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Method and apparatus for performing idle mode reacquisition and handoff in an asynchronous communication system

  • US 6,625,467 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2000
  • Issued: 09/23/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. At a terminal in a wireless communication system, a method for processing a plurality of transmissions from a plurality of transmitters, wherein one transmitter is designated as a preferred transmitter from which messages intended for the terminal may be transmitted, the method comprising:

  • receiving the plurality of transmissions from the plurality of transmitters;

    determining a received power for each of the plurality of transmitters;

    determining a timing associated with each of the plurality of transmitters; and

    forming a first list of one or more transmitters to evaluate at a subsequent time period based on the determined received power and timing for the plurality of transmitters.

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