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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04L 61/6077 (2013.01); H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for communicating with a wireless device via at least two access nodes include receiving, at a gateway node, data addressed to a first network address of the wireless device, transmitting, via a donor access node, a first portion of the data within a first bearer addressed to a second network address of the wireless device, and transmitting, via a relay access node wirelessly coupled to the donor access node, a second portion of the data within a second bearer addressed to a third network address of the wireless device.