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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2013
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Cellco Partnershp, Arlington, VA (US);
Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Concord, CA (US);
Patricia R. Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Steven R. Rados, Danville, CA (US);
Priscilla Lau, Fremont, CA (US);
Yee Sin Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Maria G. Lam, Oakland, CA (US);
John F. Macias, Antelope, CA (US);
Thomas H. Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
David Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Thomas W. Haynes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A network device may be configured to receive information regarding a location of a user device; compare the location of the user device to one or more coverage areas associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with a base station of a wireless telecommunications network; determine that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells; and instruct the user device, based on determining that the user device is within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, to connect to the particular cell.