US 12,323,818 B2
Systems and methods for network based geographic anchor selection
Sasha Faye Schaafsma, Twin Lake, MI (US); Charles Aaron Robeck, Byron, MN (US); Timothy E. Coyle, Chicopee, MA (US); Brandon Scott Atkins, Evans, GA (US); and Zachary S. Wozich, Casco, ME (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 Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,451.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319583 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/18 (2013.01) [H04W 64/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, in a network, a location of a Fifth Generation (5G) node;
determining, based on the location of the 5G node and capabilities associated with the 5G node, a plurality of areas around the 5G node, each area corresponding to a bin of a plurality of bins;
identifying, in at least some of the plurality of bins, candidate anchor nodes for the 5G node;
ranking the candidate anchor nodes based on parameters associated with the candidate anchor nodes, wherein the parameters include a first parameter corresponding to a total number of communications handled by each candidate anchor node over a period of time and a second parameter corresponding to an average signal strength associated with the communications handled by each candidate anchor node over the period of time; and
selecting, for the 5G node, an anchor node from the candidate anchor nodes based on the ranking.