Dynamic enablement of user specific features in a dual connectivity network
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically assign user devices to communicate to cell sites and antenna arrays using either a first wireless communication protocol or a second wireless communication protocol. User devices assigned to communicate with an antenna array are monitored to determine if they are located within a desired location of the sector. If the user device is located outside of the desired location, the number of quality of service class identifiers (QCI) is determined. If the number of QCIs exceeds one, the lower priority QCIs are disabled.
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for managing user devices served by an antenna array, the method comprising:
assigning that a first user device among a plurality of user devices is assigned a first Quality of Service Class Identifier (QCI) and a second QCI, each of the plurality of user devices being served by the antenna array;
determining that the first user device is outside of a desired location of the antenna array; and
based on a determination that the first user device is still being serviced by the antenna array and the first user device outside of the desired location of the antenna array, disabling the second QCI.
2. The media of claim 1 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to VoLTE.
3. The media of claim 1 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to voice calls.
4. The media of claim 1 , wherein the second QCI corresponds to 5G network.
5. The media of claim 1 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to an LTE portion of an E-UTRAN-New Radio Dual Connectivity concurrency network and the second QCI corresponds to a new radio portion of the E-UTRAN-New Radio Dual Connectivity concurrency network.
6. The media of claim 1 , wherein the second QCI is lower in priority than the first QCI.
7. The media of claim 6 , wherein the first QCI is assigned a higher priority than the second QCI based on the first QCI supporting voice calls and the second QCI not supporting voice calls.
8. A method for managing user devices served by an antenna array, the method comprising:
assigning that a specific user device among a plurality of user devices being served by the antenna array is assigned a first QCI and a second QCI;
determining that a first user device is outside of a desired location of the antenna array; and
based on the determination that the first user device is still being serviced by the antenna array and the first user device outside of the desired location of the antenna array, disabling the second QCI.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to VoLTE.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to voice calls.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to an LTE portion of an EN-DC concurrency network and the second QCI corresponds to a new radio portion of the EN-DC concurrency network.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first QCI is QCI 1 or QCI 5 and the second QCI is QCI 9.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second QCI are lower in priority than the first QCI.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first QCI is assigned a higher priority than the second QCI based on the first QCI supporting voice calls and the second QCI not supporting voice calls.
15. The method of claim 8 , wherein outside of the desired location is determined based on a determination that the specific user device is outside of a sector.
16. A system for managing user devices served by an antenna array, the system comprising:
assigning that a user device among a plurality of user devices being served by the antenna array is assigned a first QCI and a second QCI;
monitoring a location of the user device; and
based on a determination that the first user device is still being serviced by the antenna array and the first user device outside of the desired location of the antenna array, disabling the second QCI.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the second QCI is lower in priority than the first QCI.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first QCI is assigned a higher priority than the second QCI based on the first QCI supporting voice calls and the second QCI not supporting voice calls.
19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to voice calls.
20. The media of claim 16 , wherein the first QCI corresponds to an LTE portion of an E-UTRAN-New Radio Dual Connectivity concurrency network and the second QCI corresponds to a new radio portion of the E-UTRAN-New Radio Dual Connectivity concurrency network.