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Method and apparatus using alternate frames for handover in TDMA mobile communications system

US6788665B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 6, 1999
Grant dateSep 7, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/302
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile communication system including a plurality of base stations. The system includes a plurality of mobile telephones, each of which communicates with at least a base station from the plurality of base stations using frames. A mobile telephone may establish communication with a first base station. If resources are available in a second base station, communication is established with the second base station. The communication occurs with the first and second base stations alternately, on different frames.

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