Method and system for balancing soft handoff gain and resource usage
US9253334B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/302
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A controller monitors resource usage in each of a plurality of sectors and identifies any sector with resource usage that exceeds a threshold value as a high usage sector. The controller evaluates the mobile stations in its area and identifies any mobile station that is using a high usage sector and at least two other sectors for a communication session as a candidate mobile station. The controller applies a predictive algorithm to determine whether any candidate mobile station is able to continue its respective communication session without using its respective high usage sector. In this determination, the signal levels that a mobile station reported for the sectors in its active set, other than the high usage sector, may be used to calculate a combined signal level. If the combined signal level exceeds a predefined value, the mobile station is instructed to drop the high usage sector.
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