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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Airspan Ip Holdco Llc, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Andrew Terry, Devon, GB;
Alan Carter, Bath, GB;
Assignee:
AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/04 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/10 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/04 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/0426 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 84/105 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus configured to operate in a network comprises: control circuitry configured to perform a selection operation to select a preferred base station from one or more base stations in the network, each base station having a backhaul connection; connection circuitry configured to connect to the preferred base station; and communication circuitry configured to receive characteristic data of the backhaul connection of each of the one or more base stations. The control circuitry is configured to perform the selection operation in dependence on the characteristic data.