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

Claim 7:
8. 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 small cell access nodes, the method including:
determining an average active connection time for the UE;
determining whether the average active connection time exceeds a threshold value;
determining a mobility status of the UE based at least partly on whether the average active connection time exceeds the threshold value, the mobility status being a low mobility status, a medium mobility status, or a high mobility status;
selecting, based on the mobility status, a second small cell access node of the one or more small cell access nodes or a macro cell access node for a handover; and
establishing, with the handover, a second network connection between the UE and the second small cell access node or the macro cell access node.