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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Aik Chindapol, Washington, DC (US);

Gila Ghavami, Reston, VA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0005 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 48/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 76/025 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of providing wireless communications to a wireless device is provided. A scanning report can be received from each of a plurality of wireless devices in communication with a first access node using a first radio access technology. A second access node can be selected from among one or more second access nodes to initiate communications with the first access node over a communication link based on the scanning report from each of the plurality of wireless devices. The plurality of wireless devices can be instructed to establish communications with the second access node using a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology. A bandwidth allocation of the communication link can be adjusted based on the plurality of wireless devices.


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