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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Danlu Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Rohit Kapoor, San Diego, CA (US);
Sharad Deepak Sambhwani, San Diego, CA (US);
Prashanth Sharma, San Diego, CA (US);
Bibhu Prasad Mohanty, San Diego, CA (US);
Danlu Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Rohit Kapoor, San Diego, CA (US);
Sharad Deepak Sambhwani, San Diego, CA (US);
Prashanth Sharma, San Diego, CA (US);
Bibhu Prasad Mohanty, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for improved UE communication mode determination by a network entity, such as a radio network controller, where multi-cell and multi-carrier communication is available to the UE in a wireless network. For example, in an aspect, methods and apparatuses are provided for determining whether a user equipment (UE) is in a soft handover region and a softer handover region, and where the UE is in such a region, predicting a future multi-cell performance of the UE assuming the UE will be served by a plurality of cells on a single carrier, predicting a future multi-carrier performance of the UE assuming the UE will be served by a plurality of carriers of a single cell, comparing the future multi-cell performance to the future multi-carrier performance, and transmitting a mode command to the UE based at least on the comparing.