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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Suryanarayanan Ramamurthy, Olathe, KS (US);
Talat Jamshidi, Leawood, KS (US);
Rajat Kumar, Woodridge, IL (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for directing access nodes to offload users based on congestion. In one example, a method of operating a home access node includes determining that wireless usage in the home access node meets a congestion threshold. The method further includes, in response to meeting the congestion threshold, communicating an offload request to a roaming access node requesting that the roaming access node assist with serving a plurality of wireless devices. The method also includes receiving a response from the roaming access node indicating that the roaming access node can assist with serving the plurality of wireless devices, and directing at least a subset of the plurality of wireless devices to the roaming access node until an offload capacity specified by the roaming access node is reached.