CPC H04L 5/0082 (2013.01) [H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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.
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