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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);

Rajveen Narendran, Olathe, KS (US);

Maher Hasan, Ashbum, VA (US);

Saravana Velusamy, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 52/365 (2013.01); H04W 52/367 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for dynamically controlling connectivity of a user equipment device (UE) in a wireless communication system. An example method includes (i) while the UE has dual connectivity with a first access node and a second access node, determining that power headroom of the UE on an air-interface connection between the UE and the second access node is threshold low, and (ii) responsive to at least the determining, transitioning the UE from having the dual connectivity with the first access node and the second access node to instead having standalone connectivity with the second access node. Transitioning the UE to having standalone connectivity with the second access node as to which the UE had threshold low power headroom may help to improve quality of communication between the UE and the second access node.


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