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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Mark Ernest Newbury, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Keith Butterworth, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Zinan Lin, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Alpaslan Gence Savas, Summit, NJ (US);
Matthijs A. Visser, Mendham, NJ (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for load rebalancing are provided. A node B selects a subset of carriers from a plurality of carriers of the node B according to effective usages for the plurality of carriers, determines a heavily loaded carrier and a lightly loaded carrier from the subset of carriers according to effective usages of the subset of carriers, select a mobile device assigned to the heavily loaded carrier as a candidate for handoff, and performs a handoff of the selected mobile device from the heavily loaded carrier to the lightly loaded carrier.