Patent ID: 6314301
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method of assigning a mobile station to a communication resource of a plurality of communication resources, comprising the steps of:identifying affinity groups to which the mobile station belongs;determining historical affinity strengths between the mobile station and the affinity groups;calculating, for each of the plurality of communication resources serving members of the affinity groups, a total affinity strength between the mobile station and the members served by the communication resource;assigning the mobile station to the communication resource having a highest total affinity strength with the mobile station;when a first member of an affinity group is being considered for assignment to one of the plurality of communication resources,estimating, from historical data stored for the affinity groups of the first member, an expected additional load on the one of the plurality of communication resources that would result from assigning the first member to the one of the plurality of communication resources;comparing the expected additional load with an excess capacity of the one of the plurality of communication resources; andadjusting the total affinity strength calculated for the one of the plurality of communication resources, in response to the expected additional load being larger than the excess capacity.