PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15982158
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["455", "436000"]

Abstract:
In modern networks, frequent handovers (e.g., ping-pong) from one AP device to another is a situation that can lead to increased latency, excessive resource utilization, poor quality of service, or radio link failure (RLF). Conventional networks employ mobility robustness optimization (MRO) procedures to balance tradeoffs between setting low thresholds before initiating a handover procedure, thereby increasing the likelihood of ping-pong issues, and setting those thresholds to higher values, thereby increasing the likelihood of RLF. Conventional MRO procedures are tailored to terrestrial-only networks and furthermore merely react to existing issues. Hybrid networks, having both terrestrial and aerial AP devices often witness ping-pong issues and may be implemented with urgency not conducive to using MRO procedures. An architecture is presented that can predict and mitigate ping-pong and other issues in connection with hybrid networks before those issues occur.

Claim (Index 17):
A method, comprising:\n determining, by a device comprising a processor, that a cell edge of a first service area facilitated by a first access point device is overlapped by a second service area facilitated by a second access point device; determining, by the device, that the second access point device is an aerial access point device that is configured to transit from a first physical location to a second physical location during operation; determining, by the device, location data representative of a percentage of user equipment devices served by the first access point device that are located within a defined distance from the cell edge and located at least a second defined distance away from the second service area; and updating, by the device, handover trigger data based on the percentage, wherein the handover trigger data comprises condition data representative of a condition, and wherein a handover procedure is triggered in respect to the condition being determined to be satisfied.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.625
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15639427', '15378343', '14921392', '15443147', '13779421']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.622828914512704
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4941123522661659
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6099572582880501
- Mean Citation Score: 160.92736599999995
- Max Citation Score: 162.39711
- Similarity Product: 103.672081989398

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

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