Patent ID: 8359028

Claim:
A method, performed by a radio access network (RAN) that provides a preferred wireless coverage area to serve wireless communications devices (WCDs), the method comprising: the RAN receiving a first call setup request from a first WCD, wherein the RAN has access to historical call length data of the first WCD; the RAN receiving a second call setup request from a second WCD, wherein the RAN has access to historical call length data of the second WCD; in response to receiving the first call setup request and the second call setup request, the RAN determining that the first WCD and second WCD are contending for a resource of the preferred wireless coverage area; in response to determining that the first WCD and second WCD are contending for the resource, the RAN comparing the historical call length data of the first WCD to the historical call length data of the second WCD; and based on a result of the comparison, the RAN allocating the resource to the first WCD.