Patent ID: 8873508

Claim:
A method comprising: a radio access network (RAN) receiving a first call initiation message from a first wireless communication device (WCD); the RAN receiving a second call initiation message from a second WCD, wherein the RAN receives both the first call initiation message and the second call initiation message within a 500-millisecond interval; in response to receiving the first call initiation message and the second call initiation message within the 500-millisecond interval, the RAN making a determination that (i) a first resource of a first wireless coverage area of the RAN cannot be assigned to both the first WCD and second WCD, (ii) the first WCD cannot be assigned any resource available in a second wireless coverage area of the RAN, and (iii) the second WCD can be allocated either or both of the first resource and a second resource available in the second wireless coverage area; and in response to the determination, the RAN allocating the first resource to the first WCD and allocating the second resource to the second WCD.