After completion of an adjustment of the operating parameter of one or more antennas (e.g., antenna array for sector 716 in access node 710), at step 870, along with any changes that have taken place with operation of the wireless devices (e.g., wireless devices 720, 730, 740) in the wireless network as a result of the adjustment, process 800 returns to step 820 where new values associated with the number or count of wireless devices using the higher performance communication protocol in the wireless network are measured and/or calculated are made. It is important to note that iterations in process 800 may continue until the requesting wireless device (e.g., wireless device 750) is either allowed access using the higher performance communication protocol, at step 860, based on wireless devices ceasing operation using the higher performance communication protocol, or denied access using the higher performance communication protocol, at step 880, after no further adjustment to the operating parameter of one or more of the antennas is possible.
The elements of process 800 used to manage data throughput of wireless devices in the wireless network are intended to mitigate or eliminate the impact of the wireless devices to the wireless network, when these added devices request to join using a high performance communication protocol, such as 5G. The operation may further assure that some or all of the users of wireless devices 720, 730, and 740, as well as other devices currently in the wireless network, are not affected by network issues, such as QOS, latency of delivery, or buffering delay, associated with delivery of data and information for one or more services that may require use of the higher performance communication protocol provided over the wireless network.