Cellular connections between user equipment and wireless stations based on user equipment location and wireless station locations

摘要

Described are systems and methods for considering a user equipment (UE) location and Evolved Node B (eNodeBs) locations as a factor in determining whether a handoff of a wireless connection between the UE and a first eNodeB to a second eNodeB should be initiated. Alternatively, the systems and methods include selection of an eNodeB with which a wireless connection is to be established. In addition to considering a signal strength for an eNodeB and determining whether to established a wireless communication or initiate a handoff based on the signal strength, the UE location and eNodeB locations may likewise considered. Likewise, a navigation path or anticipated trajectory of the UE may also be considered when selecting an eNodeB with which a wireless communication is to be established or to which a handoff of an existing wireless communication is to be initiated.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
measuring at a user equipment (UE) a first signal strength for a first wireless station; measuring at the UE, a second signal strength for a second wireless station, wherein the first signal strength is stronger than the second signal strength; receiving at the UE, a first wireless station location of the first wireless station; receiving at the UE, a second wireless station location of the second wireless station; receiving at the UE, a UE location of the UE; determining at the UE, based at least in part on the UE location, the first wireless station location, the second wireless station location, the first signal strength, and the second signal strength, that a wireless communication between the UE and the second wireless station is to be established; determining, at the UE, a navigation path of the UE; initiating a wireless communication establishment between the second wireless station and the UE; and wherein determining that the wireless communication is to be established between the UE and the second wireless station is to be established, is further based at least in part on the navigation path of the UE.