Handover in cellular system utilizing narrow and wide beam antennas
US6804522B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/042
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for operating a cellular radio system having a base station comprising at least one antenna with a wide area beam and at least one antenna with a narrow area beam whereby only a limited number of channels (p) are available on the at least one narrow beam antenna. According to the invention, a number of narrow beam channels are assigned to a number of mobile terminals (t, n, N) according to estimated duty cycle values (&agr;, &bgr;) on the up- and downlink channel for the respective mobile terminals in order to minimise interferences in the cellular system.
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