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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Corey J. Christopherson, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Donna L. Polehn, Bellevue, WA (US);
Fred Weisbrod, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04B 7/02 (2018.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04B 7/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) device may include a memory and one or more processors. The one or more processors operate to determine one or more of a signal strength or signal quality for each of a plurality of networks available for connection via the communication interface and the antenna assembly. Virtual user equipment (VUE) for two or more of the identified plurality of networks are allocated and the UE device connects to the two or more networks using the respective VUEs.