Switching between a defined generation of stand alone and non-stand alone wireless deployment based on determined service requirements, network capabilities, and user equipment capabilities

A method, comprising:

• in response to determining that a user equipment has performed a call setup, corresponding to a data communication session, on a stand-alone radio access network equipment that comprises stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities and that is associated with a defined generation of deployment of network equipment, determining, by a system comprising a processor, user equipment communication capabilities corresponding to the user equipment, stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities of the stand-alone radio access network equipment, and non-stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities of a non-stand-alone radio access network equipment, wherein the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment is associated with the defined generation of deployment of network equipment and comprises non-stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities corresponding to a previously defined generation of deployment of network equipment, wherein the stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities comprise a first defined aggregated channel bandwidth corresponding to a first defined number of communication channels, wherein the non-stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities comprise a second defined aggregated channel bandwidth corresponding to a second defined number of communication channels, and wherein the second defined aggregated channel bandwidth is greater than the first defined aggregated channel bandwidth;
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• based on the user equipment communication capabilities, the stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities, and the non-stand-alone network equipment communication capabilities, determining, by the system, whether a first estimate of a communication performance criterion corresponding to the second defined number of communication channels of the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment and a second estimate of the communication performance criterion corresponding to the first defined number of communication channels of the stand-alone radio access network equipment satisfy a defined condition with respect to initiating a handover of the communication session from the stand-alone radio access network equipment to the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment to facilitate providing, via the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment using the second defined number of communication channels, at least a portion of the communication session to the user equipment.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a system comprising a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• in response to a user equipment being determined to be camped on a stand-alone radio access network equipment corresponding to a defined generation of wireless deployment of network equipment,
• determining user equipment communication capabilities of the user equipment,
• stand-alone radio access network equipment communication capabilities of the stand-alone radio access network equipment, and
• non-stand-alone radio access network equipment communication capabilities of a non-stand-alone radio access network equipment corresponding to the defined generation of wireless deployment of network equipment, wherein the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment communication capabilities correspond to a previously defined generation of wireless deployment of network equipment comprising a first aggregated bandwidth of a first group of communication channels of the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment that is greater than a second aggregated bandwidth of a second group of communication channels of the stand-alone radio access network equipment;
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• based on the user equipment communication capabilities, the stand-alone radio access network equipment communication capabilities, and the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment communication capabilities, determining whether to initiate a handover of a communication session from the stand-alone radio access network equipment to the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment to facilitate providing, via the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment using the first aggregated bandwidth of the first group of communication channels of the non-stand-alone radio access network equipment that is greater than the second aggregated bandwidth of the second group of communication channels of the stand-alone radio access network equipment, at least a portion of the communication session to the user equipment.