US 12,471,034 B2
Optimizing coverage and power usage in a network deploying an unlicensed band
David Charles Jones, Bellevue, WA (US); and Anokhi Shah, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on May 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/658,408.
Application 18/658,408 is a continuation of application No. 17/675,050, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 12,010,632.
Prior Publication US 2024/0292341 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 52/24 (2009.01); H04W 52/16 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04W 52/52 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/244 (2013.01) [H04W 52/16 (2013.01); H04W 52/283 (2013.01); H04W 52/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for optimizing coverage and power usage in a network deploying an unlicensed band, the system comprising:
a first set of antenna elements and a second set of antenna elements; and
one or more processors corresponding to the first set of antenna elements and the second set of antenna elements, the one or more processors configured to execute operations comprising:
determining that a first amount of transmission power is needed to transmit a signal on unlicensed spectrum from the first set of antenna elements to a user device on each of a first carrier and a second carrier;
determining that the user device is a threshold distance from the first set of antenna elements; and
transmitting, via the second set of antenna elements using the first carrier, a set of signals to the user device using a second amount of transmission power that is lower than the first amount of transmission power.