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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshifumi Yanagisako, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A base station apparatus in a wireless communication system and a method for acquiring load information are provided that make it possible to acquire load information per operator, without changing the standardized interface specifications. In a wireless communication system including base stations () each capable of supporting a predetermined number of, or fewer, network operators (A, B, C, D), the first base station () retains identification information of network operators supported in a neighbor cell that is managed by the second base station () (S); the first base station () sends a load information request message based on the identification information of the operators in the neighbor cell (S); the second base station (), in response to the load information request message, sets load information of a network operator or network operators supported in the neighbor cell in a load information notification message and sends it (S, S); and the first base station () acquires the load information per operator of the neighbor cell from the load information notification message (S).