System and method for managing data throughput of wireless devices in a wireless network
摘要
說(shuō)明書
In some embodiments, all or a portion of the antenna array in access node 710 used for communicating in sector 716 is adjusted by reducing the number of elements used for transmitting a signal, receiving a signal, or both transmitting and receiving a signal within the wireless network using the first communication protocol mentioned above. The reduction may be a factor that is a multiple of two from the original number of elements. The reduction may also be made in an iterative manner based on continued monitoring of the number of wireless devices using the first communication protocol.
In some embodiments, the adjustment to the operating parameter of the antenna array in access node 710 used for communicating in sector 716 may force at least one of the plurality of wireless devices currently in the wireless network and using the first communication protocol, such as wireless device 740, to cease operating in the wireless network using the first communication protocol. a wireless device, such as wireless device 740, is located near the cell edge of sector 716 and send a request for handover to join a different cell or sector of the wireless network, such as sector 718 or another adjacent sector (not shown). Wireless device 740, a different wireless device may also cease using the first communication protocol (e.g., 5G) and send a request for access to services in the wireless network using the second communication protocol (e.g., 4G) if these devices are not already operating in dual-connect mode.
