Communication network and method of allocating resource therefor
US6414947B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A CDMA cellular communication system includes two base stations (403,405), which comprises resource allocation means (415,417) and communication means (411,413) for communicating over a radio interface to a user terminal (401). The user terminal (401) is in soft handover with the two base stations (403,405) and communicates using packet transmission. One of the base stations (403,405) is determined as associated base station by means for determining an associated cell (421,423). Initial resource scheduling is performed in the two base stations (403,405) only considering the soft handover user terminal (401) in the associated cell. The resource allocation is then communicated to the non-associated base station, which updates its resource allocation taking into account the soft handover user terminal (401). The invention is applicable to the UMTS communication system.
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