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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Rakesh Chandwani, Morganville, NJ (US);
Shankar Venkatraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/082 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques described herein relate to the dynamic modification of the serving band used by small cells in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) environment. The serving band may be modified to mitigate interference with macrocell eMBMS services. In various implementations, and based on scheduled eMBMS services, a small cell may switch the frequency band of the small cell, suspend service, and/or reduce the transmit power of the small cell.