US 12,470,993 B2
Small cell with predefined handover parameters
Awaiz Ahmad Khan, Milpitas, CA (US); and Utsaw Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,980.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/002,978, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306925 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 36/20 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/16 (2009.01); H04W 36/26 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/26 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/165 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio node, comprising:
a first node or connector configured to communicatively couple to an antenna;
a first interface circuit, communicatively coupled to the first node or connector, configured to communicate with an electronic device using a wireless communication protocol;
a second node or connector configured to communicatively couple to a network;
a second interface circuit, communicatively coupled to the second node or connector, configured to communicate with a computer using a wired communication protocol, wherein the radio node is configured to:
receive, using the second interface circuit and associated with the computer, information specifying predefined handover parameters, wherein the predefined handover parameters correspond to classifications corresponding to a spatially varying density of radio nodes in the network that comprises the radio node, the density of radio nodes is based at least in part on a location of the radio node relative to an edge of the network, a range of the location extends from the edge of the network to a center of the network, the density of the radio nodes is higher at the center of the network than at the edge of the network, and the density of radio nodes is in an intermediate range of values between an instance of the radio node per 8,000 ft2 and the instance of a radio node per 20,000 ft2;
receive, using the first interface circuit and associated with the electronic device, information specifying a communication-performance metric associated with the radio node; and
provide, using the first interface circuit and addressed to the electronic device, a recommendation for a handover from the radio node to another radio node in the network based at least in part on the predefined handover parameters, the communication-performance metric and a second communication-performance metric associated with the other radio node.