Access technology avoidance for a communication session

A method for avoiding interference by selecting an access technology for use during a communication session between a user equipment (UE) and a communication network that is capable of communication with two or more access technologies, comprising:

• providing, by a first Long Term Evolution (LTE) node, a first LTE service area that overlaps with a Fifth-Generation Cellular Communication System (5G) coverage area provided by a 5G node;
• determining, by the first LTE node, that the UE is located in a geographic subunit of the 5G coverage area;
• determining, by a second LTE node, that the UE is located in a second LTE service area provided by the second LTE node;
• determining, by the first LTE node, that the geographic subunit is designated as a low 5G performance subunit;
• determining, by the second LTE node, that the geographic subunit is designated as a high 5G performance subunit;
• managing, at the second LTE node, communication sessions to enable the UE to use 5G access technology while the UE is located in the high 5G performance subunit.

One or more non-transitory computer storage media comprising computer executable instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method for avoiding interference by selecting an access technology for use during a communication session between a user equipment (UE) and a communication network that is capable of communication with two or more access technologies, comprising:

• providing, at a first node using a first access technology, a first service area, wherein the first service area comprises an overlapping coverage area that is also covered by a second service area based on a second access technology;
• providing, at a second node using the first access technology, a third service area, wherein the service area comprises an overlapping coverage area that is also covered by the first service area and the second service area;
• determining that a UE is located in a geographic subunit of the overlapping coverage area;
• determining that the geographic subunit is designated as a low performance subunit by the first node;
• determining that the geographic subunit is designated as a high performance subunit by the second node;
• managing, at the first node, communication sessions to prevent use of the second access technology with UEs located in the low performance subunit, while connected to the first node.