US 11,985,521 B2
Dynamic small cell radio frequency (RF) optimization
Amir Saghir, Frisco, TX (US); and Said Hanbaly, Prosper, TX (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 Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,426.
Application 18/186,426 is a continuation of application No. 17/009,842, filed on Sep. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,638,165.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224730 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/24 (2009.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04B 1/005 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 28/0236 (2013.01); H04W 52/245 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a device, whether a small cell radio access node is configured to operate at a plurality of radio frequency (RF) bands;
scanning, by the device and based on a determination that the small cell radio access node is configured to operate at the plurality of RF bands, a radio service area to detect a plurality of radio signals in multiple RF bands of the plurality of RF bands;
determining, by the device, a signal strength associated with each of the multiple RF bands;
comparing, by the device, the signal strengths relative to a first signal strength threshold value and a second signal strength threshold value;
selecting, by the device for the small cell radio access node based on the comparing, an operating RF band from the multiple RF bands; and
reducing an RF coverage of the radio service area.