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

Claim 18:
19. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a first value for a first timing advance (TA) parameter associated with a first device;
obtaining, by the processing system, a second value for a second TA parameter associated with a second device, wherein an identification of the second device is included in a list of equipment that is related to the first device;
obtaining, by the processing system, a third value for a third TA parameter associated with a third device, wherein an identification of the third device is not included in the list;
comparing, by the processing system, the first value, the second value, and the third value to one another to determine that the identification of the third device should be added to the list; and
adding, by the processing system and based on the comparing, the identification of the third device to the list, resulting in a modified list, wherein the third device is blacklisted depending on a number of candidate devices that are determined to be available to facilitate communication services for a user equipment, such that the identification of the third device is removed from the modified list if the number of candidate devices is greater than or equal to a certain amount.