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Method and system for increasing capacity and improving performance of a cellular network

  • US 6,112,089 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1999
  • Issued: 08/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of optimizing a first list of potential handoff cells for a dominant cell of a cellular telephone network, the method comprising:

  • maintaining dynamically on a per call basis a second list of cells that are not in the first list but have had their pilot signals reported by a mobile unit operating in the dominant cell;

    tracking a signal strength for the reported pilot signals of the cells in the second list; and

    tracking a number of times that the pilot signals have been reported for the cells in the second list.

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