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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Francesca Serravalle, London, GB;
Neeraj Gupta, London, GB;
Robert Paterson, London, GB;
Satoshi Noma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0486 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations able to divide resources between multiple network operators sharing the base station. A shared base station is configured to monitor a contribution to the load on the base station associated with network operators sharing the base station resources and to provide the determined contribution to the load to one or more other base stations for use in load balancing between the base stations.