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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:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);

John W. Prock, Raymore, MO (US);

Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Olathe, KS (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0486 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

During the operation of a radio access network (RAN), the RAN will determine a measure of capacity of a frequency channel based on a modulation quality (Rho) of the frequency channel and will intelligently manage use of the frequency channel based on the determined Rho. Through this process, the RAN may thereby attempt to serve each WCD with an appropriate level of service by reducing a maximum load level for the frequency channel. In response to a WCD attempting to register on a frequency channel, the RAN may determine if registering the WCD would cause a current load level to exceed the maximum load level of the frequency channel. If registering would cause a current load level of the frequency channel to exceed the maximum load level, the RAN may cause the WCD to register on a different frequency channel. If not, the RAN may allow the registration.


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