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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:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Mark Spiotta, Wheaton, IL (US);

Michal Dudek, Cracow, PL;

Wojciech Gazda, Cracow, PL;

Dariusz Palka, Cracow, PL;

Przemyslaw Jackowiak, Cracow, PL;

Artur Poplawski, Cracow, PL;

Agnieszka Daniecka-Laba, Cracow, PL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/18 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method that may determine, at a network entity, a first distance between a first base station and a second base station based on a handover indication received from user equipment. The method may further determine, by the network entity, a second distance between a point of signal loss and a point of signal acquisition of user equipment. The method may further estimate, by the network entity, one or more network coverage areas based upon the first distance and the second distance.


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