INTERSTATION COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD CONTROL Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: cellular communications. SUBSTANCE: telecommunication network has addressee switch that functions to estimate overload condition in coverage area handled by addressee switch and to send overload message to sender switch controlling some connections using radio resources in coverage area handled by addressee switch. Overload message makes sender switch regulate at least one connection it controls in coverage area handled by addressee switch. In first mode addressee switch defines chosen connection to be regulated due to overload conditions. In this first mode overload message identifies chosen connection to be regulated and includes in addition quantity to be regulated (for instance degree of power reduction) for chosen connection to be regulated. In second mode overload message includes identification of overloaded area (for instance communication cell) within coverage area handled by addressee switch and also index of intensity pointing to degree of overload in handled area. Index of intensity may point to desired load reduction in overloaded area. EFFECT: provision for overload control in coverage area whose radio resources are used by center in other coverage area. 20 cl, 13 dwg