公开(公告)号：US11882491B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17248523

申请日：2021-01-28

申请人： T-Mobile USA Inc.

发明人： Atul Kulkarni ,  Sreekar Marupaduga ,  Sougata Saha ,  Anurag Thantharate

IPC分类号： H04W36/08 ,  H04W76/15

CPC分类号： H04W36/08 ,  H04W76/15

摘要： A method and system for dynamically controlling connectivity of a user equipment device (UE) when the UE has standalone connectivity with a first access node under a first radio access technology (RAT). An example method includes the UE detecting that the UE is within threshold strong coverage of a second access node under a second RAT, and the UE making a selection between (i) responsively handing over from the first access node to the second access node and (ii) having dual-connectivity with the first access node and the second access node. Further, the example method includes the UE informing the first access node of the UE's selection, perhaps together with an inter-RAT measurement report reporting that the UE is within threshold strong coverage of the second access node, and the first access node responsively taking action in accordance with the UE's selection.

公开(公告)号：US11849437B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-19

申请号：US17206092

申请日：2021-03-18

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

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

IPC分类号： H04W72/0453 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W72/54 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08

CPC分类号： H04W72/0453 ,  H04W28/0268 ,  H04W72/54 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08

摘要： Disclosed are methods and systems to facilitate management of carriers to help ensure QoS for single-carrier UEs. In particular, a base station may serve one or more first user equipment devices (UEs) on just a first carrier. While doing so, the base station may determine that each of the one or more first UEs being served on just the first carrier is receiving threshold low quality of service from the base station on the first carrier. Responsive to this determining, the base station may (i) select one or more second UEs based on the one or more second UEs being served by the base station on both the first carrier and one or more other carriers and (ii) discontinue serving each selected second UE on the first carrier while continuing to serve each selected second UE on one or more other carriers.

公开(公告)号：US11838974B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17810875

申请日：2022-07-06

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

发明人： Sreekar Marupaduga

IPC分类号： H04W36/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04W92/10

CPC分类号： H04W76/15 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04W92/10

摘要： A method and system for controlling dual-connectivity service in a system where a first access node provides service on a first air interface and a second access node provides service on a second air interface, and where (i) in a single-connection-uplink mode for the dual-connectivity service, uplink user-plane communication is carried on just the second air interface and (ii) in a split-uplink mode for the dual-connectivity service, uplink user-plane communication is split between the first air interface and the second air interface. An example method includes determining an uplink Multi-User Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) grouping efficiency of the second air interface and, based on the determined uplink MU-MIMO grouping efficiency of the second air interface, controlling whether to provide the dual-connectivity service in the single-connection-uplink mode or rather in the split-uplink mode.

公开(公告)号：US11785504B1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17807890

申请日：2022-06-21

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

发明人： Sreekar Marupaduga

IPC分类号： H04W28/08 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W92/10 ,  H04W28/082

CPC分类号： H04W28/0933 ,  H04W28/082 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W92/10

摘要： A method and system for controlling data split of a dual-connected user equipment device (UE) when the UE has at least two co-existing air-interface connections including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node. An example method includes (i) comparing a level of insertion loss of the first air-interface connection with a level of insertion loss of the second air-interface connection, (ii) based at least on the comparing, establishing a split ratio that defines a distribution of data flow of the UE between at least the first air-interface connection and the second air-interface connection, and (iii) based on the establishing, causing the established split ratio to be applied. Further the method could include using the comparison as a basis to set one of the UE's air-interface connections as the UE's primary uplink path.

公开(公告)号：US11770869B1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17648600

申请日：2022-01-21

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

发明人： Sreekar Marupaduga

IPC分类号： H04W76/16 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W48/02 ,  H04W92/10

CPC分类号： H04W76/16 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W48/02 ,  H04W92/10

摘要： A method and system for controlling application of split-uplink mode for dual-connectivity service in a system where a first access node provides service on a first air interface and a second access node provides service on a second air interface, and where (i) in a single-connection-uplink mode for the dual-connectivity service, uplink user-plane communication is carried on just the second air interface and (ii) in the split-uplink mode for the dual-connectivity service, uplink user-plane communication is split between the first air interface and the second air interface. An example method includes detecting at least a predefined threshold high level of uplink voice muting on the first air interface and responsively restricting application of the split-uplink mode for the dual-connectivity service.

公开(公告)号：US11706590B1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17448442

申请日：2021-09-22

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

发明人： Mark Peden ,  Raymond E. Reeves ,  Simon Youngs

IPC分类号： H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W88/18

CPC分类号： H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W88/184

摘要： A method and system for enabling MMS message delivery to a recipient device. An MMSC receives and stores MMS message content to be delivered to the recipient device, and the MMSC responsively sends to the recipient device an MMS-notification message carrying an address of the MMS message content stored at the MMSC and then receives a reply indicating that the recipient device received the MMS-notification message. The MMSC then detects that, after the MMSC received the reply, (i) at least a predefined threshold amount of time has passed and (ii) the MMSC has not yet received from the recipient device a request to download the MMS message content. And responsive to at least the detecting, the MMSC then sends to the recipient device a data-service-trigger message that triggers turning on data service of the recipient device, thus enabling MMS-message delivery to the recipient device.

公开(公告)号：US11690115B1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16948513

申请日：2020-09-22

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

发明人： Sreekar Marupaduga

IPC分类号： H04W76/15 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W92/10 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： H04W76/15 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W92/10

摘要： A method and system to control anchor carrier configuration for dual-connectivity service of a user equipment device (UE), the dual-connectivity service including the UE being served concurrently by a master node (MN) over a first connection and by a secondary node (SN) over a second connection. An example method includes determining, when the UE has the first connection with the MN, that the UE is within threshold poor coverage of the MN. And the method includes selecting as the anchor carrier one of multiple carriers on which the MN provides service. Further, the method includes, based at least on determining that the UE is within the threshold poor coverage of the MN, basing the carrier selection on a transmission mode that the MN supports using on the selected carrier. And the method includes causing the selected carrier to be the anchor carrier for the dual-connectivity service of the UE.

公开(公告)号：US11659536B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17653784

申请日：2022-03-07

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

发明人： Sreekar Marupaduga

IPC分类号： H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W72/51 ,  H04W72/52

CPC分类号： H04W72/0453 ,  H04W72/51 ,  H04W72/52 ,  H04W76/15

摘要： A method and system for controlling carrier load in a wireless communication system that supports multiple user equipment devices (UEs) each being primarily connected with a first access node on a first carrier and each having a respective secondary connection for dual-connectivity service. An example method includes (i) monitoring a distribution of the respective secondary connections of the UEs among being on a second carrier and being on a third carrier, the third carrier having wider bandwidth than the second carrier, (ii) based on the monitoring, determining that at least a predefined threshold portion of the UEs have their secondary connections on the third carrier rather than on the second carrier, and (iii) based at least on the determining, taking action to control load on the first carrier, such as limiting a maximum number of UEs allowed to be concurrently connected with the first access node on the first carrier.

公开(公告)号：US11659483B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17659282

申请日：2022-04-14

申请人： Sprint Spectrum L.P.

发明人： Sreekar Marupaduga

IPC分类号： H04W48/20 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W88/14 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W76/15

CPC分类号： H04W48/20 ,  H04W28/0257 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W88/085 ,  H04W88/14

摘要： A method and system to control selection of a serving cell for a UE. An example method includes determining respectively for each candidate cell of multiple candidate cells a maximum backhaul bit rate of the candidate cell, determining that a given one of the candidate cells has a highest determined maximum backhaul bit rate among the candidate cells, and based at least on the determining that the given candidate cell has the highest determined maximum backhaul bit rate among the candidate cells, selecting the given candidate cell to be the serving cell for the UE. Further, the method could also include basing the selection on consideration of a backhaul packet-drop rate of the given cell. In example implementations, the selection of a serving cell could be a selection of a PCell for carrier-aggregation service, an anchor cell for dual-connectivity service, or a secondary cell for dual-connectivity service, among other possibilities.

公开(公告)号：US12133115B1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17820350

申请日：2022-08-17

申请人： T-Mobile USA, Inc.

发明人： Hemanth B. Pawar ,  Krishna Sitaram ,  Shilpa K. Srinivas

IPC分类号： H04W28/08 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04W76/16

CPC分类号： H04W28/0942 ,  H04W28/0257 ,  H04W28/0268 ,  H04W28/0967 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04W76/16

摘要： A method and system for proactively reconfiguring communication to a user equipment device (UE) in anticipation the UE experiencing a coverage-throughput reduction when the UE is receiving streaming media. An example method includes (i) predicting, when the UE is receiving streaming media, that the UE is going to experience the coverage-throughput reduction and (ii) based at least in part on the predicting, proactively increasing a quality-of-service (QOS) level of a bearer through which the UE is receiving the streaming media, the proactively increasing occurring before the UE experiences the coverage-throughput reduction so that the QoS level is increased by when the UE experiences the coverage-throughput reduction.