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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. 10, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2016
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Nolan, Concord, CA (US);

Robert Berrier, Concord, CA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04B 17/345 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/345 (2015.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 28/0284 (2013.01);
Abstract

Traditional configuration of infrastructure equipment relates to the adjustment of horizontal tilt for antennas. Given the potential overlap of infrastructure equipment, varying tilt angles can result in either interference with nearby equipment ('over-tilt') or reduced coverage areas within a specific infrastructure equipment ('under-tilt'). A tool for determining appropriate tilt angles for infrastructure antennas across a mobile network is provided. The tool automatically determines a range of tilt angles between a selected source antenna and adjacent antennas and optimizes based on a threshold intersecting point. Additionally, the tool can update calculated tilt angles based on network congestion information.


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