Method and system for soft handoff in mobile broadband systems
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1. A mobile device for wirelessly communicating in a broadband system supporting soft handoff for a service, the broadband system having a plurality of base station transceiver systems, the mobile device comprising:
- a buffer configured to receive information indicating available resource units determined by the plurality of base station transceiver systems; and
a processor configured to;
compare the available resource units and select available resource units for transmitting a data flow;
determine that the service is eligible for soft handoff, wherein said determining comprises determining whether a data flow associated with the service is eligible for soft handoff; and
activate soft handoff for eligible data flows corresponding to the eligible service while not activating soft handoff for ineligible data flows.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.
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25 Claims
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1. A mobile device for wirelessly communicating in a broadband system supporting soft handoff for a service, the broadband system having a plurality of base station transceiver systems, the mobile device comprising:
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a buffer configured to receive information indicating available resource units determined by the plurality of base station transceiver systems; and a processor configured to; compare the available resource units and select available resource units for transmitting a data flow; determine that the service is eligible for soft handoff, wherein said determining comprises determining whether a data flow associated with the service is eligible for soft handoff; and activate soft handoff for eligible data flows corresponding to the eligible service while not activating soft handoff for ineligible data flows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium storing program instructions for wirelessly communicating in a broadband system supporting soft handoff for a service, the broadband system having a plurality of base station transceiver systems, wherein the program instructions are executable to:
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receive available resource units determined by the plurality of base station transceiver systems; compare the available resource units and select available resource units for transmitting a data flow; and determine that the service is eligible for soft handoff, wherein said determining that the service is eligible for soft handoff comprises determining whether a data flow associated with the service is eligible for soft handoff and wherein the program instructions are further executable to activate soft handoff for eligible data flows corresponding to the eligible service while not activating soft handoff for ineligible data flows. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for wirelessly communicating in a broadband system supporting soft handoff for a service, the broadband system having a plurality of base station transceiver systems, wherein the method comprises:
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a mobile device receiving available resource units determined by the plurality of base station transceiver systems; the mobile device comparing the available resource units and select available resource units for transmitting a data flow; the mobile device determining that the service is eligible for soft handoff, wherein said determining that the service is eligible for soft handoff comprises determining whether a data flow associated with the service is eligible for soft handoff; and the mobile device activating soft handoff for eligible data flows corresponding to the eligible service while not activating soft handoff for ineligible data flows. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A mobile device for wirelessly communicating in a broadband system supporting soft handoff for a service, the broadband system having a plurality of base station transceiver systems, the mobile device comprising:
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at least one antenna for performing wireless communication; and processing hardware coupled to the antenna, wherein the processing hardware is configured to; request available resource units from the plurality of base station transceiver systems via the at least one antenna; in response to the request, receive the available resource units, as determined by the plurality of base station transceiver systems, via the at least one antenna; compare the available resource units and select available resource units for transmitting a data flow; determine that the service is eligible for soft handoff, wherein said determining that the service is eligible for soft handoff comprises determining whether a data flow associated with the service is eligible for soft handoff; and activate soft handoff for eligible data flows corresponding to the eligible service while not activating soft handoff for ineligible data flows.
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