公开(公告)号：US10171215B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15432014

申请日：2017-02-14

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Siddharth S. Oroskar ,  Jasinder P. Singh

IPC: H04W76/28 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W36/38 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W88/10

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for segregating user equipment devices (UEs) among carriers to help facilitate operation in lean-carrier mode in which a base station (BS) engages in a reduced extent of reference signaling on a particular carrier. In practice, the BS may operate in the lean-carrier mode when bearer data is not being communicated on the particular carrier. Given this arrangement, the BS may identify one or more UEs, of a plurality of UEs served by the BS, based on each UE communicating bearer data less frequently than a threshold frequency of bearer data communication. And the BS may serve just the identified UEs on the particular carrier, thereby increasing a probability of the BS operating in the lean-carrier mode.

公开(公告)号：US10165538B1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15994648

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Zheng Fang ,  Yu Wang ,  Zheng Cai ,  David Z. Sun

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04W76/16 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for use of DCN-ID data as a basis for service configuration and differentiation. A UE may be provisioned with a DCN-ID that correlates with a service plan to which the UE subscribes, and the UE may include the DCN-ID in an attach request that the UE sends to a NB. The NB may then map the included DCN-ID to a service configuration for the UE and take action to configure service for the UE accordingly. In an example implementation, the service configuration could include a quantity of secondary NBs to be added for concurrent service of the UE, a set of one or more DCNs in which the UE should be connected, and a set of one or more application-layer services to be provided for the UE.

公开(公告)号：US10149125B1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US14684287

申请日：2015-04-10

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Siddharth S. Oroskar ,  Jasinder P. Singh

IPC: H04W4/18 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W8/24

Abstract: Coordinated multipoint (CoMP) can improve uplink service in cellular networks. However, uplink CoMP can also burden an access network, such as by increasing processing loads at base stations and/or increasing traffic on backhaul links between base stations. Accordingly, exemplary methods and systems help to dynamically select an uplink CoMP mode for a user equipment (UE) based on various factors, such as whether the UE is located at a border cell, whether or not carrier aggregation is being utilized for downlink communications with the UE, and/or whether or not the UE is a heavy data user, among other possible factors.

公开(公告)号：US10129889B1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US14842379

申请日：2015-09-01

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Sreekar Marupaduga ,  Andrew M. Wurtenberger ,  John W. Prock

IPC: H04W72/04

Abstract: In a wireless network comprising a plurality of carriers available for carrier aggregation transmissions between a base station and UE, the base station: (i) determines whether a requirement exists to transmit data between the UE and the base station via a carrier aggregation transmission; (ii) in response to determining that the carrier aggregation transmission requirement exists, selects a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers from the plurality of carriers for the carrier aggregation transmission based on one or more of each carrier's receive power at the UE, transmit power at the base station, and frequency; (iii) allocates the selected primary and secondary component carriers to the carrier aggregation transmission; (iv) informs the UE of the allocation; and (v) executes the carrier aggregation transmission according to the allocation.

公开(公告)号：US10085279B1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-25

申请号：US15449896

申请日：2017-03-03

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Dhaval Mehta ,  Jasinder P. Singh ,  Udit Thakore ,  Yu Wang

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W88/08

CPC classification number: H04W72/1273 ,  H04W28/0205 ,  H04W36/0088 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: When a base station is serving a user equipment device (UE) that tunes away from the base station during recurring tune-away periods, the base station will determine that the base station did not receive a communication expected to be received at a particular time from the UE. Based on the determining, the base station will estimate a first tune-away period of the UE's recurring tune-away periods to be a time period that encompasses the particular time. And based on the estimated first tune-away period, the base station will estimate times of subsequent tune-away periods. The base station will then configure itself such that it avoids communicating with the UE during the estimated times of the subsequent tune-away periods.

公开(公告)号：US10085220B1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-25

申请号：US15294315

申请日：2016-10-14

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Sreekar Marupaduga ,  Ahmad Saleh

IPC: H04L12/50 ,  H04W52/28 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04W36/06 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W88/12

CPC classification number: H04W36/06 ,  H04W36/0069 ,  H04W52/34 ,  H04W52/343 ,  H04W52/346 ,  H04W88/085

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for compensating for excessive attenuation on an RF connection between a remote radio head (RRH) and an antenna of cell site. In an example configuration, in which first and second RF carriers of a cell site traverse different RF paths between respective RRHs and respective antenna, the second RF carrier may be subject to more attenuation than the first. Consequently, antenna transmission power of the second RF carrier may be below one or another threshold. For communication services to user equipment devices that involve both the first and second RF carriers, the diminished antenna transmission power of the second RF carrier may cause service degradation. In accordance with example embodiments, a controlling network entity may determine that the power is diminished, and responsively reallocate transmission power from an underutilized carrier to the second carrier, thereby boosting its transmission power and remediating service degradation.

公开(公告)号：US10080173B1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-18

申请号：US15092333

申请日：2016-04-06

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Deveshkumar N. Rai ,  Jasinder P. Singh ,  Naresh Madineni

IPC: H04W52/00 ,  H04W36/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L12/26

CPC classification number: H04L43/16 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04W36/165 ,  H04W36/24 ,  H04W52/146

Abstract: A method and system for controlling handover of a WCD based on the WCD's operating temperature. In an example implementation, a determination is made that the WCD's operating temperature is threshold high, and that determination is used as a basis to trigger handover of the WCD to another coverage system, such as to another carrier frequency or to another base station coverage area. Further, in another example implementation, a determination is made that the WCD's operating temperature is threshold low (e.g., is not threshold high), and that determination is used as a basis to trigger handover of the WCD to another coverage system, such as back to the WCD's initially serving coverage system.

公开(公告)号：US10064166B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US14881724

申请日：2015-10-13

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Chunmei Liu ,  Pratik Kothari ,  Hemanth B. Pawar ,  Krishna Sitaram

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/04 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W92/10 ,  H04W88/02

CPC classification number: H04W76/27 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0057 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W28/0205 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W92/10

Abstract: According to aspects of the disclosure, a method and system are provided for managing signaling in a wireless communication network. In accordance with the disclosure, a base station serves a plurality of user equipment devices (UEs) via an air interface extending between the base station and the UEs. The base station also receives, on an uplink of the air interface, a report from each UE indicating channel state information (CSI). The base station periodically receives the report from each UE according to a CSI reporting rate specified by the base station for the UE. The base station may determine that a level of loading on the uplink is greater than a threshold load value. Responsive to such determination, the base station selects a subset of the plurality of UEs and reduces the CSI reporting rate for the selected subset of the plurality of UEs to reduce congestion on the uplink.

公开(公告)号：US10051542B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15787357

申请日：2017-10-18

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Nagi Mansour ,  Kevin Hart ,  Crisanto Ponce ,  Kafi Hassan

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W36/20 ,  H04W36/18 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: A computing system will detect when a UE engaged in a voice call hands over from a lower frequency coverage area to a higher frequency coverage area where it is raining, and the computing system will responsively take action to help improve the UE's communication quality, in an effort to help minimize the extent to which voice call quality will degrade as a result of the transition to the higher frequency where it is raining. In particular, per the disclosure, the computing system could respond to this scenario by causing the target base station to use a more robust wireless transmission mode than the source base station was using to serve the UE.

公开(公告)号：US10015708B1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-03

申请号：US15298062

申请日：2016-10-19

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Deveshkumar N. Rai

IPC: H04W36/02 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W36/38 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08

CPC classification number: H04W36/023 ,  H04W36/00837 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system to help manage handover of a UE based on data buffering. In accordance with the disclosure, when a base station receives data destined for a UE, the base station may record the received data into a data buffer for temporary storage and retrieve the data at some later time to transmit the data to the UE. The base station may then determine, based at least in part on an amount of elapsed time from recording the data to retrieving the data, whether to invoke handover of the UE from being served by the base station to being served by a different, neighboring base station.