Zone selection method for mobile radio communication system

• US 6,205,335 B1
• Filed: 11/23/1998
• Issued: 03/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kunugi, Takeshi, Furusawa, Reiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Simon
• Application Number:
  US09/198,207
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422, 455/432, 455/434, 455/436, 455/438-443, 455/444, 455/464, 455/507, 455/512, 455/513, 455/515-517, 455/525, 455/561
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions

Abstract

A zone selection method for a mobile radio communication system selects one among many radio zones and switches a primary radio zone where a given mobile terminal exists to the selected radio zone without concentrating incoming and outgoing calls at a specific radio zone. The method prioritizes the radio zones according to the reception levels of signals transmitted from the radio zones and received by the mobile terminal as well as the performance of the radio zones including the call connection ratios and channel usage ratios of the radio zones, and then, the method selects the one having the highest priority among the prioritized radio zones.

Claims

1. For a mobile radio communication system involving radio zones including a primary zone where a given mobile terminal exists, a method of selecting one of the radio zones to which a call from the mobile terminal is connected or to which a talking channel used by the mobile terminal is switched, comprising the steps of:

determining the priorities of the radio zones according to the current performance data of the radio zones including the reception levels of signals transmitted from the radio zones and received by the mobile terminal and the call connection ratios and channel usage ratios of the radio zones;

selecting one of the radio zones according to the priorities thereof;

finding weight values for the current performance data of the radio zones according to reference values; and

multiplying the weight values by priority indexes retrieved from a table of priority indexes, to determine the priorities of the radio zones.

2. The method of claim 1, including the steps of:

preparing a table of criteria used to find selectable radio zones; and

using the criteria as the reference values to calculate the weight values.

3. For a mobile radio communication system involving radio zones including a primary zone where a given mobile terminal exists, a method of selecting one of the radio zones to which a call from the mobile terminal is connected or to which a talking channel used by the mobile terminal is switched, comprising the steps of:

determining the priorities of the radio zones according to the current performance data of the radio zones including the reception levels of signals transmitted from the radio zones and received by the mobile terminal and the call connection ratios and channel usage ratios of the radio zones;

selecting one of the radio zones according to the priorities thereof;

preparing a table of priority indexes to be applied to the ranking of the current performance data of the radio zones;

ranking the current performance data of the radio zones;

retrieving, from the table of priority indexes, priority indexes corresponding to the ranked performance data;

prioritizing the radio zones according to the retrieved priority indexes;

preparing a table of criteria used to find selectable radio zones; and

prioritizing the radio zones according to the criteria and the current performance data of the radio zones.

4. For a mobile radio communication system involving radio zones including a primary zone where a given mobile terminal exists, a method of selecting one of the radio zones to which a call from the mobile terminal is connected or to which a talking channel used by the mobile terminal is switched, comprising the steps of:

determining the priorities of the radio zones according to the current performance data of the radio zones including the reception levels of signals transmitted from the radio zones and received by the mobile terminal and the call connection ratios and channel usage ratios of the radio zones;

selecting one of the radio zones according to the priorities thereof;

preparing a table of priority conditions; and

prioritizing radio zones having the same priority according to the priority conditions retrieved from the table,

the table of priority conditions being capable of registering different priority conditions that are selectable according to the reception level difference between the radio zones having the same priority.