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Mobile radio handover initiation determination

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  • US 5,491,834 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1993
  • Issued: 02/13/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A handover determination system for a mobile radio network including a plurality of cells, each cell having associated with it a base station for supporting communications with a mobile unit, the system comprising:

  • means for monitoring a quality of a signal respectively transmitted between each of a plurality of candidate base stations and the mobile unit;

    means for producing an indication of the rise or fall in the said quality as a function of time; and

    control means for initiating a handover from a serving base station, supporting communications with the mobile unit, to another base station, the initiation being based on the rise/fall as a function of time in the said quality of the signals associated with the plurality of candidate base stations being monitored;

    said mobile unit including the means for monitoring and the means for producing, the mobile unit further comprising signalling means for addressing the serving base station with an indication of the need for a handover to be initiated; and

    said signalling means being arranged to address the serving base station with an indication of the level of priority of a handover and/or with an indication of the possibility of a handover contingent upon the proceeding results of monitoring the quality of the transmitted signal.

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