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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1998
Bagher R. Zadeh, Dallas, TX (US);
Ranjit Bhatia, Lewisville, TX (US);
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for providing adaptive thresholds for cell load sharing (CLS) based upon the current traffic situations. This can be accomplished by a Base Station Controller (BSC) monitoring the traffic load in a cell during a predetermined time period. If the traffic load is high for the entire time period, the CLS thresholds can be changed to maximize efficient channel resource utilization. In one embodiment, a look-up table can be used to set the thresholds for each cell based upon the traffic level, e.g., the percentage of idle channels, during the time period. Alternatively, the BSC can monitor only the traffic load in a cell with an usually high amount of traffic for the same time period. Thereafter, the BSC can change the thresholds in the high traffic cell and neighboring cells to maximize channel efficiency within the network.