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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Miguel Angel Monjas Llorente, Madrid, ES;
Alejandro Bascuñana Muñoz, Torrevieja, ES;
Patricia Sanchez Canton, Madrid, ES;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for congestion mitigation in telecommunications networks. In an exemplary apparatus, a network node () in a telecommunications network is provided, the node comprising: a receiver () configured to receive congestion data identifying a congested area (A-H) and one or more user equipments, UE, (a-j;) affected by the congested area; an alternative network determiner () configured to determine one or more switchable UEs, amongst the identified UEs, that may be offloaded to an alternative access network (-); and a network switcher () configured to control a transmitter () to transmit an instruction for one or more of the switchable UEs to switch to an alternative access network.