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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Saravana Velusamy, Olathe, KS (US);

Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);

Maneesh Gauba, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/14 (2006.01); H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/046 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02);
Abstract

A wireless base station receives attachment signaling for User Equipment (UE) from a wireless repeater chain and identifies a number of repeater hops for the UE between the base station and a serving wireless repeater. The base station transfers signaling indicating the UE ID and the number of wireless repeater hops. A network controller receives the signaling and selects data services for the UE based on the UE ID and the number of wireless repeater hops. The network controller exchanges signaling indicating the selected data services for the UE with a network element to deliver the data services to the UE. The network controller transfers signaling indicating the UE ID and the selected data services to the wireless base station. In some examples, the data services comprise Access Point Names (APNs), and the network controller comprises a Mobility Management Entity (MME).


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