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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. 20, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

John Humbert, Roeland Park, KS (US);

Scott Francis Migaldi, Cary, IL (US);

Terri L. Brooks, Prosper, TX (US);

Mark Younge, Golden, CO (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device configured to operate in two frequency bands having significantly different coverage areas receives coordinates associated with a smaller coverage area over a frequency band having a larger coverage area. The coordinates allow the electronic device to only power up the associated radio and search for a base station of the smaller coverage area when the electronic device is in the area described by the coordinates. This allows the electronic device to achieve significant power savings compared to even infrequent random polling to determine when a base station of the smaller coverage area radio system is available.


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