US 12,219,393 B2
Systems and methods for determining loads of base stations for connection with fixed wireless access devices
Seng Gan, Ashburn, VA (US); Muhammad Ebad Ullah, Allen, TX (US); Timothy E. Coyle, Chicopee, MA (US); and Andrew F. Patka, Holliston, MA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,821.
Prior Publication US 2023/0422094 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 28/0861 (2023.05) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a management system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a 4G base station, base station information regarding 5G base stations identified by a fixed wireless access (FWA) device,
the base station information identifying the 5G base stations and identifying sectors of the 5G base stations;
providing, to the 5G base stations, a request for a quantity of devices connected to each sector of the sectors of the 5G base stations based on receiving the base station information;
receiving, from the 5G base stations, device information indicating the quantity of devices connected to each sector of the sectors of the 5G base stations based on providing the request;
determining loads of the 5G base stations based on the device information; and
providing, to the 4G base station, load information regarding the loads of the 5G base stations,
the load information being provided to cause the 4G base station to determine the loads of the 5G base stations prior to causing a 5G base station, of the 5G base stations, to establish a connection with the FWA device.