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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Sharath Somashekar, Overland Park, KS (US);
Ryan Patrick Dreiling, Shawnee, KS (US);
Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);
Rajveen Narendran, Olathe, KS (US);
Walter Fred Rausch, Shawnee, KS (US);
Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a system for reducing tropospheric ducting and tropospheric refraction in a wireless telecommunication network. A base station or network component receives weather information and determines if conditions are right for tropospheric ducting or tropospheric refraction. A simultaneous rise in UL interference, call failure rates, and call drop rates in adjacent markets can indicate tropospheric ducting. A rise in UL interference, call failure rates, and call drop rates by devices in one market can indicate tropospheric refraction. Where these UL interferences, call failure rates, and call drop rates occur daily for a similar duration each day, they are treated as being caused by tropospheric propagation and a mitigation routine is implemented through antenna down-tilt.