INITATING HANDOVER OF A WIRELESS DEVICE BASED ON POWER HEADROOM AND PACKET DROPS

A method for initiating handover of a wireless device includes identifying a wireless device exhibiting a low power headroom, the wireless device being attached to an access node on a first frequency band, determining a first incidence of packet drops associated with a data transmission from the wireless device on the first frequency band at a cell site router, and determining a second incidence of packet drops associated with another data transmission on a second frequency band of the access node at the cell site router. Based at least in part on the first incidence of packet drops being greater than the second incidence of packet drops, handover of the wireless device from the first frequency band to the second frequency band is initiated. Systems and devices relate to initiating handover of a wireless device.