Determination of wireless device movement to and from an area of interest using a route update radius
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsKosol Jintaseranee, Mark Evans, Heesook Choi
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for determining device movement to and from an area of interest using a route update radius. In a particular embodiment, a method provides identifying an area of interest within a geographic area and determining a first access node of a wireless communication network having a first wireless signal coverage area that includes at least part of the area of interest. The method further provides setting a route update radius to a distance that reflects the size of the at least part of the area of interest and transferring the route update radius to the wireless communication device.
Claims20
A method of operating a wireless communication system, comprising:
- identifying an area of interest within a geographic area;
- determining a first access node of a wireless communication network having a first wireless signal coverage area that includes at least part of the area of interest;
- determining a route update radius and transferring the route update radius to a wireless communication device wherein the route update radius comprises a threshold distance the wireless communication device can travel from the first access node;
- determining if the wireless communication device travels a distance exceeding the route update radius, and
- if the wireless communication device travels a distance exceeding the route update radius, then transferring a location update from the wireless communication device to the first access node.
A wireless communication system, comprising:
- a processing system configured to identify an area of interest within a geographic area, determine a first access node of a wireless communication network having a first wireless signal coverage area that includes at least part of the area of interest, determine a route update radius, and determine if a wireless communication device travels a distance exceeding the route update radius wherein the route update radius comprises a threshold distance the wireless communication device can travel before updating the location of the wireless communication device;
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- a communication interface configured to transfer the route update radius to the wireless communication device and if the wireless communication device travels a distance exceeding the route update radius, then transfer a location update from the wireless communication device to the first access node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.