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Method for performing progressive soft handoff in CDMA systems

US6018662A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1998
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W28/22
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for progressive soft handoff of a mobile user from one basestation to another in multi-channel CDMA systems provide for progressively decreasing the data rate between the mobile user and a "home" basestation while simultaneously progressively increasing the data rate between the mobile user and the "new" basestation.

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