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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Nicolas A. Nehme Antoun, Olathe, KS (US);
Ryan S. Talley, Overland Park, KS (US);
Shilpa Kowdley Srinivas, Brambleton, VA (US);
Muralidhar Reddy Malreddy, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A micro cell management system and method are provided. The micro cell management system in one example includes a communication interface configured to exchange communications with one or more wireless micro cells and a processing system coupled to the communication interface. The processing system is configured to obtain GPS information for each wireless micro cell of a micro cell cluster, obtain backhaul information for each wireless micro cell of the micro cell cluster, select a master cell for the micro cell cluster, with the master cell comprising a wireless micro cell having one or both of an optimum GPS signal or an optimum backhaul signal, and configure the master cell to perform one or more of relaying GPS data to other wireless micro cells of the micro cell cluster or exchanging backhaul data for the micro cell cluster.