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Idle mode handling in a hybrid GSM/CDMA network

US7092716B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 2002
Grant dateAug 15, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W60/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a mobile wireless telecommunications system, which includes base stations (30) of a first type operating over a first air interface, and base stations (32) of a second type operating over a second air interface, a method for reselection by a mobile station (40) camped on a cell associated with a first base station (30), which is of the first type, of a second base station (32), which is of the second type. The method includes receiving signals over the second air interface from the second base station (32) and evaluating a characteristic of the signals. Responsive to the characteristic, the second base station (32) is selected in place of the first base station (30), and the mobile station (40) camps on a cell associated with the second base station (32).

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