Method for determining handover margins in a cellular communication system
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1. A method for determining a handover margin (H) in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring a signal quality of a serving base station and a neighbor base station to produce a comparison in signal quality between the serving and the neighbor base station;
determining a percentage of traffic absorbed by the neighbor base station for a given handover margin based on the comparison in signal quality between the serving and the neighbor base station; and
adjusting the handover margin between the serving base station and the neighbor base station based on the step of determining, wherein a handoff occurs from the serving base station to the neighbor base station when PL(c)-PL(n)≧
H, where PL(n) is a pathloss from a remote unit to the neighbor base station and PL(c) is a pathloss from the remote unit to the serving base station.
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Abstract
Optimal handover margins in a cellular communication system (100) are determined by computing a power budget (701) for each base station/neighbor combination in the communication system (100) and determining a probability distribution function (703) for each base station/neighbor combination in the communication system (100). Once the probability distribution function for each base station/neighbor combination is known, optimal handover margins are determined by maximizing communication system traffic over all base stations while at the same time holding call quality to acceptable levels.
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1. A method for determining a handover margin (H) in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring a signal quality of a serving base station and a neighbor base station to produce a comparison in signal quality between the serving and the neighbor base station; determining a percentage of traffic absorbed by the neighbor base station for a given handover margin based on the comparison in signal quality between the serving and the neighbor base station; and adjusting the handover margin between the serving base station and the neighbor base station based on the step of determining, wherein a handoff occurs from the serving base station to the neighbor base station when PL(c)-PL(n)≧
H, where PL(n) is a pathloss from a remote unit to the neighbor base station and PL(c) is a pathloss from the remote unit to the serving base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for determining a handover margin (H) in a cellular communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring by a remote unit, a downlink power level of a serving base station; measuring by the remote unit a downlink power level of a neighbor base station; determining a percentage of traffic absorbed by the neighbor base station for a given handover margin based on the downlink power measurements; and adjusting the handover margin between the serving base station and the neighbor base station to maximize a communication system capacity, based on the step of determining, wherein a handoff occurs from the serving base station to the neighbor base station when PL(c)-PL(n)≧
H, where PL(n) is a pathloss from the remote unit to the neighbor base station and PL(c) is a pathloss from the remote unit to the serving base station. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for adjusting a handover margin (H(c,n)) between a serving base station (c) and a neighbor base station (n), the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a power budget (PBGT(c,n)) of the serving base station where PBGT(c,n)≅
PL(c)-PL(n), PL(n) is a pathloss from a remote unit to the neighbor base station (n), and PL(c) is the pathloss from the remote unit to the serving base station (c);determining a distribution function (F) of PBGT(c,n), wherein a percentage of remote units that will be absorbed from the serving base station to the neighbor base station is 1-F(H(c,n)); determining, based on the distribution function, if the remote unit will handover to the neighbor base station when the handover margin is set to a certain value, wherein the remote unit will handover to the neighbor base station when PBGT(c,n) is approximately equal to H(c,n); and adjusting H(c,n) based on the handover determination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising the steps of:
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measuring downlink power levels of a serving base station and a neighbor base station to produce a power budget measurement; and determining a percentage of traffic absorbed by the neighbor base station for a given handover margin based on the power budget measurement, wherein a handoff occurs from the serving base station to the neighbor base station when the power budget measurement is greater than the given handover margin, and the power budget is equal to PL(c)-PL(n) where PL(n) is a pathloss from a remote unit to the neighbor base station and PL(c) is a pathloss from the remote unit to the serving base station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for adjusting a handover margin in a cellular communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a power budget (PBGT(c,n)) of the serving base station where PBGT(cn)≅
PL(c)-PL(n), PL(n) is a pathloss from a remote unit to the neighbor base station (n) and PL(c) is the pathloss from the remote unit to the serving base station (c);means for determining a distribution function (F) of PBGT(c,n), wherein a percentage of remote units that will be absorbed from the serving base station to the neighbor base station is 1-F(H(c,n)); means for determining, based on the distribution function, if the remote unit will handover to the neighbor base station when the handover margin is set to a certain value, wherein the remote unit will handover to the neighbor base station when PBGT(c,n) is approximately equal to H(c,n); and means for adjusting H(c,n) based on the handover determination.
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