Systems and methods for adjusting a power mismatch between wireless devices
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsJasinder P. Singh, Siddharth S. Oroskar, Nitesh Manchanda
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for configuring a handover threshold for wireless devices in a wireless network. A plurality of wireless devices operating in a radio range of an access node (AN) are instructed to report an actual maximum allowable transmit power value at the AN. The plurality of wireless devices are classified based on the reported actual maximum allowable transmit power value. Handover thresholds for the plurality of wireless devices are configured based on the classification.
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A method for configuring handover thresholds for a plurality of wireless devices in a wireless network, each of the plurality of wireless devices belonging to a power class, the method comprising:
- instructing, by an access node, each of the plurality of wireless devices operating in a radio range of the access node to report a collected maximum transmit power capability at the access node, wherein the collected maximum transmit power for each wireless device represents a hardware capability of each wireless device;
- classifying the plurality of wireless devices into one of multiple predefined categories based on the reported collected maximum transmit power capability received from each of the plurality of wireless devices rather than the power class, wherein multiple wireless devices belonging to different power classes are classified into a same predefined category;
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- configuring handover thresholds for the plurality of wireless devices based on the classification.
A system for configuring handover thresholds for a plurality of wireless devices in a wireless network, each of the plurality of wireless devices belonging to a power class, the system comprising:
- a processing node configured to:
- instruct each of the plurality of wireless devices operating in a radio range of an access node to report a collected maximum transmit power capability at the access node, wherein the collected maximum transmit power for each wireless device represents a hardware capability of each wireless device;
- classify the plurality of wireless devices into one of multiple predefined categories based on the reported collected maximum transmit power value received from the plurality of wireless devices rather than the power class, wherein multiple wireless devices belonging to different power classes are classified into a same predefined category;
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- configure handover thresholds for the plurality of wireless devices based on the classification.
A method for adjusting a power mismatch between wireless devices, each of the wireless devices belonging to a power class, the method comprising:
- detecting, at an access node, the power classes reported by multiple wireless devices operating in a radio range of the access node;
- instructing, by the access node, each of the multiple wireless devices to report a collected maximum output power capability, wherein the collected maximum output power capability for each wireless device represents a hardware capability of each wireless device;
- reclassifying, at the access node, the wireless devices into one of multiple predefined categories based on the reported collected maximum output power capability, wherein multiple wireless devices belonging to different power classes are reclassified in a same predefined category;
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- configuring handover thresholds for each of the multiple wireless devices based on the reclassification resulting from the reported collected maximum output power capability.
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