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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Adeel Mankee, Lenexa, KS (US);
Muhammad Saad Safiullah, Overland Park, KS (US);
Hassan Raza, Leawood, KS (US);
Inventors:
Adeel Mankee, Lenexa, KS (US);
Muhammad Saad Safiullah, Overland Park, KS (US);
Hassan Raza, Leawood, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0413 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for intelligently managing wireless congestion in a wireless telecommunications network is provided. An ad-hoc device relay is built to communicate data from a mobile device in a congested coverage area to a base station in an uncongested coverage area. Embodiments of the invention optimize the relay through careful device selection and management.