Patent ID: 11889430
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A base station of a telecommunication network, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining that a user equipment (UE) supports a first power class and a second power class, wherein the first power class permits the UE to perform uplink transmissions at a higher output power level than the second power class;
determining weights corresponding with one or more UE metrics;
determining a weighted combination of the one or more UE metrics based on the weights; and
determining to dynamically change the UE from using the first power class to using the second power class based at least in part on the weighted combination.