The terms “node”, “l(fā)ocal wireless communications cite,” “access point” (AP), “base station,” “Node B,” “evolved Node B,” “home Node B” (HNB), “home access point” (HAP), and the like are utilized interchangeably in the subject specification and drawings and refer to devices that can receive and transmit signal(s) from and to wireless devices through one or more antennas, or act as a wireless network component or apparatus that sends and/or receives data associated with voice, video, sound, and/or substantially any data-stream or signalling-stream between a set of subscriber stations—unless context warrants particular distinction(s) among the terms. Further, the data and signalling streams can be packetized or frame-based flows.

As used herein, a “plurality of base stations” may refer to two or more base stations or cells which provide a network coverage to a geographic coverage area, thus the geographic area served by the two or more cells is termed as coverage area of the two or more cells. The “at least one neighboring node” as used herein refers to an immediate and a directly connected neighbor node in a wireless communication network.

Furthermore, the terms “user,” “subscriber,” “customer,” “consumer,” “agent,”“owner,” and the like are employed interchangeably throughout the subject specification and related drawings, unless context warrants particular distinction(s) among the terms. It should be appreciated that such terms can refer to human entities, or automated components supported through artificial intelligence, e.g., a capacity to make inference based on complex mathematical formulations, that can provide simulated vision, sound recognition, decision making, etc. In addition, the terms “wireless network” and “network” are used interchangeable in the subject application, unless context warrants particular distinction(s) among the terms.