Patent ID: 9510276
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a first network element, a first resource indicator indicative of a first resource capability of each of a plurality of second network elements, wherein the first resource indicator is indicative of an additional number of wireless devices that the second network element can support in a predetermined time interval; receiving, at the first network element, a second resource indicator indicative of a second resource capability of each of the plurality of second network elements, wherein the second resource indicator is indicative of a hardware load of the second network element at a predetermined time; receiving, at the first network element, a third resource indicator indicative of a third resource capability of each of the plurality of second network elements; determining a metric value for each of the plurality of second network elements based upon the first resource indicator, the second resource indicator, and the third resource indicator of each of the second network elements; and determining a list of one or more acceptable network elements from the plurality of second network elements for a wireless device to establish a connection therewith based upon the metric value of each of the plurality of second network elements.