Patent ID: 11910346
Assignee: AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining a first value for a first timing advance (TA) parameter associated with a first connection, the first connection being between a user equipment and a first cell of a communication network, wherein the first connection is used to provision a first portion of a communication service with respect to the user equipment;
providing, to the user equipment, a list of relations between the first cell and a plurality of other cells;
obtaining, based on the providing of the list of relations, at least a second value for a second TA parameter associated with at least a second cell included in the plurality of other cells;
obtaining a third value for a third TA parameter associated with a third cell, wherein the third cell is not included in the plurality of other cells;
comparing the first value, the at least a second value, and the third value to one another;
determining, based at least in part on the comparing, that a second portion of the communication service should be provided to the user equipment by the at least a second cell, the third cell, or a combination thereof; and
providing, based on the determining, the second portion of the communication service to the user equipment via the at least a second cell, the third cell, or the combination thereof, wherein the third cell is blacklisted from or added to the list of relations depending on a number of candidate cells that are determined to be available to facilitate communication services for the user equipment, such that the third cell is blacklisted from the list of relations if the number of candidate cells is greater than a certain amount.