Channel handoff methods in wireless broadcast systems
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring and switching between radio frequencies (RFs) at an access terminal in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
- determining a signal quality for a current channel via which a current signal is accessed;
determining whether the determined signal quality is above a predetermined threshold value;
determining a signal quality of a neighbor channel that carries a signal that is frame synchronized with the current signal when the determined signal quality is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value;
determining whether to perform a handoff to the neighbor channel based at least in part on the signal quality of the current channel and the signal quality of the neighbor channel;
initiating the handoff to the neighbor channel at a time when a frame is expected to be received in the current signal; and
disabling an RF monitoring for at least the current channel if the determined signal quality for the current channel is above the predetermined threshold value,wherein the determining the signal quality of the neighbor channel comprises determining a signal strength for the neighbor channel based on a cyclic prefix (CP) correlation.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate monitoring RF channels in a wireless communication environment to determine whether one or more channels comprise a forward-link-only (FLO) signal. A receiver can receive a first RF channel with a FLO signal and can monitor other RF channels for FLO signals. Upon a determination that a monitored RF channel comprises a FLO signal, the receiver can switch between the first RF channel and the monitored RF channel, employing information on current MLC decoding status, to facilitate providing seamless reception of the FLO signal, which can be superframe synchronized between RF channels. FLO signal detection can be performed using one or more of a wide-area identification channel energy detection protocol and a wide-area overhead information symbol decoding error detection protocol.
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56 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring and switching between radio frequencies (RFs) at an access terminal in a wireless communication environment, comprising:
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determining a signal quality for a current channel via which a current signal is accessed; determining whether the determined signal quality is above a predetermined threshold value; determining a signal quality of a neighbor channel that carries a signal that is frame synchronized with the current signal when the determined signal quality is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value; determining whether to perform a handoff to the neighbor channel based at least in part on the signal quality of the current channel and the signal quality of the neighbor channel; initiating the handoff to the neighbor channel at a time when a frame is expected to be received in the current signal; and disabling an RF monitoring for at least the current channel if the determined signal quality for the current channel is above the predetermined threshold value, wherein the determining the signal quality of the neighbor channel comprises determining a signal strength for the neighbor channel based on a cyclic prefix (CP) correlation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 43)
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19. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
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means for measuring a signal quality for a current channel via which a current signal is accessed; means for determining whether the measured signal quality is above a predetermined threshold value; means for monitoring a signal quality of a neighbor channel, wherein a signal of the neighbor channel is frame synchronized with the current signal when the measured signal quality is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value; means for determining whether an overhead information symbol (OIS) decoding error has occurred in the current channel; and means for performing a reacquisition protocol when the OIS decoding error is determined to have occurred in the current channel, otherwise initiating a handoff to the neighbor channel at a time when a message is expected to be received in the current signal; and means for disabling an RF monitoring for at least the current channel if the measured signal quality for the current channel is above the predetermined threshold value, wherein the means for monitoring the signal quality of the neighbor channel comprises means for determining a signal strength for the neighbor channel based on a cyclic prefix (CP) correlation. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program comprising computer-executable instructions for:
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measuring a signal quality for a current channel comprising a plurality of logical channels; determining whether the measured signal quality is above a predetermined threshold value; receiving a list that exclusively comprises a plurality of neighbor channels that each broadcast a substantially same contents as the current channel; monitoring a signal quality of a neighbor channel of the plurality of neighbor channels that each broadcast the substantially same contents as the current channel when the measured signal quality is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; determining whether a number of errors in any of the plurality of logical channels is above a threshold; determining whether an overhead information symbol (OIS) failure has occurred; implementing OIS failure timeout logic if the OIS failure has occurred; performing a handoff to the neighbor channel of the plurality of neighbor channels that each broadcast the substantially same contents as the current channel when the number of errors in any of the plurality of logical channels is above the predetermined threshold value; and disabling an RF monitoring for at least the current channel if the measured signal quality for the current channel is above the predetermined threshold value, wherein the monitoring the signal quality of the neighbor channel comprises determining a signal strength for the neighbor channel based on a cyclic prefix (CP) correlation. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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44. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to; measure a signal quality for a current channel via which a current signal is accessed; determine whether the measured signal quality is above a predetermined threshold value; monitor a signal quality of a neighbor channel that carries a signal that is frame synchronized with the current signal when the measured signal quality is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value; determine whether to perform a handoff to the neighbor channel based at least in part on a decoder error rate of the current channel and the neighbor channel, wherein the decoder error rate of the neighbor channel is determined while accessing the current channel; and initiate the handoff to the neighbor channel at a time when a message is expected to be received in the current signal; and disable an RF monitoring for at least the current channel if the measured signal quality for the current channel is above the predetermined threshold value, wherein the monitoring the signal quality of the neighbor channel comprises determining a signal strength for the neighbor channel based on a cyclic prefix (CP) correlation. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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