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Method and apparatus for operating a device on a licensed spectrum and an unlicensed spectrum

  • US 10,499,430 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2017
  • Issued: 12/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • operating a device on a wireless wide area network band via a wireless wide area network base station using a wireless wide area network radio access technology;

    connecting, by the device, to a wireless local area network base station using the wireless wide area network radio access technology on a wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band operating on a wireless local area network frequency;

    connecting, by the device, to a wireless local area network access point using a wireless local area network radio access technology on a wireless local area network radio access technology band operating on a wireless local area network frequency;

    determining the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band is the same band as the wireless local area network radio access technology band;

    comparing a signal metric of one selected from the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band and the wireless local area network radio access technology band to a threshold;

    determining whether to disable communications on one selected from the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band and the wireless local area network radio access technology band based on comparing the signal metric of the one selected from the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band and the wireless local area network radio access technology band to a threshold;

    disabling communications of one selected from the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band and the wireless local area network radio access technology band if the communications on the one selected from the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band and the wireless local area network radio access technology band should be disabled;

    monitoring a location of the device; and

    enabling communication of the one selected from the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band and the wireless local area network radio access technology band that has had its communications disabled if the location of the device has changed,wherein the signal metric comprises a wireless local area network radio access technology communication data error rate,wherein the method further comprises computing the wireless local area network radio access technology communication data error rate on the wireless local area network radio access technology band,wherein comparing the signal metric of one selected from the wireless wide area network radio access technology wireless local area network band and the wireless local area network radio access technology band to the threshold comprises comparing the wireless local area network radio access technology communication data error rate on the wireless local area network radio access technology band to the threshold,wherein determining comprises determining communications on the wireless local area network radio access technology band should be disabled if the wireless local area network radio access technology communication data error rate on the wireless local area network radio access technology band exceeds the threshold, andwherein disabling communications comprises disabling wireless local area network radio access technology communications on the wireless local area network radio access technology band if the wireless local area network radio access technology communication data error rate on the wireless local area network radio access technology band exceeds the threshold.

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