Mitigating the impact of handoffs through comparison of historical call lengths

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8359028
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12815709

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Methods and devices for mitigating the impact of handoffs to non-preferred wireless coverage areas are presented. In particular, a RAN may determine that a first wireless communication device (WCD) and a second WCD are contending for a resource of a preferred wireless coverage area, and that both of the WCDs are likely to be handed off to non-preferred wireless coverage area(s) if they are not granted the resource. Both WCDs may be subscribed to a home wireless service provider that also controls and/or operates the preferred wireless coverage area. The RAN may compare historical call length data of the first WCD with historical call length data of the second WCD. Based on the outcome of this comparison, the RAN may allocate the resource to the WCD that would likely incur higher roaming fees to the home wireless service provider if that WCD were to roam to a non-preferred wireless coverage area.

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  • SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Goyal, Anoop K Overland Park, US 60 532
Oroskar, Siddharth S Overland Park, US 288 2188
Shetty, Manoj Overland Park, US 127 1174
Vargantwar, Sachin R Overland Park, US 269 2390

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