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UE-assisted network optimization methods

  • US 9,521,561 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2013
  • Issued: 12/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for user equipment (UE) communication device assisted coverage hole detection, the method comprising:

  • determining, by the UE, a coverage hole resulting from a location uncovered by a wireless network;

    determining if one or more conditions associated with the uncovered location are satisfied;

    preventing generation, by the UE, of a coverage hole detected message if the one or more conditions is determined not to be satisfied despite the determining a coverage hole by the UE;

    generating, by the UE, the coverage hole detected message if the one or more conditions associated with the uncovered location are determined to be satisfied; and

    determining a time to transmit the coverage hole detected message to a covered wireless network if the coverage hole detected message is generated by the UE.

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