Patent ID: 8320949

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a network device and from a wireless device, a first request via a first wireless band and a second request via a second wireless band; detecting, by the network device, a first network condition associated with the first wireless band and a second network condition associated with the second wireless band based on the first request and the second request; selecting, by the network device and based on the first network condition and the second network condition, the first wireless band for connecting the wireless device to a wireless network; sending, by the network device, a signal, responsive to the first request, to the wireless device on the first wireless band; and determining not to send a signal, responsive to the second request, to the wireless device on the second wireless band, sending the signal on the first wireless band and determining not to send the signal on the second wireless band causing the wireless device to determine that the second wireless band is not available for connecting the wireless device to the wireless network.