Automatic method for mobility load balancing in mobile telecommunications networks

Abstract

A method () of balancing a traffic load among at least apart of traffic managing entities () of a mobile telecommunication network () comprising a plurality of traffic managing entities () is proposed. The method comprises the following steps: collecting () traffic-related data referred to said at least a part of traffic managing entities (); identifying () a first set of traffic managing entities () managing an excessive traffic load on the basis of such traffic-related data; identifying () a second set of traffic managing entities () adapted to take charge of at least part of the excessive traffic load to which traffic managing entities () of first set of traffic managing entities () are subjected. Moreover, for each traffic managing entity () of the first set of traffic managing entities () the method comprises: determining (-) at least one traffic managing entity () of the second set of traffic managing entities () adapted to take charge of at least part of the excessive traffic load managed by said traffic managing entity () of the first set of traffic managing entities (); assigning () at least part of the excessive traffic load to which said traffic managing entity () of first set of traffic managing entities () is subjected to the determined at least one least one traffic managing entity () of the second set of traffic managing entities (), and adjusting () radio communication parameters of said traffic managing entity () of the first set of traffic managing entities () and of said determined at least one traffic managing entity () of the second set of 20 traffic managing entities () thereby redistributing traffic load on the basis of such assigning.