Patent ID: 11863497
Assignee: SPRINT SPECTRUM LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An access node operable to control application of transmission time interval (TTI) bundling on a radio-frequency (RF) carrier on which the access node provides wireless communication service, wherein the carrier defines air-interface resources, and wherein the access node supports application of TTI bundling on the carrier, the access node comprising:
a wireless communication interface including an antenna structure through which the access node is configured to communicate on the carrier; and
a controller configured to carry out operations to control the application of the TTI bundling on the carrier,
wherein the operations include detecting that at least a predefined threshold number of devices of a predefined class are connected with the access node on the carrier, and
wherein the operations include, responsive to the detecting that at least the predefined threshold number of devices of the predefined class are connected with the access node on the carrier, (i) proactively reserving a portion of the air-interface resources for use to serve communications between the access node and the devices of the predefined class and (ii) imposing a reduction in the application of the TTI bundling by the access node on the carrier.