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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Siddharth Oroskar, Overland Park, KS (US);
Maulik K. Shah, Overland Park, KS (US);
Anoop Kumar Goyal, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jasinder Pal Singh, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for increasing reference signal power to prevent communication format change. In a particular embodiment, a method of operating a wireless communication system includes identifying a wireless communication device with first communication format to second communication format switching capability. The method further provides allocating a center bandwidth in the first communication format for the wireless communication device. The method further provides identifying a handover event from the wireless communication device requesting a switch from the first communication format to the second communication format and increasing the reference signal power for at least the center bandwidth in the first communication format.