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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2012
Sachin R. Vargantwar, Overland Park, KS (US);
Ashish Bhan, Shawnee, KS (US);
Maulik K. Shah, Overland Park, KS (US);
Deveshkumar Rai, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sachin R. Vargantwar, Overland Park, KS (US);
Ashish Bhan, Shawnee, KS (US);
Maulik K. Shah, Overland Park, KS (US);
Deveshkumar Rai, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A radio access network (RAN) may radiate to define a wireless coverage area that is configured to provide wireless coverage to wireless communication devices (WCDs). If the utilization of the wireless coverage area is below a low-utilization threshold, the RAN may begin transmitting noise frames in the wireless coverage area. In doing so, the transmitted signal strength of the wireless coverage area may increase, which in turn may increase the likelihood that the WCDs can acquire and use the wireless coverage area.