Patent ID: 11910448
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
receiving, from the UE, one or more call quality indicators indicating that the UE is requesting access to a dual connectivity connection, wherein the one or more call quality indicators comprises an allocation and retention priority;
determining, based at least in part on the one or more call quality indicators, a priority level associated with the UE;
based on a determination that the priority level exceeds a predetermined threshold, communicating a random access preamble to the UE for use in contention free random access; and
based on a determination that the priority level is below the predetermined threshold, withholding a random access preamble from the UE.