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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:
Jul. 21, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2022
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Hongyan Lei, Plano, TX (US);

Yupeng Jia, South Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a processing system including a processor, that a first resource of a first radio access network is accommodating load in an amount less than a first threshold, resulting in a first determination, determining, by the processing system, that a signal strength of a signal emitted by the first resource is greater than a second threshold, resulting in a second determination, and based on the first determination and the second determination, causing, by the processing system, a voice call initiated by a first user equipment to be supported by the first resource, wherein prior to the causing the first user equipment obtained communication services via a second resource of a second radio access network. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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