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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

David Z. Sun, Broadlands, VA (US);

Zheng Fang, Mclean, VA (US);

Zheng Cai, Fairfax, VA (US);

Yu Wang, Fairfax, VA (US);

Amrit K. Chandra, Ashburn, VA (US);

Assignee:

SPRINT SPECTRUM LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/2606 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for controlling bearer establishment in a wireless communication system in which a donor base station serves a relay over a first air interface and in which the relay is configured to serve UEs over a second air interface. An example method includes (i) detecting a flow of voice traffic on a relay-bearer communication path that extends between the relay and a gateway system via the donor base station, where the voice traffic is digitized voice data being communicated in a VoIP call of a UE served by the relay and (ii) responsive to at least the detecting of the flow of the voice traffic over the relay-bearer communication path, triggering dynamic establishment for the relay of a dedicated VoIP relay bearer that extends between the relay and the gateway system via the donor base station, for carrying the continued voice traffic of the UE's VoIP call.


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