Method and system for assuring near uniform capacity and quality of channels in cells of wireless communications systems having cellular architectures
First Claim
1. A method for use with wireless communications systems having a cellular architecture with at least a first and a second cell, said method ensuring near uniform capacity and quality of data channels within said second cell, and said method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring a noise signal power in unused data channels within said second cell, wherein said unused data channels are grouped into at least a noisy group of unused data channels and a clear group of unused data channels on the basis of said monitored noise signal power;
monitoring a received signal power of a first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in progress when said call-in-progress is to be handed off from said first cell into said second cell;
comparing said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress with a first prespecified threshold; and
in response to a handoff request from said first cell, preferentially assigning one of said unused data channels in said second cell to said first mobile subscriber unit where such preference in assigning is to assign a channel such that a signal to noise ratio calculated upon said monitored received signal power and said monitored noise signal power of said preferentially assigned channel meets or exceeds a required signal to noise ratio such that near uniform capacity and quality of data channels within said second cell is ensured, wherein;
said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress is assigned an unused data channel from said noisy group of unused data channels when said noisy group contains at least one unused data channel and when said first comparing of said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress indicates said monitored received signal power is greater than said first prespecified threshold; and
said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress is assigned an unused data channel from said clear group of unused data channels when said clear group contains at least one unused data channel and when said first comparing of said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress indicates said monitored received signal power is less than said first prespecified threshold.
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Abstract
A method and system for use with wireless communication systems having a cellular architecture with at least a first and a second cell. The method and system provided ensure near uniform capacity and quality of channels within the second cell via the following steps. The noise signal power in unused data channels within the second cell is monitored. When a request for channel access is received, a determination is made whether the request for channel access is either a request for handoff from the first cell into the second cell, or not. In the event that the request is not a request for handoff, a determination is made whether idle channels exist to satisfy the request for channel access. In the event of a determination either that the request for channel access is a request for handoff, or both that the request is not a request for handoff and that idle channels exist to satisfy the request, a measured received signal power of a mobile unit subscriber unit making the request is determined. One of the unused channels in the second cell is then preferentially assigned to the mobile subscriber unit where such preference in assigning is to assign a channel, provided that a signal to noise ratio calculated upon the monitored received signal power and the monitored noise signal power of the preferentially assigned noisy channel meets or exceeds a required signal to noise ratio.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for use with wireless communications systems having a cellular architecture with at least a first and a second cell, said method ensuring near uniform capacity and quality of data channels within said second cell, and said method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a noise signal power in unused data channels within said second cell, wherein said unused data channels are grouped into at least a noisy group of unused data channels and a clear group of unused data channels on the basis of said monitored noise signal power; monitoring a received signal power of a first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in progress when said call-in-progress is to be handed off from said first cell into said second cell; comparing said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress with a first prespecified threshold; and in response to a handoff request from said first cell, preferentially assigning one of said unused data channels in said second cell to said first mobile subscriber unit where such preference in assigning is to assign a channel such that a signal to noise ratio calculated upon said monitored received signal power and said monitored noise signal power of said preferentially assigned channel meets or exceeds a required signal to noise ratio such that near uniform capacity and quality of data channels within said second cell is ensured, wherein; said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress is assigned an unused data channel from said noisy group of unused data channels when said noisy group contains at least one unused data channel and when said first comparing of said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress indicates said monitored received signal power is greater than said first prespecified threshold; and said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress is assigned an unused data channel from said clear group of unused data channels when said clear group contains at least one unused data channel and when said first comparing of said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress indicates said monitored received signal power is less than said first prespecified threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for use with wireless communications systems having a cellular architecture with at least a first and a second cell, said apparatus ensuring near uniform capacity and quality of data channels within said second cell, and said apparatus comprising:
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means for monitoring a noise signal power in unused data channels within said second cell, wherein said unused data channels are grouped into at least a noisy group of unused data channels and a clear group of unused data channels on the basis of said monitored noise signal power; means for monitoring a received signal power of a first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in progress when said call-in-progress is to be handed off from said first cell into said second cell; means for comparing said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress with a first prespecified threshold; and means, responsive to a handoff request from said first cell, for preferentially assigning one of said unused data channels in said second cell to said first mobile subscriber unit where such preference in assigning is to assign a channel such that a signal to noise ratio calculated upon said monitored received signal power and said monitored noise signal power of said preferentially assigned channel meets or exceeds a required signal to noise ratio such that near uniform capacity and quality of data channels within said second cell is ensured, wherein; said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress is assigned an unused data channel from said noisy group of unused data channels when said noisy group contains at least one unused data channel and when said first comparing of said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress indicates said monitored received signal power is greater than said first prespecified threshold; and said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress is assigned an unused data channel from said clear group of unused data channels when said clear group contains at least one data channel and when said first comparing of said monitored received signal power of said first mobile subscriber unit engaged in a call-in-progress indicates said monitored received signal power is less than said first prespecified threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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