Patent ID: 9326282
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a wireless communication device (WCD), a codec that is associated with the WCD in a given coverage area of a radio access network (RAN), wherein the RAN is configured to determine which codec is assigned to the WCD in the coverage area when the WCD establishes a connection in the given coverage area; using, by the WCD, the associated codec as a basis for determining a setting for each of one or more access parameters that affect a likelihood of a successful connection by the WCD in the given coverage area when using the one or more access parameters in an access process, wherein the setting for each of the one or more access parameters is determined such that the likelihood of a successful connection in the given coverage area is affected in a manner correlated to quality of the associated codec; and operating, by the WCD, according to the determined settings for the one or more access parameters.