Method of selectively directing a mobile station to retry system access in a radio telecommunication system
First Claim
1. A method of reducing co-channel interference in a cellular telecommunication system having a congested serving cell, a plurality of neighbor cells controlled by a mobile switching center (MSC), and an accessing mobile station attempting to access the cellular system in the serving cell, said method comprising the steps of:
- camping the accessing mobile station on the serving cell'"'"'s digital control channel (DCCH);
fetching signal strength information from the accessing mobile station, said signal strength information including received signal strength at the accessing mobile station from the serving cell and the neighbor cells;
fetching signal strength information from a plurality of busy mobile stations involved in on-going calls in the serving cell, said signal strength information including received signal strength at each busy mobile station from the serving cell and the neighbor cells;
identifyig a mobile station/neighbor cell combination which causes the least co-channel interference when an identified mobile station is moved into an identified neighbor cell;
determining in the MSC whether the identified mobile station is the accessing mobile station;
redirecting the identified mobile station to access the cellular system in the identified neighbor cell, upon determining that the identified mobile station is the accessing mobile station; and
forcing a handoff of the identified mobile station to the identified neighbor cell, upon determining that the identified mobile station is a busy mobile station involved in a call.
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Abstract
A method of reducing co-channel interference in a cellular telecommunication system having a congested serving cell, a plurality of neighbor cells controlled by a mobile switching center (MSC), and an accessing mobile station attempting to access the cellular system in the serving cell. The MSC fetches signal strength information from mobile stations camped on the serving cell'"'"'s digital control channel (DCCH). The signal strength information includes received signal strengths at the camped mobile stations from the serving cell and the neighbor cells. The MSC then fetches signal strength information from busy mobile stations involved in on-going calls in the serving cell. For each busy and camped mobile station, the expected downlink signal strength from each neighbor cell is subtracted from the maximum downlink signal strength from the serving cell. The mobile station/neighbor cell combination with the numerically least difference causes the least co-channel interference when the identified mobile station is moved into the identified neighbor cell. If the identified mobile station is the accessing mobile station, the MSC redirects the accessing mobile station to access the cellular system in the identified neighbor cell. If the identified mobile station is a busy mobile station involved in a call, the MSC forces a handoff of the identified mobile station to the identified neighbor cell.
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1. A method of reducing co-channel interference in a cellular telecommunication system having a congested serving cell, a plurality of neighbor cells controlled by a mobile switching center (MSC), and an accessing mobile station attempting to access the cellular system in the serving cell, said method comprising the steps of:
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camping the accessing mobile station on the serving cell'"'"'s digital control channel (DCCH); fetching signal strength information from the accessing mobile station, said signal strength information including received signal strength at the accessing mobile station from the serving cell and the neighbor cells; fetching signal strength information from a plurality of busy mobile stations involved in on-going calls in the serving cell, said signal strength information including received signal strength at each busy mobile station from the serving cell and the neighbor cells; identifyig a mobile station/neighbor cell combination which causes the least co-channel interference when an identified mobile station is moved into an identified neighbor cell; determining in the MSC whether the identified mobile station is the accessing mobile station; redirecting the identified mobile station to access the cellular system in the identified neighbor cell, upon determining that the identified mobile station is the accessing mobile station; and forcing a handoff of the identified mobile station to the identified neighbor cell, upon determining that the identified mobile station is a busy mobile station involved in a call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of minimizing co-channel interference in a cellular telecommunication system having a congested serving cell, a plurality of neighbor cells controlled by a mobile switching center (MSC), a plurality of busy mobile stations engaged in calls, and a plurality of accessing mobile station attempting to access the cellular system in the serving cell, said method comprising the steps of:
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fetching signal strength measurements from each of the plurality of accessing mobile stations, said signal strength measurements including received signal strength at each of the accessing mobile stations from the serving cell and the neighbor cells; fetching signal strength measurements from each of the plurality of busy mobile stations, said signal strength measurements including received signal strength at each of the busy mobile stations from the serving cell and the neighbor cells; and minimizing co-channel interference in the cellular system, said minimizing step comprising the steps of; identifying a mobile station/neighbor cell combination for which a difference between the maximum downlink signal strength of the serving cell and the expected downlink signal strength from each neighbor cell is the numerically least of all possible mobile station/neighbor cell combinations; and moving the identified mobile station to the identified neighbor cell. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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