System and method for selective registration in a multi-beam system

• US 9,332,519 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2014
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Magnolia Broadband Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Magnolia Broadband Incorporated
• Inventors: Kludt, Kenneth, Harel, Haim
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US14/517,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20150141010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/329, 370/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/022 Site diversity; Macro-diversity using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0434 using multiple eigenmodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/046 the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A system and method for selective registration of a user equipment (UE) to one of a plurality of access points (APs). An indication may be received that each of a plurality of APs have received a signal from a UE. The UE may be registered to the first one of the plurality of APs to satisfy registration requirements associated with the UE. Information may be reported to a controller related to the signal strength of communication received at each AP from the UE. If the signal strength received at the registered AP is less than the signal strength received at one or more of the non-registered APs by more than a threshold amount, the registration of the UE to the registered AP may be rejected.

Claims

1. A method for selective registration of a user equipment (UE) to one of a plurality of access points (APs), the method comprising:

receiving an indication that each of a plurality of APs have received a signal from the UE;

registering the UE to a first one of the plurality of APs to satisfy registration requirements associated with the UE;

reporting to a controller information related to a signal strength of communication received at each AP from the UE; and

if the signal strength received at the registered AP is less than the signal strength received at one or more non-registered APs by more than a threshold amount, rejecting the registration of the UE to the registered AP.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising, if the signal strength received at the registered AP is greater than or equal to the signal strength received at one of the non-registered APs by more than a threshold amount, maintaining the registration of the UE to the registered AP.

3. The method of claim 1 comprising, assigning the UE to register to a non-registered AP if the signal strength received at the non-registered AP is greater than or equal to the signal strength received at the registered AP by more than a threshold amount.

4. A system for selective registration of a user equipment (UE) to one of a plurality of access points (APs), the system comprising:

a processor adapted to;

receive an indication that each of a plurality of APs have received a signal from a single UE,

register the UE to a first one of the plurality of APs to satisfy registration requirements associated with the UE;

receive a report from each of the plurality of APs including information related to a signal strength of communication received at each of the APs from the UE, and

if the signal strength received at the registered AP is less than the signal strength received at one or more non-registered APs by more than a threshold amount, reject the registration of the UE to the registered AP.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein if the signal strength received at the registered AP is greater than or equal to the signal strength received at one of the non-registered APs by more than a threshold amount, the processor is adapted to maintain the registration of the UE to the registered AP.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the processor is further adapted to assign the UE to register to a non-registered AP if the signal strength received at the non-registered AP is greater than or equal to the signal strength received at the registered AP by more than a threshold amount.