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

Claim 18:
19. An access node for managing handovers for a user equipment (UE), the access node including:
one or more processors; and
one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the access node to:
establish a first network connection with the UE;
determine a device parameter of the UE by determining a type of device of the UE;
determine whether a mobility status of the UE is a low mobility status, a medium mobility status, or a high mobility status;
determine, if the mobility status of the UE is the low mobility status, a first signal strength between the UE and a small cell access node;
determine, if the mobility status of the UE is the low mobility status, a second signal strength between the UE and a macro cell access node;
establish, if the mobility status of the UE is the low mobility status, a second network connection between the UE and the small cell access node or the macro cell access node based at least partly on the first signal strength, the second signal strength, and the type of device; and
establish, if the mobility status of the UE is the medium mobility status or the high mobility status and based at least partly on the type of device, the second network connection between the UE and the macro cell access node.