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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Erik H. Eriksson, Linköping, SE;
Magnus Olsson, Sundbyberg, SE;
Anna Helleberg, Sollentuna, SE;
Ranjit Bhatia, Lewisville, TX (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method and system for load balancing used in a mobile telecommunications network. The load balancing system includes a mobile services switching center and a first base station controller coupled to the mobile services switching center for managing a first plurality of cells. The load balancing system further includes a second base station controller coupled to the mobile services switching center for managing a second plurality of cells, where one cell of the first plurality of cells is adjacent to one cell of the second plurality of cells. The second base station controller includes a processor responsive to receiving a first load indication message from the first base station controller in order to determine whether to handover at least one ongoing call from the one cell of the second base station controller to the one cell of the first base station controller.