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Method and system for wireless communication setup with threshold distance between wireless communication device and base station

  • US 9,131,423 B1
  • Filed: 03/23/2011
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a radio access network (RAN) having a plurality of base stations including at least a first base station radiating to define a first coverage area and a second base station radiating to define a second coverage area, a method comprising:

  • receiving into the first base station via the first coverage area from a wireless communication device (WCD) a communication initiation request seeking initiation of communication; and

    responsive to the communication initiation request, the RAN determining that the WCD is threshold distance threshold far away from the first base station, and in response to at least the determining, (i) the RAN establishing the communication simultaneously in the first coverage area and in the second coverage area, (ii) the RAN waiting to detect that the second base station has received adequate bearer traffic from the WCD via the second coverage area, and (iii) responsive to detecting that the second base station has received adequate bearer traffic from the WCD via the second coverage area, the RAN discontinuing the communication in the first coverage area while allowing the communication to continue in the second coverage area.

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