Patent ID: 8929889
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device that maintains an access list of wireless network information to access wireless communication services, the wireless communication device served by a source wireless access node in a source sector over a first frequency band, wherein the source wireless access node and the source sector also use a second frequency band, and wherein a target wireless access node has a target sector that uses the second frequency band, the method comprising: in the wireless communication device, receiving a neighbor list transferred by the source wireless access node, the neighbor list indicating a first drop threshold and a first add threshold for the first frequency band of the source sector, a second drop threshold and a second add threshold for the second frequency band of the source sector, and a third drop threshold and a third add threshold for the second frequency band of the target sector, wherein the first drop threshold is lower than the second drop threshold and the third drop threshold, and wherein the first add threshold is higher than the second add threshold and the third add threshold; in the wireless communication device, scanning the first frequency band of the source sector based on the neighbor list, and in response, dropping the first frequency band of the source sector from the access list based on the first drop threshold; and in the wireless communication device, scanning the second frequency band of the source sector and the second frequency band of the target sector based on the neighbor list, and in response, adding the second frequency band of the source sector and the second frequency band of the target sector to the access list based on the second and third add thresholds.