SOFT HANDOFF IN OFDMA SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system comprising:
- a) a base station controller adapted to schedule data for a subscriber station during a soft handoff;
b) a plurality of base stations operatively associated with said base station controller, each base station participating in said soft handoff being adapted to receive at least a portion of the scheduled data from said base station controller, and to transmit a first plurality of subcarriers to said subscriber station;
said first plurality of subcarriers being defined in a soft handoff zone comprising a first dimension of subchannels, said first dimension of subchannels comprising said first plurality of subcarriers divided in a frequency domain; and
a second dimension of divided and multiplexed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols comprising said first plurality of subcarriers;
said first plurality of subcarriers in said soft handoff zone having a subchannel definition.
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Abstract
Soft handoff in an OFDMA system is disclosed. If the pilot signal strength for a base station exceeds the defined threshold, the base station is added to an active set list. Subcarriers in a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are divided and allocated into subchannels. The OFDM symbols are divided and multiplexed. A soft handoff zone with a first dimension of the subchannels and a second dimension of the divided and multiplexed OFDM symbols is defined. The soft handoff zone has subcarriers with a subchannel definition, for example, an identical permutation.
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14 Claims
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1. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system comprising:
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a) a base station controller adapted to schedule data for a subscriber station during a soft handoff; b) a plurality of base stations operatively associated with said base station controller, each base station participating in said soft handoff being adapted to receive at least a portion of the scheduled data from said base station controller, and to transmit a first plurality of subcarriers to said subscriber station;
said first plurality of subcarriers being defined in a soft handoff zone comprising a first dimension of subchannels, said first dimension of subchannels comprising said first plurality of subcarriers divided in a frequency domain; and
a second dimension of divided and multiplexed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols comprising said first plurality of subcarriers;
said first plurality of subcarriers in said soft handoff zone having a subchannel definition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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