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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2023
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Pareshkumar Panchal, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Muhib Taiye Oduwaiye, Aurora, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
In wireless communications, an uplink imbalance can exist for a wireless device (e.g., a cell phone), where the uplink signal strength is insufficient for reliable uplink transmissions from the wireless device to the serving node (e.g., 4G/5G base station or Wi-Fi access point) even though the downlink signal strength is sufficient for reliable downlink transmissions from the serving node to the wireless device. In one implementation, the wireless device detects an uplink imbalance based on missing downlink ACK messages from the serving node in response to its periodic uplink measurement reports to the serving node. In another implementation, the network (e.g., the serving node) detects an uplink imbalance based on missing uplink measurement reports from the wireless device. In either case, the detection of an uplink imbalance triggers initiation of handover processing to a neighbor node having sufficient signal strength.