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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Sprint Spectrum Llp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Charles Manganiello, Paola, KS (US);
Amrit Kumar Chandra, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jay R. Chernoff, Pawleys Island, SC (US);
Kristian Kai Johns, Ashburn, VA (US);
David Zhijun Sun, Broadlands, VA (US);
Neehar Kulkarni, Herndon, VA (US);
Mayur Shirwadkar, Arlington, VA (US);
Liang Li, Darnestown, MD (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for communicating using at least two different radio access technologies (RATs) include determining whether or not an access node is capable of communicating using the at least two RATs (e.g. using 4G LTE and 5G NR, also known as 5G EN-DC), and instructing the access node to broadcast an indicator, wherein receiving the indicator, a wireless device can attach to both first and second RATs. The wireless device is further instructed to prioritize which combination of RATs to attach to based on a signal level transmitting using each RAT.