US 11,903,049 B2
Apparatus and methods for cell identification in wireless networks
Maulik Vaidya, Escondido, CA (US); and Amitav Mukherjee, Elk Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,989.
Application 17/479,989 is a continuation of application No. 16/601,345, filed on Oct. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,129,213, issued on Sep. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,065, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/752,002, filed on Oct. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0007440 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/265 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Computerized wireless network apparatus, comprising:
a digital processor apparatus;
wireless network interface apparatus configured for data communication with the digital processor apparatus, at least one wireless-enabled data network, and a plurality of computerized wireless client devices; and
at least one storage device in data communication with the digital processor apparatus, the at least one storage device comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed by the digital processor apparatus, cause the computerized wireless network apparatus to:
identify at least one of the plurality of computerized wireless client devices for which a prescribed operational configuration is applicable, the identification based on at least one parameter indicating that no mobility is required for at least one of the plurality of computerized wireless client devices;
based on the identification, apply a cell identifier resolution mechanism to only one or more others of the plurality of computerized wireless client devices and not the at least one of the plurality of computerized wireless client devices;
cause instruction of the one or more others of the plurality of computerized wireless client devices to perform a measurement protocol pursuant to the cell identifier resolution mechanism; and
based on one or more results of the performance of the measurement protocol, cause configuration of at least one data structure relating to cell identifiers.