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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Siddharth S. Oroskar, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jasinder P. Singh, Olathe, KS (US);
Clark D. Halferty, Lees Summit, MO (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method and system to control WCD handover. A first base station will request load information from a second base station, and, based at least in part on a result of that request, the first base station will control handover of the WCD. The first base station may decline to hand over the WCD to the second base station in response to determining that the first base station did not responsively receive load information from the second base station. Further, the first base station may determine a level of confidence in load information of the second base station based on whether the first base station received load information of the second base station and based on whether the first and second base stations are provided by the same vendor, and the first base station may then use that level of confidence as a basis to control handover of the WCD.