Method and system for wireless communication setup with threshold distance between wireless communication device and base station
First Claim
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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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system that involves establishing a communication between a wireless device and a base station notwithstanding, and in response to, a determination that the wireless device is threshold far away from the base station. When the base station or its supporting network infrastructure determines that the device is threshold far away from the base station, the base station will simultaneously establish the communication via the base station and at least one other base station. Once adequate communication then occurs through the other base station, the first base station will be dropped from the communication, allowing the communication to proceed though the other base station.
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20 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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:
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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, the initiation request carrying an indication of distance between the first base station and the WCD; and responsive to the communication initiation request, the RAN determining based on the distance indication that the WCD is threshold far away from the first base station, and in response to at least the determining, (i) the RAN engaging in a channel assignment into soft handoff process to assign traffic channels for the communication concurrently in the first coverage area and second coverage area, (ii) the RAN waiting to detect that the second base station has received a threshold extent of good traffic frames from the WCD via the second coverage area, and (iii) responsive to detecting that the second base station has received the threshold extent of good traffic frames from the WCD via the second coverage area, the RAN sending to the WCD a directive for the WCD to discontinue the communication in the first coverage area but the RAN allowing the communication to continue in the second coverage area.
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13. 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 system comprising:
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a processor; data storage; and program instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to carry out functions comprising; (a) receiving via the first base station and the first coverage area from a wireless communication device (WCD) a communication initiation request seeking initiation of communication, and (b) responsive to the communication initiation request, determining that the WCD is threshold far away from the first base station, and in response to at least the determining, (i) establishing the communication simultaneously in the first coverage area and in the second coverage area, (ii) 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, discontinuing the communication in the first coverage area while allowing the communication to continue in the second coverage area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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