Patent Document ID: 8630258
Application ID: 12327470
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, visitation data for a set of femto access point devices; in response to determining based on the visitation data that failed attachment attempt counts associated with femto access point devices of the set of femto access point devices satisfy a first condition with respect to a first number of failed attachment attempts associated with rejected access of the femto access point devices, assigning, by the system, different location area codes to the femto access point devices and modifying, by the system, a location area code plan for the set of femto access point devices utilizing the different location area codes; and creating, by the system, data representing a visitation matrix based on the set of femto access point devices and a cost function associated with the location area code plan, wherein a matrix element of the visitation matrix comprises a count of other failed attachment attempts associated with a second femto access point device of the set of femto access point devices that is associated with a subscriber station device being authorized to attach to a first femto access point device of the set of a femto access point devices, and wherein the subscriber station device is not authorized to attach to the second femto access point device.