Method of realizing hard handoff between FA in CDMA mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A method of realizing hard handoff comprising:
- setting guard sectors selected among boundary sectors of base stations utilizing a less number of frequency assignment (FA) than non-selected neighboring sectors of other base stations;
implementing hard handoff inside the guard sectors;
allowing a mobile station to transmit a message which requests handoff at a boundary area between the base stations to a base station which is currently in service;
implementing soft handoff between the base stations; and
implementing the hard handoff between FA after completing the soft handoff.
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Abstract
A method of realizing hard handoff between frequency assignments in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The method is capable of building and managing base stations having different FA while significantly reducing the probability of call drops during hard handoff between FA, such that the call capacity can be increased. The method of realizing hard handoff between different FA includes the steps of setting guard sectors among sectors of a plurality of base stations, allowing a mobile station to transmit a message which requests handoff at a boundary area between the base stations to a base station currently in service, implementing soft handoff between the base stations, and implementing hard handoff between FA after implementing the soft handoff.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of realizing hard handoff comprising:
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setting guard sectors selected among boundary sectors of base stations utilizing a less number of frequency assignment (FA) than non-selected neighboring sectors of other base stations;
implementing hard handoff inside the guard sectors;
allowing a mobile station to transmit a message which requests handoff at a boundary area between the base stations to a base station which is currently in service;
implementing soft handoff between the base stations; and
implementing the hard handoff between FA after completing the soft handoff. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of realizing hard handoff comprising:
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setting guard sectors for a first base station currently serving a mobile station, wherein the guard sectors are selected among neighboring sectors of base stations;
allowing a mobile station to transmit a message requesting handoff from the first base station to a target base station of the base stations;
implementing soft handoff between the first base station and the target base station using the guard sectors;
implementing a hard handoff between frequency assignment (FA) using the guard sectors after completing the soft handoff; and
managing the guard sectors by mounting an overhead channel and a traffic channel in an additional FA. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 9, 10)
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8. A method of realizing hard handoff comprising:
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setting guard sectors selected among neighboring sectors of base stations that are adjacent to a first base station, wherein setting the guard sectors, the neighboring sectors using a fewer number of frequency assignment (FA) are set as the guard sectors;
implementing hard handoff inside the guard sectors;
allowing a mobile station to transmit a message requesting handoff from the first base station to a target base station using a selected guard sector;
implementing soft handoff between the first base station and the target base station using the selected guard sector; and
implementing the hard handoff between FA in using the selected guard sector after completing the soft handoff.
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