US 11,863,497 B2
Reduction of TTI bundling in view of proactive imposition of air-interface resource reservation for a device class
Hemanth B. Pawar, Brambleton, VA (US); Krishna Sitaram, Chantilly, VA (US); and Shilpa K. Srinivas, Brambleton, VA (US)
Assigned to Sprint Spectrum LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,145.
Application 17/663,145 is a continuation of application No. 16/913,155, filed on Jun. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,362,795.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271901 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0082 (2013.01) [H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling application of transmission time interval (TTI) bundling on a radio-frequency (RF) carrier on which an access node provides wireless communication service, wherein the carrier defines air-interface resources, and wherein the access node supports application of TTI bundling on the carrier, the method comprising:
detecting that at least a predefined threshold number of devices of a predefined class are connected with the access node on the carrier; and
responsive to the detecting that at least the predefined threshold number of devices of the predefined class are connected with the access node on the carrier, (i) proactively reserving a portion of the air-interface resources for use to serve communications between the access node and the devices of the predefined class and (ii) imposing a reduction in the application of the TTI bundling by the access node on the carrier.