Selecting a communications channel for a mobile station based on handover intensity
First Claim
1. A method for selecting a new cell channel for a mobile station traveling out of a cell area and traveling into a geographic area concurrently covered by a microcell and a macrocell within a mobile telecommunications network, wherein said mobile station can be assigned a traffic channel within either said macrocell or said microcell in accordance with a hierarchical cell selection procedure or another cell selection procedure, said method comprising the steps of:
- determining a need to handover said mobile station to one of said microcell or macrocell;
determining an actual number of handovers that occurred within a particular period of time within said mobile telecommunications network;
determining whether the actual number of handovers performed by said mobile station within said particular period of time is less than a threshold number of handovers; and
in response to an affirmative determination,performing said hierarchical cell selection procedure to handover said mobile station to either said macrocell or said microcell;
otherwise;
performing said another cell selection procedure to handover said mobile station to either said macrocell or said microcell based on a highest signal strength detected by said mobile station.
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Abstract
A threshold limit representing the number of handovers allowed to be performed by a mobile station within a predetermined period of time is assigned to a serving mobile network. In case a fast moving mobile station exceeds the prescribed number of handovers, a cell selection in accordance with the hierarchical cell location method is overruled. Instead, a cell selection in accordance with the normal cell location method is implemented to reduce the number of future handovers by the fast moving mobile station.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for selecting a new cell channel for a mobile station traveling out of a cell area and traveling into a geographic area concurrently covered by a microcell and a macrocell within a mobile telecommunications network, wherein said mobile station can be assigned a traffic channel within either said macrocell or said microcell in accordance with a hierarchical cell selection procedure or another cell selection procedure, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a need to handover said mobile station to one of said microcell or macrocell; determining an actual number of handovers that occurred within a particular period of time within said mobile telecommunications network; determining whether the actual number of handovers performed by said mobile station within said particular period of time is less than a threshold number of handovers; and in response to an affirmative determination, performing said hierarchical cell selection procedure to handover said mobile station to either said macrocell or said microcell; otherwise; performing said another cell selection procedure to handover said mobile station to either said macrocell or said microcell based on a highest signal strength detected by said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for handing over a mobile station from a first geographic area to a second geographic area within a mobile telecommunications network, said second geographic area being served by a plurality of cells including a microcell and a macrocell, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a number of handovers performed by said mobile station within a particular period of time; evaluating whether said determined number of performed handovers exceeds a threshold number of handovers; if yes, handing over said mobile station to a particular one of said plurality of cells using a first cell selection procedure based on signal strength detected by said mobile station; otherwise, handing over said mobile station to a particular one of said plurality of cells using a second cell selection procedure based on a hierarchical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for handing over a mobile station from a first geographic area to a second geographic area within a mobile telecommunications network, said second geographic area being served by a plurality of cells including a microcell and a macrocell, said system, comprising:
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a processor for determining a number of handovers performed by said mobile station within a particular period of time; said processor further includes evaluating whether said determined number of performed handovers exceeds a threshold number of handovers; if yes, a module for handing over said mobile station to particular one of said plurality of cells utilizing a first cell selection method based on signal strength detected by said mobile station;
otherwise,said module for handing over said mobile station to particular one of said plurality of cells utilizing a second cell selection method based on a hierarchical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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