Method for performing progressive soft handoff in CDMA systems
US6018662A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2018 |
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- 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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