Patent ID: 9479985
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: identifying, by one or more server devices, that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology; identifying, by the one or more server devices, that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, identifying, by the one or more server devices, a location of the user device; identifying, by the one or more server devices, at least one of a geographic location or a coverage area of the second RAN; determining, by the one or more server devices, a position of the first RAN in a priority list that prioritizes a plurality of RANs; comparing, by the one or more server devices, a first measure of congestion, associated with the first RAN, to a second measure of congestion, associated with the second RAN; comparing, by the one or more server devices, the location of the user device to the geographic location or the coverage area of the second RAN; determining, by the one or more server devices and based on comparing the location of the user device to the geographic location or the coverage area of the second RAN, that the user device is located within a particular distance from the geographic location or the coverage area of the second RAN; comparing, by the one or more server devices, the position of the first RAN in the priority list with a position of the second RAN in the priority list; determining, by the one or more server devices, that the user device should be handed over from the first RAN to the second RAN, the determining being based on: instructing, by the one or more server devices and based on determining that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN, the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology.