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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);

Rajveen Narendran, Olathe, KS (US);

Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Overland Park, KS (US);

Nicholas Kullman, Kansas City, MO (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/02 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radio access network (RAN) may be configured to communicate with mobile stations using two or more different coordinated multipoint schemes. Further, the RAN may use different coordinated multipoint schemes for different communications with the same mobile station. In particular, methods and systems are disclosed herein that help to intelligently switch between different coordinated multipoint schemes for communications with a given mobile station, based on the remaining battery life of the mobile station.


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