Neighbor access node determination
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsGreg Keller, Yun Sung Kim
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Abstract
A first access node receives from a wireless device in communication with the first access node an identifier of a second access node detected by the wireless device. It is determined that a communication link has not previously been established between the first access node and the second access node based on the identifier. The wireless device is instructed to provide a signal level of a signal from the second access node, and when the signal level of the second access node signal meets a criteria, a communication link is established between the first access node and the second access node.
Claims14
A method of neighbor access node determination, comprising:
- receiving from a wireless device in communication with a first access node an identifier of a second access node detected by the wireless device;
- determining, based on the identifier, that a communication link has not previously been established between the first access node and the second access node;
- when the communication link between the first access node and the second access node has not been established, instructing the wireless device to provide information about the second access node to verify that the second access node is associated with a network provider of the first access node and instructing the wireless device to provide a signal level of a signal from the second access node;
- verifying, at the first access node, that the second access node is associated with the network provider of the first access node and that the signal level of the second access node meets a reporting threshold;
- establishing the communication link between the first access node and the second access node when the network provider of the second access node is verified and when the signal level of the second access node meets the reporting threshold;
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- enabling the performance of a handover of the wireless device from the first access node to the second access node.
A system for neighbor access node determination, comprising:
- a processing node, configured to
- receive from a wireless device in communication with a first access node an identifier of a second access node detected by the wireless device;
- determine, based on the identifier, that a communication link has not previously been established between the first access node and the second access node;
- when the communication link between the first access node and the second access node has not been established, instruct the wireless device to provide information about the second access node to verify that the second access node is associated with a network provider of the first access node and instruct the wireless device to provide a signal level of a signal from the second access node;
- verify, at the first access node, that the second access node is associated with the network provider of the first access node and that the signal level of the second access node meets a reporting threshold;
- establish the communication link between the first access node and the second access node when the network provider of the second access node is verified and when the signal level of the second access node meets the reporting threshold;
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- enable the performance of a handover of the wireless device from the first access node to the second access node.
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