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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:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Paul Bongaarts, Issaquah, WA (US);

Egil Gronstad, Encinitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 36/04 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to improved wireless handovers based on device movement. User equipment (UE) can be wirelessly connected to a network via a serving cell, while handover operations allow the UE to transition a connection from the serving cell to a candidate cell to facilitate mobility and connection continuity. In some cases, the serving cell can be a wide area network and the candidate cell can be a small cell, whereby the small cell utilizes millimeter wavelength communications. In some cases, where a candidate cell can provide a higher quality connection compared to the serving cell, a handover decision can be based at least in part on motion data associated with the UE. For example, if a speed of the UE is above a threshold, the UE or network can be prevented from initiating a handover from the serving cell to the candidate cell.


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