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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Ke-chi Jang, Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ke-Chi Jang, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for coverage compensation in a communication system. In one embodiment, a method of operating a source access point in an energy saving mode for selecting a target access point to provide coverage compensation includes providing a notify message including a first set of coverage parameters to a target access point requesting coverage compensation. The method also includes receiving a first response message from the target access point including an indication that the target access point cannot support the coverage compensation and at least one reason therefor.