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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);
Nicholas Kullman, Kansas City, MO (US);
Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dynamically adjusting drop-timer thresholds based on loading. An embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by at least one network entity in a communication system that also includes a radio access network (RAN) providing wireless service to access terminals in a coverage area, in part by enforcing a drop timer having an associated start threshold and an associated stop threshold. The method includes determining a current level of load in the coverage area, and further includes adjusting one or both of the start threshold and the stop threshold based at least in part on the determined current level of load in the coverage area.