Patent · US Active

Method of carrier reselection for providing selective traffic redirection

US8345630B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Jialin Zou · Dover, US
David Albert Rossetti · Dover, US
Christopher Francis Mooney · Livingston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2008
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W72/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the access terminal (AT) receives a switching ratio, the AT randomly generates a serving priority value from a uniformly distributed random variable, and the AT determines whether to switch from the first carrier and attach to one of the neighboring carriers based on the serving priority value and the switching ratio.

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