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Cellular system hand-off protocol

  • US 6,088,591 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1996
  • Issued: 07/11/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a cellular communication system comprising a backbone, and a first base station and a plurality of associated base stations each coupled to said backbone, each of said plurality of base stations respectively communicating on a selected one of a plurality of communication channels, a method comprising the steps of:

  • each of said plurality of associated base stations conveying information to said first base station related to said respective communication thereof;

    said first base station receiving said information in a memory and transmitting selected information to an associated mobile device registered with said first base station, wherein the selected information is associated only with a reduced set of the plurality of associated base stations which are predetermined to have a cell area selected from one of adjacent to and overlapping with the cell area of the first base station;

    said mobile device registering with one of the reduced set of the plurality of associated base stations based on the selected information.

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