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Method and Apparatus for Supporting a Handover Using an Interactive Channel in a Dvb-H Cbms System

  • US 20080316973A1
  • Filed: 01/12/2007
  • Published: 12/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for performing a handover for a terminal in a Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) Convergence of Broadcasting and Mobile Service (CBMS) system, comprising:

  • checking a received strength of a broadcast service currently being received;

    sending a request for handover-related information from the terminal to a network through an interactive channel;

    selecting new handover candidate cells based on the handover-related information received from the network through the interactive channel;

    measuring strengths of broadcast service signals received from the candidate cells;

    performing a tuning operation for detecting a transport stream of the service currently being received by shifting a reception frequency to a retrieved frequency; and

    continuously receiving the service currently being received.

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