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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Jasinder Pal Singh, Olathe, KS (US);
Deveshkumar Narendrapratap Rai, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04L 45/20 (2013.01); H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating User Equipment (UE) in a data communication network that comprises a macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve the UE to select a communication session type based on a hop count. The method comprises UEs that attach to one of a plurality of wireless relays and determine a hop count for the attached wireless relay. The UEs select a session type based on the hop count and initiate a communication session of the selected session type with the attached wireless relay.