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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2016
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Maneesh Gauba, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US);
Nitesh Manchanda, Overland Park, KS (US);
Vanil Parihar, Overland Park, KS (US);
Gene S. Mitchell, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A communication system dynamically controls a User Equipment (UE) handover for multiple repeaters linked in series that include a source repeater and target repeater. The communication system determines individual UE loading for each of the multiple repeaters. The communication system modifies a handover threshold between the source repeater and the target repeater based on the UE loading for each of the multiple repeaters in the series. The communication system serves the UE over the source repeater and applies the modified handover threshold to a signal strength difference between the source repeater and the target repeater. The communication system inhibits the UE handover from the source repeater to the target repeater if the signal strength difference for the UE falls below the modified handover threshold and initiates the UE handover from the source repeater to the target repeater if the signal strength difference for the UE reaches the modified handover threshold.