Method and apparatus for handover in wireless communication network
AssigneeWiChorus, Inc.
InventorsMustafa Ergen, Rehan Jalil, Tony Mak
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for handover of a MS of a plurality of MSs to a BS of a plurality of BSs in a wireless communication network. The method includes identifying a target BS from the plurality of BSs for handover of the MS served by a serving BS. A difference between a quality of a signal received by the MS from the target BS and the quality of the signal received by the MS from the serving BS is greater than or equal to a first predefined threshold. The method further includes performing a handover for the MS from the serving BS to the target BS when the quality of the signal received by the MS from the serving BS is greater than or equal to a second predefined threshold.
Claims19
A method of communication in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- identifying a target Base Station (BS) from among a plurality of BSs for handover of a Mobile Station (MS) served by a serving BS in response to a difference between a quality of a signal received by the MS from the target BS and a quality of a signal received by the MS from the serving BS;
- selecting the target BS for handover in an event the difference between the quality of signals is greater than or equal to a first predefined threshold;
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- performing a handover of the MS from the serving BS to the selected target BS in an event the quality of the signal received by the MS from the serving BS is greater than or equal to a second predefined threshold, the second predetermined threshold being the minimum quality of the signal received by the MS from the serving BS to maintain a communication link between the MS and the serving BS.
An apparatus for communication in the wireless communication network, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- identify a target Base Station (BS) from among a plurality of BSs for handover of a Mobile Station (MS) served by a serving BS in response to a difference between a quality of a signal received by the MS from the target BS and a quality of a signal received by the MS from the serving BS select the target BS for handover in an event the difference between the quality of signals is greater than or equal to a first predefined threshold;
- and
- perform a handover of the MS from the serving BS to the selected target BS in an event the quality of the signal received by the MS from the serving BS is greater than or equal to a second predefined threshold, the second predetermined threshold being the minimum quality of the signal received by the MS from the serving BS to maintain a communication link between the MS and the serving BS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.