Method for concealing a handover mute
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsMartin T. Karanja, Nader Rizq, Scott D. Gleason
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Abstract
In a mobile communication system (400) where a handover results in a momentary interruption of a signal between the mobile communication device (402) and the fixed network equipment(404, 410), the effect of muted portion (306) of the signal can be reduced by storing a segment (308) of the signal that is received just prior to the occurrence of the handover, and re-using the stored segment by attenuating the segment, playing the segment, and repeating the attenuating and playing (208, 210) until the handover is complete.
Claims5
In a communication system having a plurality of serving cells, including a first serving cell and a second serving cell, a method for concealing a handover of a communication service from the first serving cell to the second serving cell, comprising:
- receiving a digitized audio signal;
- storing a segment of the digitized audio signal;
- during an occurrence of the handover:
- reducing a magnitude of the segment of the digitized audio signal, to provide an attenuated segment;
- playing the attenuated segment over an audio circuit;
- and
- repeating the reducing and playing until the handover is complete.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.