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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);
Andy Wurtenberger, Olathe, KS (US);
John Prock, Raymore, MO (US);
Nitesh Manchanda, Overland Park, KS (US);
Vanil Parihar, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A relay wireless device is configured to function as a relay on behalf of a donor access node. The relay wireless device determines a preferred donor access node from among a plurality of candidate donor access nodes based on a comparison with a number of thresholds for reliable and efficient provision of services to end-user wireless devices via the relay wireless device. Any access node that meets the threshold requirements is added to a list of candidate donor access nodes. The candidate donor access node that best meets the thresholds may be selected as the preferred donor access node, and a connection request submitted to the preferred donor access node.