Dynamic handover threshold adjustment
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsSiddharth Oroskar, Jasinder Singh, Nitesh Manchanda
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Abstract
A method of allocating frequency bands of an access node includes determining a number of relay wireless devices attached to a donor access node neighboring the access node and transmitting to the access node information related to the number of relay wireless devices attached to the donor access node. An inter-frequency handover threshold of the access node is altered based at least in part on the information related to the number of relay wireless devices attached to the donor access node. Systems and methods relate to allocating frequency bands of an access node.
Claims13
A method of allocating frequency bands of an access node, the method comprising:
- determining a number of relay wireless devices attached to a donor access node neighboring the access node;
- transmitting to the access node information related to the number of relay wireless devices attached to the donor access node;
- altering an inter-frequency handover threshold of the access node based at least in part on the information related to the number of relay wireless devices attached to the donor access node by increasing a minimum threshold signal level associated with a first frequency band deployed by the access node and decreasing a maximum threshold signal level associated with a second frequency band deployed by the access node;
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- offloading user equipment from the first frequency band deployed by the access node to the second frequency band deployed by the access node.
A method of allocating frequency bands of an access node among user devices, the method comprising:
- determining a number of wireless relay devices attached to a donor access node neighboring the access node;
- transmitting to the access node information related to the number of wireless relay devices attached to the donor access node;
- based at least in part on the information related to the number of wireless relay devices attached to the donor access node, altering a threshold radio characteristic of the access node by increasing a minimum threshold signal level associated with a first frequency band class of the access node and decreasing a maximum threshold signal level associated with a second frequency band class of the access node;
- comparing a radio characteristic of the access node with the threshold radio characteristic;
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- offloading a relay wireless device from a first frequency band class of the access node to a second frequency band class of the access node based on a comparison of the radio characteristic and the threshold radio characteristic.
A system, comprising:
- an access node;
- a neighboring donor access node;
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- a processor associated with the access node configured to:
- receive information related to a number of relay wireless devices attached to the donor access node;
- alter a threshold radio characteristic based at least in part on the information related to the number of relay wireless devices attached to the donor access node by one or both of increasing a minimum threshold signal level associated with a first frequency band class of the access node and decreasing a maximum threshold signal level associated with a second frequency band class of the access node;
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- offload a user device from a first frequency band class of the access node to a second frequency band class of the access node based on a comparison of the radio characteristic and the threshold radio characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.