Method and system for automated determination of inter-system border thresholds
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1. A method for determining thresholds for evaluating handovers in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- determining a quality level of a first digital duplexing type based on the threshold value for intra-system handover of the first digital duplexing type;
determining a quality level of a second digital duplexing type based on the coverage report from a plurality of multi-mode wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs); and
comparing the quality levels to determine whether to handover from the first digital duplexing type to the second duplexing type;
initiating a handover from the first duplexing type to the second duplexing type if the first quality level is below a first threshold and the second quality level is above a second threshold.
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Abstract
A method and system for determining thresholds for evaluating inter-system handovers in a wireless communication system includes determining a quality level of a first digital duplexing type, determining a quality level of a second digital duplexing type, and comparing the quality levels to determine whether to handover from the first digital duplexing type to the second duplexing type.
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1. A method for determining thresholds for evaluating handovers in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
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determining a quality level of a first digital duplexing type based on the threshold value for intra-system handover of the first digital duplexing type; determining a quality level of a second digital duplexing type based on the coverage report from a plurality of multi-mode wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs); and comparing the quality levels to determine whether to handover from the first digital duplexing type to the second duplexing type; initiating a handover from the first duplexing type to the second duplexing type if the first quality level is below a first threshold and the second quality level is above a second threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for determining thresholds for evaluating handovers between a first duplexing type and a second duplexing type in a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
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determining a first minimum quality level for the first duplexing type based on a threshold value for intra-system handover of the first digital duplexing type; determining a second minimum quality level for the second duplexing type based on a coverage report received from a plurality of multi-mode wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs); comparing the first minimum quality level with a first threshold and comparing the second minimum quality level with a second threshold; and initiating a handover from the first duplexing type to the second duplexing type if the first minimum quality level is below the first threshold and the second minimum quality level is above the second threshold. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A radio network controller (RNC) for determining thresholds for handovers between a first duplexing type and a second duplexing type, the RNC comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) a report of the extent of coverage of the second duplexing type; processor configured to set a first minimum quality level for the first duplexing type, and to decide whether to handover a WTRU from the first duplexing type to the second duplexing type if the first minimum quality level for the first duplexing type is below a first threshold and a second minimum quality level for the second duplexing type is above a second threshold.
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