Patent ID: 7826847

Claim:
In a wireless network where sectors deliver neighbor lists to wireless devices operating in the wireless network, a method for generating a neighbor list for a primary sector, the method comprising: receiving event data from a set of devices operating in a wireless network, wherein the event data from the set of devices includes an identifier for a primary sector and a list of sectors visible to the set of devices when using the primary sector; for the primary sector, reviewing the event data from the set of devices to identify sectors for inclusion in a recommended neighbor list for the primary sector, wherein reviewing the event data includes evaluating a relative physical location of the sectors to be recommended for inclusion in the recommended neighbor list, wherein the relative physical location is estimated by comparing a phase offset of a particular sector, wherein a sector having a phase offset that is large relative to phase offsets of other sectors is at least one of: a candidate for removal from a current neighbor list; or not recommended for inclusion in the recommended neighbor list; excluding the sector from the recommended neighbor list when the phase offset of the sector is comparatively larger than the phase offset of the other sectors; and pushing the recommended neighbor list to the primary sector in the wireless network.