Patent ID: 11877201
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing handovers for a user equipment (UE) connected to a first network via a first small cell access node of one or more access nodes, the method comprising:
determining a mobility status of the UE;
determining a first signal strength of the UE with a second small cell access node of the one or more access nodes;
determining a second signal strength of the UE with a macro cell access node; and
establishing, with a handover and based at least partly on the mobility status and one or both of the first signal strength and the second signal strength, a second network connection between the UE and the second small cell access node or the macro cell access node, and the first small cell access node, the second small cell access node, and the macro cell access node operate on a common service frequency.