Autonomous base station set up and soft handoff
US7162247B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for autonomously setting up a base station. The new base station monitors signals from other base stations to determine how it relates to the other base stations. Next, the base station forms and transmits a list of other base stations with suggested handoff rankings to other base stations. Embodiments include source assisted soft handoff including the source base station requesting and forwarding information to mobile stations being handed off to a target base station.
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