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Prioritization between handoff and new call requests in a cellular communications system

  • US 5,301,356 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1991
  • Issued: 04/05/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for ensuring that handoff call requests take priority over new call requests to engage voice channels assigned to at least one geographical target cell in a cellular mobile radiotelephone communications system, comprising:

  • determining whether any voice channels are available for assignment to call requests for said target cell;

    storing said handoff call requests to said target cell in a queue for a predetermined period of time in response to a determination that no voice channels are available;

    examining said queue for queued handoff requests when one or more voice channels becomes available in said target cell;

    assigning queued handoff requests to voice channels that become available in said target cell during said time period; and

    assigning new cell requests to said available voice channels in said target cell only when said queue is empty.

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