CDMA soft handoff control method
US6597673B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/302
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a soft handoff control method in a CDMA mobile telecommunications system in which, when a mobile station is handed of to a wireless link with another base station, handoff to a prescribed wireless link is performed after wireless links are established between the mobile station and a plurality of base stations simultaneously. The method includes deciding, on the basis of the soft handoff rate of a base station, the number of soft handoff branches allocated to a mobile station residing in a cell that corresponds to the base station, and performing soft handoff based upon the number of soft handoff branches.
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