Method and apparatus for providing control handoff in a cellular telecommunications system
US5850607A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 13, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/125
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a cellular telecommunications system having mobile exchanges, base stations and user mobile stations roaming in the system, the mobile exchanges are arranged to provide inter-exchange soft handoff with diversity combining. The mobile exchanges further are arranged to provide for control handoff, wherein user communications control handoff, wherein user communications control and signal diversity combining functions involved with the user communications are handed off from a first mobile exchange to a second mobile exchange.
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