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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. 04, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Feng Wang, Austin, TX (US);

David R. Wolter, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 16/30 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04B 17/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04W 16/30 (2013.01); H04W 72/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes determining, at a wireless access point, a signal quality indicator associated with a user device in communication with the wireless access point. The method also includes determining, based on the signal quality indicator, a particular frequency band of a set of candidate frequency bands to use in a channel change operation, where each candidate frequency band of the set of candidate frequency bands supports a threshold power level that enables communication between the wireless access point and the user device. The method further includes selecting a particular channel from the particular frequency band to use in the channel change operation.


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