Radio base station and communication control method
A radio base station including: a first interface configured to communicate with a different radio base station via a network among radio base stations, a second interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a radio terminal, and a processor configured to control a transmission of a first signal to the radio terminal when a load of the network among the radio base stations is higher than a given level, the first signal indicating to reject a second signal transmitted from the radio terminal, the second signal requesting to add a bearer between the radio base station and the radio terminal via the different radio base station.
1. A radio base station comprising:
a first interface configured to communicate with a different radio base station via a network among radio base stations;
a second interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a radio terminal; and
a processor configured to control a transmission of a first signal to the radio terminal when a load of the network among the radio base stations is higher than a given level, the first signal indicating to reject a second signal transmitted from the radio terminal, the second signal requesting to add a bearer between the radio base station and the radio terminal via the different radio base station.
2. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to detect that the load of the network among the radio base stations is higher than the given level, when a transmission rate of the network among the radio base stations is higher than a first threshold and a counted number of radio terminals coupling to the radio base station is higher than a second threshold.
3. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured, when transmitting a signal received from a core network to the network among the radio base stations, to transmit a control signal included in the received signal more preferentially than a data signal included in the received signal.
4. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to request the different radio base station to transmit the first signal to the radio terminal.
5. The radio base station according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor is configured to measure the transmission rate serially.
6. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to transmit the first signal to the radio terminal.
7. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the first signal is radio resource control (rrc) Connection Release of Long Term Evolution (LTE).
8. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the second signal is radio resource control (rrc) Connection Request of Long Term Evolution (LTE).
9. The radio base station according to claim 3 , wherein
the control signal is Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signal of Long Term Evolution (LTE).
10. A communication control method comprising:
communicating, by a radio base station, with a different radio base station via a network among radio base stations;
wirelessly communicating, by the radio base station, with a radio terminal; and
controlling, by the radio base station, a transmission of a first signal to the radio terminal when a load of the network among the radio base stations is higher than a given level, the first signal indicating to reject a second signal transmitted from the radio terminal, the second signal requesting to add a bearer between the radio base station and the radio terminal via the different radio base station.
11. The communication control method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
detecting that the load of the network among the radio base stations is higher than the given level, when a transmission rate of the network among the radio base stations is higher than a first threshold and a counted number of radio terminals coupling to the radio base station is higher than a second threshold.
12. The communication control method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
when the radio base station transmits a signal received from a core network to the network among the radio base stations, transmitting a control signal included in the received signal more preferentially than a data signal included in the received signal.
13. The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein
the radio base station is configured to request the different radio base station to transmit the first signal to the radio terminal.
14. The communication control method according to claim 11 , wherein
the radio base station is configured to measure the transmission rate serially.
15. The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein
the radio base station is configured to transmit the first signal to the radio terminal.
16. The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein
the first signal is radio resource control (rrc) Connection Release of Long Term Evolution (LTE).
17. The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein
the second signal is radio resource control (rrc) Connection Request of Long Term Evolution (LTE).
18. The communication control method according to claim 12 , wherein
the control signal is Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signal of Long Term Evolution (LTE).