Loading patent…
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsSiddharth S. Oroskar, Sachin R. Vargantwar, Maulik K. Shah, Jasinder P. Singh
Estimating the term…
A wireless communication device (WCD) may be able to acquire wireless service from preferred wireless coverage areas that are managed by the WCD's service provider. In some cases, the WCD may instead use wireless service from non-preferred wireless coverage areas of the service provider's roaming partners. In order to save roaming fees, the service provider's RAN may determine when the WCD is likely to roam to a non-preferred wireless coverage area. In response to this determination, the RAN may transmit a redirect message to the WCD, causing the WCD to switch from one preferred wireless coverage area to another preferred wireless coverage area. In some situations, the RAN may transmit such a redirect message because the WCD has reported that it has a low remaining battery life.
A method, wherein a radio access network (RAN) radiates to define a first preferred wireless coverage area on a first frequency and a second preferred wireless coverage area on a second frequency, the method comprising:
A method, wherein a radio access network (RAN) radiates to define a first preferred wireless coverage area on a first frequency and a second preferred wireless coverage area on a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency, the method comprising:
An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, if executed by a radio access network (RAN) device, cause the RAN device to perform operations comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.