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Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);

Inventors:

Omkar Shripad Dharmadhikari, Lakewood, CO (US);

Joseph Padden, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 36/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods include an access layer to perform handovers for a User Equipment (UE) using a mobility status of the UE. A source access node (e.g., a femto cell, small cell, or a macro cell) establishes a first network connection with the UE. Based on a mobility status of the UE, the source access node selects either a small cell access node or a macro cell access node as a target node for connecting to the UE with a handover (e.g., by establishing a second network connection with the UE). The UE may have a medium mobility status or a high mobility status and, in response, be connected to the macro cell access cell for continuous connectivity. Alternatively, the UE may have the low mobility status and, in response, a signal strength analysis of the access nodes may be performed to select the target node for the handover.


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