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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Feng Wang, Austin, TX (US);
David R. Wolter, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04B 17/327 (2015.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 16/30 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04B 17/00 (2013.01); H04B 17/327 (2015.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04W 16/30 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 52/367 (2013.01); H04W 72/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a receiver configured to wirelessly receive a signal from a device. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to initiate a channel change operation associated with a channel of a particular frequency band. Each channel of the particular frequency band supports a threshold power level that is based on a signal quality associated with the signal and that enables wireless communication with the device.