US 11,950,158 B2
Method and device for distributing idle user equipment in multi-carrier based mobile communication system
Jeong-Jae Won, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dae-Joong Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Han-Seok Kim, Seoul (KR); Abhishek Roy, Suwon-si (KR); Hwa-Jin Cha, Seongnam-si (KR); and Jung-Min Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/409,305.
Application 17/409,305 is a continuation of application No. 16/933,313, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,102,692.
Application 16/933,313 is a continuation of application No. 16/286,250, filed on Feb. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,721,667, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Application 16/286,250 is a continuation of application No. 15/144,634, filed on May 2, 2016, granted, now 10,237,800, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 15/144,634 is a continuation of application No. 14/358,711, granted, now 9,332,470, issued on May 3, 2016, previously published as PCT/KR2012/009690, filed on Nov. 15, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2011-0118891 (KR), filed on Nov. 15, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385719 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 16/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/16 (2009.01); H04W 36/36 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/22 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0958 (2020.05); H04W 36/0072 (2013.01); H04W 36/36 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station for use in a multi-carrier based mobile communication system, the base station comprising:
a reception unit;
a transmission unit; and
a controller configured to:
receive, through the reception unit from a network system manager, information about a scheme of determining a cell reselection priority for a plurality of carriers;
monitor a cell load average per carrier among the plurality of carriers, based on the received information about the scheme;
obtain load information per carrier based on the cell load average per carrier, the load information being used for assigning a cell reselection priority per carrier; and
transmit, through the transmission unit to a user equipment (UE), information indicating the cell reselection priority per carrier,
wherein the information indicating the cell reselection priority per carrier is used in case that a cell reselection is to be performed in an idle mode by the UE.