Patent ID: 9706555
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by a radio access network (RAN), wherein the RAN is configured to provide a given wireless coverage area having a plurality of frequency channels, wherein each frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels has a maximum load level, and wherein each frequency channel of the given wireless coverage area has a Rho value representative of a modulation quality for the frequency channel, the method comprising: determining a reduced maximum load level for a given frequency channel based on the Rho value of the given frequency channel, wherein the Rho value of the given frequency channel is based on provisioned data stored in a memory of the RAN prior to the RAN providing the given wireless coverage, and wherein the Rho value is based on where the given frequency channel falls within a pass band of a filter located in a communication pathway between the RAN and a wireless communication device (WCD); in response to the WCD communicating a registration request to the RAN on the given frequency channel, making a determination of whether registering the WCD with the RAN on the given frequency channel would cause a current load level of the given frequency channel to exceed the reduced maximum load level of the given frequency channel; if the determination is that registering the WCD with the RAN on the given frequency channel would cause a current load level of the given frequency channel to exceed the reduced maximum load level of the given frequency channel, registering the WCD on a frequency channel other than the given frequency channel; and if the determination is that registering the WCD with the RAN on the given frequency channel would not cause a current load level of the given frequency channel to exceed the reduced maximum load level of the given frequency channel, registering the WCD with the RAN on the given frequency channel.