Method of making a channel exit decision in a communication system
US5794148A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W24/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a data communications system operating on a registered data channel and including an infrastructure 100 and a subscriber terminal 115, a method of making a channel exit decision at the subscriber terminal includes: sampling 201 the registered data channel for a time period, preferably a signal time period and a data time each of which may be an adaptable time period to obtain a plurality of quality values, preferably signal values and data quality values; comparing 203, 213 each of the plurality of quality values to a threshold; and initiating 225 an exit procedure, preferably including a quick scan for a possible data channel, when a first number of the plurality of quality values obtained during the time period does not satisfy the threshold.
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