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Inter-frequency handoff execution method and apparatus in mobile communication system

US6563807B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1998
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An inter-frequency handoff execution method in a mobile communication system according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting from a base station a data frame in which a data transmission section and a frequency search section exist to an arbitrary mobile terminal; executing data transmission in the data transmission section; searching a frequency of other base station in the frequency search section; and determining whether or not handoff is executed in accordance with the searched result.

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