Patent ID: 9572070
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: identifying, by a system comprising a processor, an overlaid sector carrier of overlaid sector carriers, wherein the overlaid sector carrier is located in a defined area surrounding a boundary of an overloaded sector carrier of the sector carriers; determining, by the system, that a traffic load overlay imbalance condition exists based on determining that a first potential throughput per idle mobile device of first idle mobile devices associated with the overloaded sector carrier represented in first throughput information is lower than a second potential throughput per idle mobile device of second idle mobile devices associated with the overlaid sector carrier represented in second throughput information; and initiating, by the system, a tracking area update for the overlaid sector carriers based on determining that one of the overlaid sector carriers is not overloaded according to a first criterion defining when overload is present.