Patent ID: 9363723
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a communication indicating a failure to establish a network connection with a network device of a heterogeneous network; detecting, by the device in response to the receiving the communication, a capacity number of network connections with which the network device is operable to establish with a set of macro cell network devices and a set of micro cell network devices; determining, by the device in response to the receiving the communication, a threshold number of micro cell network devices with which the network device is operable to establish the network connection; determining, by the device in response to the receiving the communication, a defined number of micro cell network devices that is less than the threshold number of micro cell network devices with which the network device is operable to establish the network connection; and facilitating, by the device in response to the receiving the communication, an additional network connection with an additional micro network device to the network device that causes a number of micro cell network devices connected to the network device to be greater than the defined number of micro cell network devices.