Handover method in wireless telecommunication system supporting USTS

• US 6,892,071 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2001
• Issued: 05/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Seong-Soo, Cho, Jin-ho, Lee, In-Hong, Lee, Jin-Ick
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Application Number:
  US09/927,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20020045448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: 455/436, 455/442, 455/445, 455/450, 455/432.1, 455/502, 455/560, 455/552.1, 455/67.11, 455/423, 370331-333, 370/335, 370/342, 370/441, 370/310.1, 370/467
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/18 for allowing seamless reselection, e.g. soft reselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/30 by measured or perceived connection quality data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality

Abstract

A handover method in wireless telecommunication system supporting USTS is disclosed. The method for performing a handover of a mobile station in an asynchronous wireless telecommunication system supporting an uplink synchronous transmission scheme (USTS) mode, includes the steps of: a) performing a mode conversion of the mobile station from the USTS mode to a non-USTS mode based on a first signal measurement result from the mobile station; and b) performing a handover for the mobile station. In another embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes the step of: c) performing a mode conversion from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode based on a second signal measurement result from the mobile station.

Claims

1. A method for performing a handover of a mobile station in an asynchronous wireless telecommunication system supporting an uplink synchronous transmission scheme (USTS) mode, comprising the steps of:

a) performing a mode conversion of the mobile station from the USTS mode to a non-USTS mode based on a first signal measurement result from the mobile station; and

b) performing a handover for the mobile station.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

c) performing a mode conversion from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode based on a second signal measurement result from the mobile station.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein said step a) includes the steps of:

a1) determining whether a ratio value of a power intensity of a pilot signal for a current cell to a power intensity of a pilot signal for an adjacent cell is smaller than a first predetermined threshold or not, based on the first signal measurement result; and

a2) if the ratio value is smaller than the first predetermined threshold, performing the mode conversion from the USTS mode to the non-USTS mode.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said step c) includes the steps of:

c1) determining whether the ratio value of the power intensity of the pilot signal for the current cell to the power intensity of the pilot signal for the adjacent cell is larger than a second predetermined threshold;

c2) if the ratio value is larger than a second predetermined threshold, performing the mode conversion from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein said step c2) includes the step of:

c2-1) adjusting a transmission time of a data frame based on a compressed mode.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said step c2-1) includes the step of:

c2-1-1) reducing a transmission interrupt time of a last slot of the data frame in order to advance the transmission time of the data frame.

7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said step c2-1) includes the step of:

c2-1-2) increasing a transmission interrupt time of a last slot of the data frame in order to delay the transmission time of the data frame.

8. The method as recited in claim 6 or 7, wherein a compressed mode frame number is set as a smaller value by one (1) than a mode conversion frame number when the mode conversion is performed for the data frame to which the compressed mode is to be applied.

9. The method as recited in claim 6 or 7, wherein a compressed mode frame number is set as the same value as a mode conversion frame number when the mode conversion is performed for the data frame to which the compressed mode is to be applied.

10. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the handover is a soft handover.

11. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the handover is a hard handover.

12. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said step a) further includes the steps of:

a3) at the source RNC, establishing a physical channel with a source base transceiver station (BTS) by assigning a scrambling code for the non-USTS mode and an orthogonal code; and

a4) at the source RNC, performing the mode conversion of the mobile station from the USTS mode to the non-USTS mode based on the physical channel.

13. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein said step c) further includes the steps of:

c3) at the target RNC, assigning a scrambling code for the USTS mode and a channel code, requesting a target BTS to perform reconfiguration of a radio link by transmitting a chip offset measurement request indicator along with the assigned codes;

c4) at the target BTS, measuring and transmitting the chip offset to the target RNC, and performing the reconfiguration of the radio link based on a start time of the USTS mode and a command to perform the reconfiguration of the radio link received from the target RNC; and

c5) at the target RNC, transmitting a physical channel reconfiguration message having the scrambling code, the channel code and the initial synchronization timing information to the mobile station, thereby performing the mobile station from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode.

14. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said step c2-1) includes the steps of:

c2-1-1) at the target RNC, requesting the target BTS to prepare the compressed mode in order to reduce the transmission time of the data frame;

c2-1-2) calculating a time difference between the reference time of the target BTS and the arrival time of the data frame from the mobile station;

c2-1-3) transmitting a scrambling code for the USTS, a channel code and the time difference to the target BTS;

c2-1-4) if preparation for the USTS mode is complete based on the scrambling code for the USTS, the channel code and the time difference, transmitting a radio link reconfiguration ready message to the target RNC;

c2-1-5) if the radio link reconfiguration is committed, performing the mode conversion from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode and adjusting the transmission time of the data frame by the time difference;

c2-1-6) transmitting the scrambling code for the USTS, the channel code, a mode conversion frame number and the time difference to the mobile station; and

c2-1-7) adjusting the data frame having the mode conversion frame number by the time difference.

15. A method for performing a handover of a mobile station from a cell not supporting an uplink synchronous transmission scheme (USTS) mode to a cell supporting the USTS mode, the method comprising the steps of:

a) performing a handover of the mobile station; and

b) performing a mode conversion of the mobile station from a non-USTS mode to the USTS mode based on a signal measurement result from the mobile station.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein said step b) includes the steps of:

b1) determining whether the ratio value of the power intensity of the pilot signal for the current cell to the power intensity of the pilot signal for the adjacent cell is larger than a second predetermined threshold;

b2) if the ratio value is larger than a second predetermined threshold, performing the mode conversion from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein said step b2) includes the step of:

b2-1) adjusting a transmission time of a data frame based on a compressed mode.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein said step b2-1) includes the step of:

b2-1-1) reducing a transmission interrupt time of a last slot of the data frame in order to advance the transmission time of the data frame.

19. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein said step c2-1) includes the step of:

b2-1-2) increasing a transmission interrupt time of a last slot of the data frame in order to delay the transmission time of the data frame.

20. The method as recited in claim 18 or 19, wherein a compressed mode frame number is set as a smaller value by one (1) than a mode conversion frame number when the mode conversion is performed for the data frame to which the compressed mode is to be applied.

21. The method as recited in claim 18 or 19, wherein a compressed mode frame number is set as the same value as a mode conversion frame number when the mode conversion is performed for the data frame to which the compressed mode is to be applied.

22. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the handover is a soft handover.

23. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the handover is a hard handover.

24. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein said step b) further includes the steps of:

b3) at the target RNC, assigning a scrambling code for the USTS mode and a channel code, requesting a target BTS to perform reconfiguration of a radio link by transmitting a chip offset measurement request indicator along with the assigned codes;

b4) at the target BTS, measuring and transmitting the chip offset to the target BTS, and performing the reconfiguration of the radio link based on a start time of the USTS mode and a command to perform the reconfiguration of the radio link received from the target RNC; and

b5) at the target RNC, transmitting a physical channel reconfiguration message having the scrambling code, the channel code and the initial synchronization timing information to the mobile station, thereby performing the mobile station from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode.

25. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein said step b2-1) includes the steps of:

b2-1-1) at the target RNC, requesting the target BTS to prepare the compressed mode in order to reduce the transmission time of the data frame;

b2-1-2) calculating a time difference between the reference time and the arrival time of the data frame from the mobile station;

b2-1-3) transmitting a scrambling code for the USTS, a channel code and the time difference to the target BTS;

b2-1-4) if preparation for the USTS mode is complete based on the scrambling code for the USTS, the channel code and the time difference, transmitting a radio link reconfiguration ready message to the target RNC;

b2-1-5) if the radio link reconfiguration is committed, performing the mode conversion from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode and adjusting the transmission time of the data frame by the time difference;

b2-1-6) transmitting the scrambling code for the USTS, the channel code, a mode conversion frame number and the time difference to the mobile station; and

b2-1-7) adjusting the data frame having the mode conversion frame number by the time difference.

26. A computer readable recording media storing instructions for executing a method for performing a handover of a mobile station in an asynchronous wireless telecommunication system supporting an uplink synchronous transmission scheme (USTS) mode, the method comprising the steps of:

a) performing a mode conversion of the mobile station from the USTS mode to a non-USTS mode based on a first signal measurement result from the mobile station; and

b) performing a handover for the mobile station.

27. The computer readable recording media method as recited in claim 26, wherein the method further includes the step of:

c) performing a mode conversion from the non-USTS mode to the USTS mode based on a second signal measurement result from the mobile station.

28. A computer readable recording media storing instructions for executing a method for performing a handover of a mobile station from a cell not supporting an uplink synchronous transmission scheme (USTS) mode to a cell supporting the USTS mode, the method comprising the steps of:

a) performing a handover of the mobile station; and

b) performing a mode conversion of the mobile station from a non-USTS mode to the USTS mode based on a signal measurement result from the mobile station.