PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING FORWARD LINK PACKET DATA SERVICE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for providing forward link packet data channel service to mobile stations (MSs) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
- providing, by a cell in the mobile communication system, data transmission services via a forward link to an MS;
indicating, by the cell to the MS, that the cell will no longer provide data transmission service to the MS via the forward link; and
initiating, by the MS, cell switching in response to the indication.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein to address the need for providing and maintaining F-PDCH service to an MS (103). Upon receiving an indication that the MS intends to switch from a F-PDCH of a serving cell (132) to a F-PDCH of a target cell (142) for continued data transmission service, the network equipment (e.g., BSs 120, 130, and/or 140) determines whether the target cell is presently available to provide the F-PDCH service to the MS. When the selected cell is not able to support F-PDCH service for the MS (e.g., because of F-PDCH loading, quality of service requirements, etc.), the network equipment sends an indication to the MS that the target cell is presently unavailable to provide F-PDCH data transmission service to the MS. Thus, the MS is able to abort switching to the selected cell and prevent loosing its F-PDCH service as a result.
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1. A method for providing forward link packet data channel service to mobile stations (MSs) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
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providing, by a cell in the mobile communication system, data transmission services via a forward link to an MS; indicating, by the cell to the MS, that the cell will no longer provide data transmission service to the MS via the forward link; and initiating, by the MS, cell switching in response to the indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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