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Methods for determining a number of control channels in a cell

  • US 6,272,352 B1
  • Filed: 10/27/1998
  • Issued: 08/07/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of reconfigurating a cell in a cellular mobile radio system in order to avoid congestion by converting a traffic channel to a dedicated control channel or vice versa, wherein each cell includes a basic number of allocated control channels and a number of traffic channels and where no dynamic reconfiguration on a short term basis is made, comprising the steps of:

  • a) investigating whether the total number of allocated control channels in a cell exceeds a basic number of such channels in the cell;

    b) if so, adding an extra control channel to the basic number of such channels;

    while if not c) investigating whether the total number of allocated control channels exceeds a reduced number of said basic number of allocated control channels, and if so d) removing at least one of said dedicated control channels from said basic configuration.

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