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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Applicant:
Patrick Allen Schwinghammer, Denver, CO (US);
Inventor:
Patrick Allen Schwinghammer, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for wireless networks with inner and outer cells are provided. A base station determines an amount of traffic on an inner and outer cell. When the traffic exceed a predetermined threshold value, traffic is adjusted on the inner or outer cell. Traffic can be adjusted by handing off some of the traffic from the inner cell to the outer cell, from the outer cell to the inner cell, between sectors of the inner or outer cells and/or by handing off traffic to a proximately located base station.