公开(公告)号：US10470073B1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US16212213

申请日：2018-12-06

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Sreekar Marupaduga ,  Rajveen Narendran ,  Sougata Saha ,  Nick J. Baustert ,  Saravana Velusamy

IPC: H04W72/00 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W28/04 ,  H04W28/08

Abstract: A method and system for controlling application of MU-MIMO. The disclosure provides for considering a device's block error rate (BLER) as a basis to decide whether to provide the device with MU-MIMO service. For instance, a base station could determine which of the base station's served devices each have threshold low BLER. And on at least that basis, the base station could select each such device to receive MU-MIMO service. Or faced with a choice between devices to receive MU-MIMO service, the base station could compare the devices' levels of BLER and could select the devices that have lower BLER to receive MU-MIMO service.

公开(公告)号：US10469668B1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15691538

申请日：2017-08-30

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Siddharth S. Oroskar ,  Jasinder P. Singh

IPC: H04W28/18 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W28/26

Abstract: An exemplary method involves a user equipment (UE) receiving a communication-origination request to initiate a communication with a given counterpart. In response, the UE: (a) uses historical communication data for one or more previous communications as a basis for evaluating whether the UE is likely to be assigned a particular codec, from a plurality of possible codecs, for communication with the given counterpart; (b) based on results of the evaluation, determines a respective setting for each of one or more access parameters affecting a likelihood of successfully establishing the communication with the given counterpart; and (c) performs the communication-origination process according to the determined settings for the one or more access parameters, to initiate the requested communication with the given counterpart.

公开(公告)号：US10460263B1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15656182

申请日：2017-07-21

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Geoffrey Scott Martin ,  Michael Philip Dougan

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  G06Q10/02

Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for pooling network devices and updating service plans in a wireless network. The system includes at least one base station and network devices that are part of a wireless network. The base station is configured to group network devices based on a location identifier of each network device. The base station may pool network resources of network devices in each group. The base station, in turn, updates the service plans for customers having addresses that correspond to the location identifiers to reflect the grouped network devices and the pooled resources.

公开(公告)号：US10433222B1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US15962774

申请日：2018-04-25

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Sreekar Marupaduga ,  Rajveen Narendran

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/16 ,  H04W52/14 ,  H04W52/24

Abstract: A method and system for controlling service of user equipment devices (UEs) by a base station in a wireless communication system. In an example arrangement, the base station detects that uplink noise on its air interface is threshold high and that multiple UEs being served by the base station are threshold distant from the base station. In response to detecting this combination of factors, the base selects at least one of the threshold distant UEs for the base station to stop serving, with the selection being based on the UE having highest uplink transmission power among the multiple served UEs that are threshold distant from the base station, and the base station then causes handover of the selected UE from the base station.

公开(公告)号：US10433203B1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US15491155

申请日：2017-04-19

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum LP

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

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W16/32 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: Systems, methods, and processing nodes for providing a quality of service (QoS) to wireless devices attached to a relay access node include determining that a first amount of a first traffic type between a donor access node and a first one or more wireless devices in communication with the donor access node via the relay access node exceeds a threshold amount, and adjusting a quality of service (QoS) parameter of a wireless backhaul link between the relay access node and the donor access node from a first default QoS parameter to a new QoS parameter.

公开(公告)号：US10412691B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US16212239

申请日：2018-12-06

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Sreekar Marupaduga ,  Rajveen Narendran

IPC: H04W52/36 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04B7/0452

Abstract: A method and system for controlling application of MU-MIMO. The disclosure provides for considering a device's power headroom as a basis to decide whether to provide the device with MU-MIMO service. For instance, a base station could determine which of the base station's served devices each have threshold low power headroom. And on at least that basis, the base station could select each such device to receive MU-MIMO service. Or faced with a choice between devices to receive MU-MIMO service, the base station could compare the devices' levels of power headroom and could select the devices that have lower power headroom to receive MU-MIMO service.

公开(公告)号：US10361974B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15400636

申请日：2017-01-06

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

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

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04L12/861

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for controlling base station buffering of data. In an example method, the base station serves a wireless communication device (WCD) over an air interface, where the air interface encompasses a quantity of channels on which the base station serves the WCD, where the base station is configured to buffer, in a data buffer, data awaiting transmission to the WCD, where the buffer has a fullness-threshold defining a maximum quantity of data that the base station will buffer for the WCD, and where the base station is configured to respond to the quantity of data in the buffer meeting the fullness-threshold by increasing the quantity of channels. Then, while serving the WCD, the base station determines an extent to which the WCD provides connectivity between at least one other device and the base station, and sets and applies the fullness-threshold based on the extent.

公开(公告)号：US10342024B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US14939021

申请日：2015-11-12

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Dhaval Mehta ,  Yun Sung Kim ,  Yu Wang ,  Udit Thakore

IPC: H04W72/10 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W88/10

Abstract: Method and systems for assigning resources to user equipment devices (UEs) from a base station are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosure, the base station operates in a first mode in which the base station gives a UE a first scheduling priority level for resource assignment from the base station. The base station then makes a determination that a packet drop rate for the UE exceeds a threshold packet drop rate. Based on the determination, the base station switches from operating in the first mode to operating in a second mode in which the base station gives the UE a second scheduling priority level for resource assignment from the base station, where the second scheduling priority level is higher than the first scheduling priority level.

公开(公告)号：US10342021B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US15367528

申请日：2016-12-02

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum LP

Inventor： Hemanth Pawar ,  Shilpa Kowdley ,  Krishna Sitaram ,  Chunmei Liu

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04B7/0408 ,  H04W40/16

Abstract: Minimizing interference including obtaining interference measurements for transmission angles of an interference-causing side lobe of a formed beam directed towards a wireless device in a beamforming mode, and determining threshold angles wherein an operating mode of another wireless device subject to the interference is switched to from a default mode to a carrier aggregation mode utilizing a different frequency than the formed beam. Upon the transmission angle of the formed beam meeting a second threshold angle, the operating mode of the other wireless device is switched back to the default mode.

公开(公告)号：US10341933B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US15603915

申请日：2017-05-24

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Vanil Parihar ,  Sreekar Marupaduga ,  Nitesh Manchanda

IPC: H04W40/22 ,  H04W40/04 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: A method and corresponding system for controlling whether a UE is served by a relay base station, based on consideration of the maximum-supported MCS of the relay base station's associated UE-relay. The method could apply where the UE is already served by the relay base station, in which case the question could be whether the UE continues being served by the relay base station or rather hands over to another base station. Or the method could apply where the UE is not yet being served by the relay base station, in which case the question could be whether the UE should initially attach with or hand over to the relay base station. Further, the method could be carried out by the UE and/or by a base station or other network entity.