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Method for making handover decisions in a radio communications network

US5434950A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 1993
Grant dateJul 18, 1995
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/322
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for making handover decisions in a radio communication network comprising a number of fixed base stations and a number of mobile units. The method utilizes an artificial neural network which is an image of the real network of a respective base station and which exhibit a behavior pattern learned through the acquisition of information from the network. Thereafter, simulation is carried out in the neural network through the generation of a list of eligible base stations to which handover can be effected, every one of the eligible stations being given points. Thereafter, a decision is made whether, or not, a handover will be effected by the network.

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