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Neighbor cell notifying apparatus and neighbor cell notifying method

  • US 7,092,711 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2003
  • Issued: 08/15/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A neighbor cell notifying apparatus for notifying a mobile station of predetermined information in a mobile communication network for implementing radio communication utilizing a plurality of cells between the mobile station and a base station, the neighbor cell notifying apparatus comprising:

  • cell information extracting means for extracting neighbor cell information items identifying respective neighbor cells of each of said plurality of cells;

    cell rank determining means for ranking the neighbor cell information items that the mobile station is to be notified of, based on the extracted neighbor cell information items and on predetermined priority information for the respective neighbor cells; and

    cell information notifying means for notifying the mobile station of a predetermined number of neighbor cell information items among said neighbor cell information items based on the determined ranking.

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