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Methods and apparatus for performing handoffs in a multi-carrier wireless communications systems

  • US 9,485,695 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2007
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless terminal comprising:

  • means for determining a system handoff condition in response to a broadcast signal received from an adjacent network attachment point in at least a portion of a frequency band of an active communication session with a first network attachment point;

    means for transmitting, in the frequency band of the active communication session, an access request signal;

    means for receiving an assignment of at least one dedicated uplink segment from the adjacent network attachment point, via the active communication session with the first network attachment point, the assigned at least one dedicated uplink segment corresponding to an access channel of the adjacent network attachment point;

    means for determining a relative timing between a timing of the broadcast signal within a time slot of the first network attachment point and a timing of the broadcast signal within a time slot of the adjacent network attachment point, wherein the broadcast signal is a beacon signal periodically transmitted into the frequency band of the active communication session by the adjacent network attachment point at least once during an ultraslot that includes a plurality of beacon slots, wherein the time slot of the adjacent network attachment point is one of a plurality of superslots included in each beacon slot of the plurality of beacon slots;

    means for determining a time to terminate the active communication session with the first network attachment point based on the relative timing; and

    means for establishing a new communication session with the adjacent network attachment point.

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