Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

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Mark A Moore

Lyle W Paczkowski

Ronald R Marquardt

Peter Paul Dawson

Maneesh Gauba

Stephen R Bales

Kanwar-Preet Singh Jolly

A mobile communication device for receiving an ad hoc temporary upgrade in quality of service (QoS). The mobile communication device comprises a processor, at least one cellular radio transceiver, a non-transitory memory, and an ad hoc service upgrade application. When executed by the processor, the application monitors wireless cellular communication on a network via the at least one cellular radio transceiver, detects a significant delay in the communication, generates a prompt on a GUI, the prompt comprising a plurality of options for an ad hoc temporary upgraded QoS, where each option is associated with a time period. The application further, based on a user input, requests a preferred roaming list (PRL) associated with the temporary upgraded QoS, receives the PRL, wherein the PRL is associated with providing the upgraded QoS on an allocated spectrum, activates the received PRL, and upon expiration of the time period, deactivates the received PRL.

Requesting upgraded quality of service (QoS) delivered via temporary spectrum allocation

A method of propagating a radio access network (RAN) affiliation list to mobile communication devices, where the RAN affiliation list informs the mobile communication devices what cell site they are to attach to and what radio frequencies they are to use. The method comprises receiving a RAN affiliation list by a cell site, where the RAN affiliation list has a RAN affiliation list identity and comprises information about cell site affiliation for mobile communication devices that is applicable to an operating area including the cell site, transmitting the RAN affiliation list identity by the cell site on a broadcast channel, receiving by the cell site a request to download the RAN affiliation list, transmitting the RAN affiliation list by the cell site, receiving a wireless communication service request by the cell site, authorizing the wireless communication service request by the cell site based on the RAN affiliation list.

Radio access network (RAN) affiliation list propagation

A wireless communication device to facilitate determination of frequency band information comprises a processing system and a wireless communication transceiver. The processing system is configured to identify a carrier frequency stored within the wireless communication device and determine a direct current (DC) subcarrier associated with the carrier frequency. The wireless communication transceiver is configured to synchronize with the DC subcarrier to obtain channel information, wherein the channel information comprises a channel size and a DC subcarrier offset. The processing system is configured to process the DC subcarrier with the DC subcarrier offset to determine a starting frequency of a frequency band associated with the carrier frequency.

Determination of frequency band information by a wireless communication device

A device for reducing air drag on highway vehicles includes a fabric enclosure mounted on the rear end of the vehicle which is self-inflated by a pressure differential between the outer and inner surfaces of the fabric enclosure created by the forward movement of the vehicle. The enclosure includes an inner flat fabric web and an outer shaped fabric web in a frame which is removably secured to the vehicle by mounting pins extending through hingedly mounted angles. The device may also be mounted on the rear of the forward trailer of a tandem trailer or behind the cab of a tractor-trailer having a cab mounted fairing device.

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Franklin, TN, United States of America

Mark A Moore