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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025

Filed:

May. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Airspan Ip Holdco Llc, Boca Raton, FL (US);

Inventors:

Blanca Arcas Serrate, London, GB;

Venkateswarlu Katepalli, Slough, GB;

Krzysztof Dudzinski, Slough, GB;

Andrew Logothetis, High Wycombe, GB;

Assignee:

AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2008.12); H04B 7/185 (2005.12); H04W 64/00 (2008.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2012.12); H04B 7/18506 (2012.12); H04W 64/00 (2012.12);
Abstract

There is provided a mobile radio device and a method of operating a mobile radio device. The mobile radio device is provided with storage circuitry to store location information defining locations of a first plurality of base stations. The mobile radio device is further provided with connection circuitry to make an attempt to connect to a candidate base station of the first plurality of base stations using a beam steered in a direction of the candidate base station, and to receive signals from the direction of the candidate base station. The mobile radio device is further provided with calculation circuitry to generate, based on the received signals, status information defining a connectivity characteristic of each of a second plurality of base stations, and to calculate a ranked list of candidate base stations from the first plurality of base stations and the second plurality of base stations. The mobile radio device is further provided with selection circuitry to select a next candidate base station to attempt to connect to based on the ranked list of candidates.


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