Network device based control of a coverage enhancement mode
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsJeremy Nacer, Siva Sandeep Dhandu
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Abstract
A device may detect a trigger to configure a coverage enhancement mode for a wireless device. The wireless device may be associated with a particular coverage area. The device may determine information associated with one or more wireless devices connected to a network. The network may be associated with the particular coverage area. The information may be associated with a level of network traffic of the network. The device may determine a level of coverage enhancement for the wireless device based on the information associated with the one or more wireless devices connected to the network. The device may transmit an instruction to cause the wireless device to utilize the level of coverage enhancement for the coverage enhancement mode.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors to:
- detect a trigger to configure a coverage enhancement mode for a wireless device, the wireless device being associated with a particular coverage area;
- determine information associated with one or more wireless devices connected to a network,
- the network being associated with the particular coverage area, and
- the information being associated with a level of network traffic of the network;
- determine a level of coverage enhancement for the wireless device based on the information;
- and
- transmit an instruction to cause the wireless device to utilize the level of coverage enhancement for the coverage enhancement mode,
- the instruction identifying a quantity of copies of packets to be transmitted by the wireless device based on the level of coverage enhancement.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- detect a trigger to configure a coverage enhancement mode for a plurality of wireless devices,
- the plurality of wireless devices being associated with a particular coverage area;
- determine information associated with one or more wireless devices connected to a network,
- the network being associated with the particular coverage area, and
- the information being associated with a level of network traffic of the network;
- determine, based on the information associated with the one or more wireless devices connected to the network, a level of coverage enhancement that the plurality of wireless devices are to implement for the coverage enhancement mode;
- and
- instruct the plurality of wireless devices to transmit a quantity of copies of packets based on the level of coverage enhancement.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a device, a trigger to configure a coverage enhancement mode for a wireless device,
- the wireless device being associated with a particular coverage area;
- determining, by the device, information associated with the wireless device and a set of other wireless devices connected to a network,
- the network being associated with the particular coverage area;
- determining, by the device, a particular level of coverage enhancement, of a set of levels of coverage enhancement, for the wireless device based on the information;
- and
- transmitting, by the device, a coverage enhancement level parameter identifying the particular level of coverage enhancement to cause the wireless device to utilize the particular level of coverage enhancement for the coverage enhancement mode when the wireless device is connected to the network,
- the coverage enhancement level parameter identifying a quantity of copies of packets to be transmitted by the wireless device based on the particular level of coverage enhancement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.