Patent · US Expired

Method for processing a traffic channel request

US6834193B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2000
Grant dateDec 21, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W16/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for processing a traffic channel request in a cellular radio system. To ensure that the allocation of a new traffic channel would not disturb adjacent cells, the method comprises the steps of: calculating the number of traffic channels in use in a radio cell; measuring the quality of ongoing connections of adjacent cells using at least to some extent the same frequency channels as said radio cell; and preventing the traffic channel from being allocated to a mobile station from said radio cell if the number of traffic channels in use exceeds a predetermined threshold value and if in any of said adjacent cells the mean value of quality for ongoing connections is lower than a predetermined minimum quality value.

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