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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2021
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Deepak Nadh Tammana, Bothell, WA (US);
Roopesh Kumar Polaganga, Bothell, WA (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network serves User Equipment (UE) based on co-location and Received Signal Strength (RSS). A serving wireless access node selects itself for an uplink and downlink when no candidate wireless access nodes are co-located with the serving node. The serving node selects a candidate node for the uplink and downlink when the candidate node is co-located with the serving node and has an RSS level that exceeds a first threshold. The serving node selects itself for the uplink and selects a candidate node for the downlink when the candidate node is co-located with the serving node and has an RSS between the first threshold and a second threshold. The UE may trigger access node selection by entering idle mode. The serving node may condition the selection of a candidate node on whether the candidate node supports a wireless network slice for the UE.