Patent ID: 9237502
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for load balancing wireless devices in a network, comprising: configuring an initial neighbor list at a beginning of a time period to include one or more first neighboring cells, wherein the one or more first neighboring cells are associated with one or more band classes, the one or more band classes being identified by their representative signal frequencies; determining a number of the one or more first neighboring cells in the initially configured neighbor list associated with each of the one or more band classes at the beginning of the time period; receiving network characteristics during the time period for one or more second neighboring cells, wherein the one or more second neighboring cells are associated with the one or more band classes; reconfiguring the neighbor list to include second neighboring cells selected from among the one or more second neighboring cells based on the received network characteristics; determining a number of the selected second neighboring cells in the reconfigured neighbor list associated with each of the plurality of band classes at an end of the time period; comparing the number of initially configured first neighboring cells in each of the band classes at the beginning of the time period with the number of reconfigured selected second neighboring cells in each of the band classes at the end of the time period; and determining a preferred band class for the time period based on the comparison.