Patent ID: 8472950

Claim:
A method, performed by a network device of a telecommunications network, the method: storing, by the network device, information identifying a coverage area associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with the network device; receiving, by the network device, information identifying a geographic location of a user device; comparing, by the network device, the geographic location of the user device to one or more of the stored coverage areas; determining, by the network device and based on the comparing, that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells; storing information that identifies at least one of a wireless technology or a band associated with the particular cell; and sending, by the network device and to the user device, and based on determining that the user device is located within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, an instruction for the user device to connect to the particular cell, where the user device is to attempt to connect to the particular cell in response to the instruction, where sending the instruction to connect to the particular cell includes: sending information, that identifies the at least one of the wireless technology or the band, to the user device.