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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Jasinder Pal Singh, Olathe, KS (US);
Deveshkumar Narendrapratap Rai, Overland Park, KS (US);
Naresh Madineni, Overland Park, KS (US);
Rajil Malhotra, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A data communication network to provide hop count data for User Equipment (UE) selection of a wireless relay. The data communication network comprises a macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve UEs. The wireless relays receive a hop count, and in response, increment their individual hop count and wirelessly broadcast individual relay Long Term Evolution (LTE) System Information Blocks (SIBs) indicating their individual hop counts. The wireless relays receive wireless UE attachments responsive to the relay LTE SIB broadcasts of their individual hop counts.