Method of generating a handoff candidate list
First Claim
1. A method of providing a handoff candidate list to a mobile station, comprising:
- providing the mobile station in a multi-sector handoff state with a unique combination of a plurality of sectors; and
communicating the handoff candidate list to the mobile station, wherein the handoff candidate list comprises at least one target sector selected from a plurality of available sectors, and wherein the at least one target sector has a higher probability of actually being used by the mobile station in the multi-sector handoff state based on the unique combination of the plurality of sectors and at least one of a historical data set and a predictive data set of the unique combination of the plurality of sectors.
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Abstract
A method of generating a handoff candidate list (490) to provide to a mobile station (302) may include providing the mobile station in a multi-sector handoff state (360) with a unique combination of a plurality of sectors (362, 363, 364), and recording at least one target sector (371, 372, 373) selected from a plurality of available sectors (366) that is added to the unique combination of the plurality of sectors. The recording step may be iteratively performed whenever the mobile station is in the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors thereby defining the at least one target sector that has actually been used by the mobile station in the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors. Upon the mobile station entering the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors, providing the handoff candidate list to the mobile station, wherein the handoff candidate list comprises the at least one target sector.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of providing a handoff candidate list to a mobile station, comprising:
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providing the mobile station in a multi-sector handoff state with a unique combination of a plurality of sectors; and communicating the handoff candidate list to the mobile station, wherein the handoff candidate list comprises at least one target sector selected from a plurality of available sectors, and wherein the at least one target sector has a higher probability of actually being used by the mobile station in the multi-sector handoff state based on the unique combination of the plurality of sectors and at least one of a historical data set and a predictive data set of the unique combination of the plurality of sectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of generating a handoff candidate list to provide to a mobile station, comprising:
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providing the mobile station in a multi-sector handoff state with a unique combination of a plurality of sectors; recording at least one target sector selected from a plurality of available sectors that is added to the unique combination of the plurality of sectors; iteratively performing the recording step whenever the mobile station is in the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors thereby defining the at least one target sector that has actually been used by the mobile station in the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors; and upon the mobile station entering the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors, providing the handoff candidate list to the mobile station, wherein the handoff candidate list comprises the at least one target sector. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A base station controller performing a method of generating a handoff candidate list to provide to a mobile station, comprising:
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communicatively coupling the base station controller to the mobile station while the mobile station is in a multi-sector handoff state with a unique combination of a plurality of sectors; recording at least one target sector selected from a plurality of available sectors that is added to the unique combination of the plurality of sectors; iteratively performing the recording step whenever the mobile station is in the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors thereby defining the at least one target sector that has actually been used by the mobile station in the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors; and upon the mobile station entering the multi-sector handoff state with the unique combination of the plurality of sectors, providing the handoff candidate list to the mobile station, wherein the handoff candidate list comprises the at least one target sector. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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