Patent Document ID: 10159022
Application ID: 15208471
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a radio access network (RAN) device, a migration probability table from a network component in a core network, the migration probability table specifying probabilities that mobile stations having certain mobility parameters will migrate from a first bin to a second bin of multiple bins served by an access point over one or more fixed time periods, the probabilities determined based on gathered bin-based statistical information for the access point; for each mobile station currently located in one of the multiple bins served by the access point: obtaining at least one current mobility parameter for the each mobile station; estimating migration probability information for the each mobile station based on the at least one current mobility parameter for the each mobile station and the migration probability table; estimating, by the RAN device, an aggregate network resource usage of the access point during a future period based on the estimated migration probability information of all the mobile stations currently located in one of multiple bins served by the access point; and admitting one or more new user sessions to the access point based on the estimated aggregate network resource usage.