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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:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Siddharth S. Oroskar, Overland Park, KS (US);

Mark Wade, Trimble, MO (US);

Sirisha Potlabathini, Chantilly, VA (US);

Jasinder P. Singh, Olathe, KS (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/00 (2018.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 36/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A base station that provides coverage on at least one TDD carrier and at least one FDD carrier detects that the base station is serving a UE on just one or more of the TDD carrier(s) and that the UE is TDD-FDD CA capable. In response, the base station reconfigures the UE to change the UE's carrier prioritization from (i) prioritizing TDD over FDD to (ii) prioritizing FDD over TDD. For instance, if TDD carriers are defined in one or more frequency bands, and FDD carriers are defined in one or more other frequency bands, this could involve changing the UE's band prioritization to cause the UE to prefer connecting on TDD.


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