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Control of compressed mode transmission in WCDMA

  • US 6,597,679 B1
  • Filed: 12/01/1999
  • Issued: 07/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a cellular communication system wherein a mobile radio communicates with base stations in communication with a radio network, a method comprising:

  • sustaining a continuous stream of communication between the mobile radio and a first base station at a first frequency;

    issuing an order from the network to a mobile radio to measure a signal characteristic from a second base station at a second frequency;

    creating at the mobile station a compressed mode request signal including at least one characteristic of a slot in the continuous stream of communication;

    communicating the compressed mode request signal from the mobile radio to the network;

    acknowledging to mobile radio the compressed mode request signal;

    ordering the first base station to create said slot in the continuous stream of communication; and

    at the mobile station, measuring the signal characteristic from the second base station at the second frequency during the slot.

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