Patent ID: 7751839

Claim:
A method for bandwidth optimization of at least one sector in a communication network, the communication network comprising at least one mobile device and a base station controller, wherein a Data Rate Control (DRC) cover value of a first mobile device of at least one mobile device is set for a first sector of the at least one sector, the method comprising the steps of: comparing a number of active users of the first sector with a threshold bandwidth when a DRC of the first sector is in lock for the first mobile device; searching a second sector of the at least one sector with available bandwidth and a DRC in lock for the first mobile device, when the number of active users of the first sector is greater than the threshold bandwidth; and redirecting the first mobile device to the second sector when the second sector exists, wherein the first mobile device is removed from the first sector, further wherein the DRC cover value of the first mobile device is set for the second sector.