal located in a cell of an own station to be located in a cell of an adjacent radio base station where a traffic load indicated by the received network load information is smaller.

4. The radio base station according to claim 1 , further comprising

a storage unit for storing information representing a determination algorithm for determining, on the basis of a loss rate and a Delay Variation of a packet transmitted from an own station to a core network, a traffic load in a backhaul between the own station and the core network, wherein

the determination unit determines, based on the determination algorithm, a traffic load in a backhaul between an own station and a core network on the basis of estimation results of the estimation unit.

5. The radio base station according to claim 4 , wherein

the storage unit stores information representing a determination algorithm for each type of a backhaul line, and

the determination unit determines network load information using a determination algorithm corresponding to a type of a backhaul line used by an own station.

6. A traffic load distribution method comprising:

determining network load information indicating a traffic load in a backhaul between an own station and a core network;

executing distribution of traffic loads among radio base stations on the basis of the determined network load information and network load information received from an adjacent radio base station; and

estimating a loss rate and a Delay Variation of a packet transmitted from an own station to a core network, wherein

on the basis of the estimated loss rate and the estimated Delay Variation of the packet, a traffic load in a backhaul between the own station and the core network is determined and the determination result is designated as network load information, and

the estimated loss rate and the estimated Delay Variation of the packet are transmitted to an adjacent radio base station, together with the network load information.

7. A non-transitory storage medium storing a traffic load distribution program that causes a computer to execute:

processing for determining network load information indicating a traffic load in a backhaul between an own station and a core network;

processing for executing distribution of traffic loads among radio base stations on the basis of the determined network load information and network load information received from an adjacent radio base station; and

processing for estimating a loss rate and a Delay Variation of a packet transmitted from an own station to a core network, wherein

on the basis of the estimated loss rate and the estimated Delay Variation of the packet, a traffic load in a backhaul between the own station and the core network is determined and the determination result is designated as network load information, and

the estimated loss rate and the estimated Delay Variation of the packet are transmitted to an adjacent radio base station, together with the network load information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2016
From: WATANABE, TOMOHIRO; MATSUNAGA, YASUHIKO; NAKATA, ATSUSHI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038355/0564 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-222924 · Oct 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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