Patent ID: 8351938

Claim:
A method comprising: an access network maintaining a respective route-update-radius parameter for each coverage area of a plurality of coverage areas defined by the access network; the access network determining that a first coverage area of the plurality of coverage areas is handling an amount of communications at or above a threshold parameter; the access network identifying a second coverage area of the plurality of coverage areas by determining that a sum of access terminals currently registered to operate in the first coverage area and last registered to operate in the second coverage area is greater than each respective sum of access terminals currently registered to operate in the first coverage area and last registered to operate in a respective coverage area of the plurality of coverage areas other than the second coverage area; and in response to identifying the second coverage area, the access network generating a modified route-update-radius parameter for the second coverage area and transmitting the modified route-update-radius parameter for the second coverage area within the second coverage area.