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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Zhi Cui, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Arthur Richard Brisebois, Cumming, GA (US);
Ye Chen, Milton, GA (US);
Thomas W. Henderson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Vince Spatafora, Atlanta, GA (US);
Yonghui Tong, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Donald E. Zelmer, Marietta, GA (US);
AT&T MOBILITY II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Traffic associated with user equipment that are coupled to a first radio access network is steered to a second radio access network based on an adaptable signal strength criterion. The signal strength criterion is related to real-time network load conditions of the first radio access network and can be broadcasted from a serving access point to the user equipment. Moreover, the signal strength criterion facilitates steering, to the second radio network, traffic associated with user equipment that are located closer to a cell edge of the first radio access network before steering traffic associated with user equipment are located further away from the cell edge. In addition, based on the network congestion within the first radio access network, the signal strength criterion is modified to adjust the number of user equipment that are steered to the second radio network.