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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Sushanth Chandappa Kulal, Mangalore, IN;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include grouping a plurality of user equipment served by a serving cell radio into one or more groups based on an approximate location of each of the plurality of user equipment and a proximity of each of the plurality of user equipment in relation to each other; selecting a master user equipment for each group; receiving inter-frequency measurement information or inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurement information associated with one or more neighboring cell radios; receiving a first service request for a first user equipment of a particular group; and selecting a particular neighboring cell radio for a service hand-out of the first user equipment based, at least in part, on the first service request and inter-frequency measurement information or inter-RAT measurement information received from a particular master user equipment for the particular group.