Patent ID: 8433352

Claim:
An access node configured to implement a traffic allocation technique and further configured to improve a success rate of a connection setup for an access terminal, the access node comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores processor-executable instructions therein where the processor interfaces with the memory and executes the processor-executable instructions to enable the following: receive a connection setup request message initiated by the access terminal, where the connection setup request message includes a request from the access terminal to use an originating frequency; determine if the access terminal is locked from changing from the originating frequency, where the access terminal would be locked if there was a predetermined number of previous connection setups which had previously failed when the access terminal was redirected by the traffic allocation technique from a previously requested originating frequency to some other frequency; and if the access terminal is locked, then set a connection for the access terminal on the originating frequency regardless if the traffic allocation technique had determined the access terminal should be redirected from the originating frequency to a target frequency, where the originating frequency is different than the target frequency; otherwise if the access terminal is not locked, then set a connection for the access terminal to either the originating frequency or the target frequency as determined by the traffic allocation technique.