Samsung patents method to balance cell capacity in base stations
This patent describes a method for a network node to manage the load on a base station's distributed unit. It calculates predicted capacity by comparing current usage against target levels and adjusts how much capacity is assigned to each cell.
In the filing’s own words
The disclosure relates to a method performed by a network node, comprising acquiring cell capacity information of a plurality of cells corresponding to a Distributed Unit (DU) of a base station. The method comprises determining cell capacity summations corresponding to the DU based on each cell corresponding to different cell capacities, based on the cell capacity information. The method comprises determining a predicted cell capacity of the plurality of cells based on the cell capacity summations, for the base station allocating a cell capacity with respect to each of the plurality of cells according to the predicted cell capacity.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by a network node, the method comprising: acquiring cell capacity information indicating target cell capacities for a plurality of cells supported by a distributed unit (DU); determining cell capacity summations based on the cell capacity information, wherein determining each of the cell capacity summations comprises: updating a set of current cell capacities for the plurality of cells based on the set of current cell capacities and weights, wherein each of the weights corresponds to a difference between a current cell capacity and a target cell capacity, and determining the cell capacity summation based on the updated set of current cell capacities for the plurality of cells; determining predicted cell capacity information for a maximum cell capacity summation from among the cell capacity summations, and transmitting, to the DU, the predicted cell capacity information, wherein the predicted cell capacity information is configured to be used to allocate a cell capacity with respect to each of the plurality of cells in the DU.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Method performed by network node and network node
- Patent number
- US12764554B2
- Application number
- 18315968
- Filed
- May 11, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 19
Classified under
H04W 16/18 Electricity & electronicsH04W 24/02 Electricity & electronicsH04W 24/08 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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