Patent ID: 7139578

Claim:
A method for managing wireless assets in a first coverage area based upon call activity in at least one second coverage area substantially adjacent with said first coverage area; the method comprising the steps of: (a) in no particular order: (1) selecting a parameter relating to said call activity, wherein said parameter is a net number of mobile calls imminently arriving in said second coverage area from said first coverage area derived by determining rate of change of user population in said second coverage area compared to rate of change of user population in said first coverage area; and (2) selecting at least one threshold value for said parameter; said at least one threshold value relating to rate of change of user population in said first coverage area; (b) measuring said parameter in at least one region in said at least one second coverage area; and when said parameter substantially meets said at least one threshold value, reserving a measure of call-handling capacity from call activity in said first coverage area for use in said at least one second coverage area.