| US 7,580,716 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for load balancing in a wireless network | ||
| Antonio Juan Martinez Ransom, Bolingbrook, Ill. (US); John G. Hejny, Naperville, Ill. (US); David L. Oehring, Chicago, Ill. (US); Prashant K. Padhy, Aurora, Ill. (US); and Gary Joseph Zabinski, Downers Grove, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/95,379. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0221821 A1, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—453 [455/452.2; 455/403; 455/422.1; 455/436; 370/395.41; 370/395.21; 370/468] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method for balancing call load across a plurality of traffic processors in a wireless network, the method comprising:
measuring occupancy of each of the plurality of traffic processors;
estimating potential occupancy of the each of the plurality of traffic processors;
determining a load level for the each of the plurality of traffic processors based on a difference between the measured occupancy
and the potential occupancy, wherein the determining comprises applying a weighting factor, the applying of the weighting
factor comprising multiplying the difference between the measured occupancy and the potential occupancy of a traffic processor
by a value;
maintaining the load levels for the plurality of traffic processors; and,
assigning the call load to the plurality of traffic processors based on the maintained load levels.
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