METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING TRAFFIC BETWEEN OVERLYING MACROCELLS AND MICROCELLS
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining, at a mobile unit, whether to hand off from a source cell to a target cell based on information indicating sizes of coverage areas of the source cell and the target cell.
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Abstract
The present invention provides embodiments of methods for directing traffic between cells of different sizes. One embodiment of the method includes determining, at a mobile unit, whether to hand off from a source cell to a target cell based on information indicating sizes of coverage areas of the source cell and the target cell.
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1. A method, comprising:
determining, at a mobile unit, whether to hand off from a source cell to a target cell based on information indicating sizes of coverage areas of the source cell and the target cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
transmitting, from a source cell, information indicating one or more priorities that can be used by a mobile unit to determine whether to hand off from the source cell to a target cell, each priority being determined based on a size of a coverage areas and a loading of the source cell and the target cell. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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