Patent ID: 8923212

Claim:
A method of wireless communication, comprising: identifying, by an access node, at least one access terminal associated with a macro node; assigning, by the access node the at least one identified access terminal to a first carrier or to a second carrier, wherein: the first carrier and the second carrier are used by the macro node, the first carrier is a common channel for restricted access nodes, idle access terminals are assigned to the second carrier, the at least one identified access terminal is assigned to the first carrier if a mobility of the at least one identified access terminal is less than a threshold mobility and if the at least one identified access terminal is not within coverage of a restricted access node of the restricted access nodes, and the at least one identified access terminal is assigned to the second carrier if the mobility of the at least one identified access terminal is greater than the threshold mobility; and configuring the at least one identified access terminal to use the assigned carrier.