US 12,267,907 B2
User equipment (UE) grouping in a wireless communication network
Mochamad Mirza, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,975.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098839 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/28 (2018.02) 20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a wireless communication network to serve User Equipment (UEs) that comprise a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) UE group and a Mobile Wireless Access (MWA) UE group, the method comprising:
wirelessly receiving UE signaling from the UEs;
determining network characteristics for the UEs;
generating MWA UE context for the UEs in the MWA UE group based on the network characteristics and generating FWA UE context for the UEs in the FWA UE group based on the network characteristics;
transferring network signaling to serve the UEs in the MWA UE group based on the MWA UE context and to serve the UEs in the FWA UE group based on the FWA UE context; and
wirelessly serving the UEs in the MWA UE group by using Discontinuous Reception (DRX) responsive to the MWA UE context in the network signaling, and wirelessly serving the UEs in the FWA group without using the DRX responsive to the FWA UE context in the network signaling.