Influencing Load Balancing Between Radio Access Technologies
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1. A method of influencing load balancing among a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), comprising:
- transferring, by a network element, a user equipment to a different one of the plurality of RATs based on a load balancing determination and a profile for the user equipment, the profile indicating a preference for each of the plurality of RATs, at least one of the preferences based on at least one attribute of the user equipment monitored over a period of time.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the method includes transferring, by a network element, a user equipment to a different one of the plurality of RATs based on a load balancing determination and a profile for the user equipment. The profile indicates a preference for each of the plurality of RATs, and at least one of the preferences is based on at least one attribute of the user equipment monitored over a period of time.
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1. A method of influencing load balancing among a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), comprising:
transferring, by a network element, a user equipment to a different one of the plurality of RATs based on a load balancing determination and a profile for the user equipment, the profile indicating a preference for each of the plurality of RATs, at least one of the preferences based on at least one attribute of the user equipment monitored over a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of generating a load balancing profile for a user equipment, comprising:
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monitoring, at a network element, at least one attribute of a user equipment over a period of time; generating preference values for the plurality of RATs, at least one of the preference values being based on the monitored attribute; and generating the load balancing profile based on the generated preference values. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A core network element configured to receive at least one attribute of a user equipment monitored over a period of time, and configured to generate preference values for a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), at least one preference value being based on the received attribute;
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the core network element is configured to generate a load balancing profile based on the generated preference values. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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