Patent ID: 8515441
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a radio access network (RAN) obtaining a signal quality measurement that indicates a strength at which a wireless communication device (WCD) receives signals from the RAN; the RAN determining that a channel assignment message is to be transmitted to the WCD; in response to determining that the channel assignment message is to be transmitted to the WCD, the RAN further determining whether (i) the signal quality measurement does not meet a given signal quality threshold, and (ii) the WCD is substantially in motion; and in response to the determining that (i) the signal quality measurement does not meet the given signal quality threshold, and (ii) the WCD is substantially in motion, the RAN waiting a period of time before transmitting the channel assignment message to the WCD, wherein the period of time is between 10 milliseconds and 10 seconds.