System and method for reallocating a traffic channel in soft handoff state
First Claim
1. For use in a wireless network comprising a first base transceiver station capable of establishing and maintaining communication links with a plurality of mobile stations by means of a plurality of data traffic channels, an apparatus for allocating said plurality of data traffic channels comprising:
- an access request detection circuit capable of detecting an access request message received from an accessing one of said plurality of mobile stations and generating an access request notification; and
a channel allocator capable of receiving said access request notification and, in response thereto;
1) terminating a first communication link between said first base transceiver station and a first selected one of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said first selected mobile station maintains at least a second communication link with at least a second base transceiver station of said wireless network, and
2) allocating a first data traffic channel associated with said terminated first communication link to establish a communication link with said accessing mobile station.
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Abstract
There is disclosed, for use in a CDMA wireless network, a channel resource allocator for reallocating a data traffic channel in a soft handoff state to handle incoming calls from new mobile stations. The channel resource allocator includes an overhead channel controller for reconfiguring a data traffic channel as an overhead channel upon failure of an overhead channel element in a base transceiver station (BTS). The channel resource allocator determines if all data traffic channels of the BTS are in use. If so, the channel resource allocator determines whether any of the existing calls being serviced by the data traffic channels are in a soft handoff state in which the call is connected simultaneously to two or more base transceiver stations. If so, the channel resource allocator drops the connection to the BTS in which the overhead channel failure occurred, thereby freeing up the data traffic channel. The overhead channel controller may then reconfigure the dropped data traffic channel as an overhead channel, or the channel resource allocator may reallocate the dropped data traffic channel to handle a new incoming call from a mobile station.
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20 Claims
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1. For use in a wireless network comprising a first base transceiver station capable of establishing and maintaining communication links with a plurality of mobile stations by means of a plurality of data traffic channels, an apparatus for allocating said plurality of data traffic channels comprising:
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an access request detection circuit capable of detecting an access request message received from an accessing one of said plurality of mobile stations and generating an access request notification; and a channel allocator capable of receiving said access request notification and, in response thereto;
1) terminating a first communication link between said first base transceiver station and a first selected one of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said first selected mobile station maintains at least a second communication link with at least a second base transceiver station of said wireless network, and
2) allocating a first data traffic channel associated with said terminated first communication link to establish a communication link with said accessing mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless network comprising:
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a plurality of base transceiver stations, wherein each of said plurality of base transceiver stations is capable of establishing and maintaining a plurality of communication links with a plurality of mobile stations by means of a plurality of data traffic channels; and an apparatus associated with a first one of said base transceiver station for allocating said plurality of data traffic channels associated with said first base transceiver station, said apparatus comprising; an access request detection circuit capable of detecting an access request message received from an accessing one of said plurality of mobile stations and generating an access request notification; and a channel allocator capable of receiving said access request notification and, in response thereto;
1) terminating a first communication link between said first base transceiver station and a first selected one of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said first selected mobile station maintains at least a second communication link with at least a second base transceiver station of said wireless network, and
2) allocating a first data traffic channel associated with said terminated first communication link to establish a communication link with said accessing mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. For use in a wireless network comprising a first base transceiver station capable of establishing and maintaining a plurality of communication links with a plurality of mobile stations by means of a plurality of data traffic channels, a method for allocating the plurality of data traffic channels comprising the steps of:
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detecting an access request message received from an accessing one of said plurality of mobile stations; in response to the access request message detection, terminating a first communication link between the first base transceiver station and a first selected one of the plurality of mobile stations, wherein the first selected mobile station maintains at least a second communication link with at least a second base transceiver station; and allocating a first data traffic channel associated with the terminated first communication link to establish a communication link with the accessing mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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