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5G fixed wireless access device self-installation

US10841023B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

Samirkumar Patel · Atlanta, US
Xin Wang · Morristown, US
Paul R. Mcdonough · Marlboro, US
Andrew E. Youtz · Princeton, US
Lily Zhu · Parsippany, US
Arda Aksu · Martinez, US
Balaji L. Raghavachari · Bound Brook Junction, US
Siegfried Erhard Eichinger · West Chester, US
Christopher M. Schmidt · Readington, US
Jignesh S. Panchal

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/045
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method comprising attaching, by a fixed wireless access device, to a Fourth Generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) base station, causing, by the fixed wireless access device, the 4G LTE base station to add a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) base station as a secondary base station for the fixed wireless access device, scanning, by the fixed wireless access device, for 5G wireless signals associated with the 5G NR base station and generating, by the fixed wireless access device, an indication of signal strength for the 5G wireless signals associated with the 5G NR base station.

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