Method and apparatus for power control and load balancing based on load estimation of neighbor cell in wireless communication system

• US 9,185,664 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2012
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Korea University), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Korea University), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Young-Jun, Kang, Chung-Gu, Kang, Hyon-Goo, Han, Ki-Young, Kang, Hye-Joong
• Primary Examiner(s): West, Lewis
• Application Number:
  US13/451,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20120270593A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: 455/436, 455/405, 455/450, 455/452.1, 455/453, 455/522, 455/552.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/343 taking into account loading or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/40 during macro-diversity or soft handoff

Abstract

A Base Station (BS) operation method for reducing load terminals based on load estimation of a neighbor cell in a wireless communication system includes receiving information for estimating a load of a neighbor BS, determining whether to determine the power control and handover terminal set using the number of terminals serviced by the neighbor BS, the number of overload terminals among the terminals serviced by the neighbor BS, and the backoff counter value, and, when it is determined to determine a power control and handover terminal set, deciding the power control and handover terminal set to minimize load terminals, based on the first power variation and the second power variation.

Claims

1. A method for operating a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

selecting at least one base station neighboring on the base station; and

determining a power level and a handover terminal set including at least one terminal to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station based on an average load in the base station and the neighboring base station,

wherein the average load is determined based on a number of overload users from among a first group of users serviced by the base station and a number of overload users from among a second group of users serviced by the neighboring base station wherein the average load is determined based on a first load value, a second load value and a third load value with respect to power controlled by the base station,

wherein the first load value represents a number of overload terminals from among remaining terminals excepting terminals to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station from among the first group of terminals serviced by the base station,

wherein the second load value represents a number of overload terminals from among a second group of terminals serviced by the neighboring base station, and

wherein the third load value represents a number of terminals expected to be overloaded in the neighboring base station from among terminals to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

determining the power level and the handover terminal set comprises:

determining the power level and the handover terminal set including the at least one terminal to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station such that the average load in the base station and the neighboring base station is minimized.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the average load is determined by a sum of a square of a first value and a square of a second value,

wherein the first value represents the first load value and the second value represents a square of a sum of the second load value and the third load value.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the average load is determined by the following equation:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second load value is determined by a sum of a load of the neighboring base station in a previous state, and a variation of a load of the neighboring base station in a current state in comparison with the load of the previous state according to a change of power and a handover terminal set in the base station.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the average load is determined by the following equation:

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exchanging information with the neighboring base station for load estimation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the information for load estimation includes at least one of:

a number of terminals serviced by the neighboring BS;

a number of overload terminals from among the terminals serviced by the neighboring BS;

a backoff counter value for considering fairness when selecting a BS that determines power control and handover terminal set;

a first power variation of the neighboring BS for increasing, by ‘

K’

number, an overload terminal of the neighboring BS with respect to a number of terminals expected to perform a handover from the BS to the neighboring BS; and

a second power variation of the neighboring BS for decreasing, by ‘

K’

number, the overload terminal of the neighboring BS with respect to the number of terminals expected to perform the handover from the BS to the neighboring BS, K is a constant.

9. An apparatus of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to select at least one base station neighboring on the base station, and determine a power level and a handover terminal set including at least one terminal to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station based on an average load in the base station and the neighboring base station,

wherein the average load is determined based on a number of overload users from among a first group of users serviced by the base station and a number of overload users from among a second group of users serviced by the neighboring base station wherein the average load is determined based on a first load value, a second load value and a third load value with respect to power controlled by the base station, wherein the first load value represents a number of overload terminals from among remaining terminals excepting terminals to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station from among a first group of terminals serviced by the base station, wherein the second load value represents a number of overload terminals from among a second group of terminals serviced by the neighboring base station, and wherein the third load value represents a number of terminals expected to be overloaded in the neighboring base station from among terminals to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the controller is configured to determine the power level and the handover terminal set including the at least one terminal to be handed over from the base station to the neighboring base station such that the average load in the base station and the neighboring base station is minimized.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the average load is determined by a sum of a square of a first value and a square of a second value,

wherein the first value represents the first load value and the second value represents a square of a sum of the second load value and the third load value.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the average load is determined by the following equation:

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second load value is determined by a sum of a load of the neighboring base station in a previous state, and a variation of a load of the neighboring base station in a current state in comparison with the load of the previous state according to a change of power and a handover terminal set in the base station.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the average load is determined by the following equation:

15. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a transceiver configured to exchange information for load estimation with the neighboring base station.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the information for load estimation includes at least one of:

a number of terminals serviced by the neighboring BS;

a number of overload terminals from among the terminals serviced by the neighboring BS;

a backoff counter value for considering fairness when selecting a BS that determines power control and handover terminal set;

a first power variation of the neighboring BS for increasing, by ‘

K’

number, an overload terminal of the neighboring BS with respect to a number of terminals expected to perform a handover from the BS to the neighboring BS; and

a second power variation of the neighboring BS for decreasing, by ‘

K’

number, the overload terminal of the neighboring BS with respect to the number of terminals expected to perform the handover from the BS to the neighboring BS, K is a constant.