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US 8,798,622 B1Granted
Active-set management based on an associated codec
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorSiddharth S. Oroskar
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Abstract
Embodiments may involve the adjustment of the way in which coverage areas are included in the active set of a wireless communication device (WCD), based on the codec that is currently associated with the WCD. An illustrative method involves a radio access network (RAN): (a) determining a codec that is associated with a WCD; (b) using the associated codec as a basis for determining a value for at least one active-set parameter for the WCD; and (c) sending a message to the WCD, wherein the message indicates the determined value for the at least one active-set parameter.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- a radio access network (RAN) determining a codec that is associated with a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the codec is determined from a plurality of available codecs that comprise at least a first and a second codec, and wherein the first codec provides for higher-quality voice service as compared to the second codec;
- using the associated codec as a basis for determining a value for at least one active-set parameter for the WCD, wherein determining the value for the at least one active-set parameter for the WCD comprises determining a value of a maximum-active-sector parameter for the WCD, wherein determining the value of the maximum-active-sector parameter for the WCD comprises:
- if the WCD is associated with the first codec, then setting the value of the maximum-active-sector parameter to a first value;
- and
- if the WCD is associated with the second codec, then setting the value of the maximum-active-sector parameter to a second value, wherein the second value is greater than the first value;
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- sending a message to the WCD, wherein the message indicates the determined value for the at least one active-set parameter.
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A radio-access-network system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
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- program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to:
- determine a codec that is associated with a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the codec is determined from a plurality of available codecs that comprise at least a first and a second codec, and wherein the first codec provides for higher-quality voice service as compared to the second codec;
- use the associated codec as a basis to determine a value for at least one active-set parameter for the WCD, wherein the determination of the value for the at least one active-set parameter comprises a determination, based at least in part on the determined codec, of a value of a maximum-active-sector parameter for the WCD, wherein the value of the maximum-active-sector parameter is set to a first value if the WCD is associated with the first codec and is set to a second value if the WCD is associated with the second codec, wherein the second value is greater than the first value;
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- send a message to the WCD, wherein the message indicates the determined value for the at least one active-set parameter.
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A method comprising:
- a wireless communication device (WCD) determining a codec that is assigned to the WCD, wherein the codec is determined from a plurality of available codecs that comprise at least a first and a second codec, and wherein the first codec provides for higher-quality voice service as compared to the second codec;
- using the assigned codec as a basis for determining a value for at least one active-set parameter for the WCD, wherein the at least one active-set parameter affects how many active sectors that are included in an active set of the WCD, wherein determining the value for the at least one active-set parameter comprises determining, based at least in part on the determined codec, a value of a maximum-active-sector parameter for the WCD, wherein determining the value of a maximum-active-sector parameter for the WCD comprises:
- if the WCD is associated with the first codec, then setting the value of the maximum-active-sector parameter to a first value;
- and
- if the WCD is associated with the second codec, then setting the value of the maximum-active-sector parameter to a second value, wherein the second value is greater than the first value;
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- managing the active set of the WCD according to the at least one active-set parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.