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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Sougata Saha, Lakeside, CA (US);
Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);
Anurag Thantharate, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kavitha Swaminathan, Olathe, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum LP, Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/0069 (2018.08); H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 52/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
Attaching to additional access nodes and performing handovers responsive to path loss measurements and uplink transmit power levels meeting different thresholds. A wireless device attached to a first access node is experiencing one or more of a threshold path loss or a threshold uplink transmit power is instructed to enable dual connectivity, wherein the wireless device remains attached to the first access node. Embodiments include 5G EN-DC systems that are collocated or distributed.