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Method and system for management of neighbor scanning

  • US 9,369,952 B1
  • Filed: 12/30/2014
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a mobile station operative to maintain in data storage an active set specifying a plurality of wireless coverage areas (“

  • active set members”

    ) in which the mobile station is currently set to communicate, a method comprising;

    the mobile station wirelessly receiving a neighbor list update message (NLUM) that contains a plurality of different neighbor lists, each of the plurality of neighbor lists listing respective neighbors and defining a respective priority scanning order of the neighbors listed in the neighbor list, wherein the neighbor lists of the plurality contained in the received NLUM all comprise a same set of neighbors as each other but all list neighbors in a different respective priority scanning order than each other;

    the mobile station monitoring signal strength of each of the mobile station'"'"'s active set members;

    the mobile station determining a first rank-ordering of the mobile station'"'"'s active set members based on the relative signal strength of the active set members;

    based on the determined first rank-ordering of the mobile station'"'"'s active set members, the mobile station selecting one of the plurality of neighbor lists; and

    the mobile station scanning the neighbors listed in the selected neighbor list, wherein the scanning is carried out according to the priority scanning order of the selected neighbor list.

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