Patent ID: 8270991

Claim:
A system for selecting a cell to which to hand off, comprising: a processor programmed to promote evaluation of a plurality of mobility drivers within each of a plurality of mobility driver groups for one or more neighbor cells of a cell serving a UE (user equipment), the processor programmed to promote evaluation of a plurality of groups of mobility drivers based on the evaluations of the mobility drivers to determine which of the plurality of mobility driver groups is capable of supporting the hand off; and the processor programmed to promote categorization of the one or more neighbor cells into a plurality of categories according to the evaluations of the mobility driver groups and to determine which of the plurality of categories has the most number of mobility driver groups capable of supporting the hand off, wherein, when more than one neighbor cell is found in the one of the plurality of categories determined to have the most number of the mobility driver groups capable of supporting the hand off, handing the UE off to one of the more than one neighbor cell that has a best radio condition.