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Abstract

A method for managing subscriber load within a terrestrial cellular wireless communication system includes organizing a plurality of cells that form a service area into a plurality of corridors and managing accessibility within each corridor. Each of the plurality of corridors includes a plurality of cells/sectors that have similar loading patterns and that form a contiguous portion of the service coverage area. Periodically, corridor load is determined for each corridor. Further, access rules for the plurality of base stations forming the corridor are determined, these access rules determining which subscribers may access the plurality of base stations forming the corridor. When a loading level for any of the base stations within the corridor-compares unfavorably to a respective loading threshold, access rules for all of the plurality of base stations forming the particular corridor are altered.

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