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Method and system for increasing capacity and improving performance of a cellular network
Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd
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Filing: 1999-04-09
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Granted: 2001-02-20
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Expires: 2019-04-09
Abstract
Abstract Provided is a system and method for optimizing the performance of the cellular network by maintaining status values concerning the cell and adjusting the conditions for handoff in response to the status values. The status values may include a pilot signal strength measurement for the second cell, a round trip delay measurement from the second cell to the mobile unit, an a designation of whether the second cell is current, removed, or most recently removed. With the status values, a determination can be made to remove the second cell from the mobile unit's Active Set if either the pilot signal strength for the second cell falls below a predetermined threshold or the round trip delay value exceeds a predetermined maximum.
Inventors
- 👤 Prasanna Jayaraj Satarasinghe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 08:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W36/00; H04W36/0005; H04W36/0083; H04W36/00835; H04W36/0085; H04W36/16; H04W36/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A method for optimizing the performance of a cellular telephone network including a first cell, a second cell, and a mobile unit located in the first cell, the method comprising maintaining status values concerning the first cell and adjusting conditions for handoff in response to the status values, the status values including a pilot signal strength measurement for the second cell, a round trip delay measurement from the second cell to the mobile unit, and a designation of whether the second cell is current, removed or most recently removed, such that the second cell is removed from a list of handoff cells if the pilot signal strength measurement for the second cell falls below a predetermined threshold or if the round trip delay measurement exceeds a predetermined maximum.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
128 words
A method for optimizing the performance of a cellular telephone network including a first cell, a second cell, and a mobile unit located in the first cell, the method comprising maintaining status values concerning the first cell and adjusting conditions for handoff in response to the status values, the status values including a pilot signal strength measurement for the second cell, a round trip delay measurement from the second cell to the mobile unit, and a designation of whether the second cell is current, removed or most recently removed, such that the second cell is removed from a list of handoff cells if the pilot signal strength measurement for the second cell falls below a predetermined threshold or if the round trip delay measurement exceeds a predetermined maximum.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the status values further include a designation for available hardware resource of the second cell, and a reason for removing the second cell from the list of handoff cells.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
66 words
A method for optimizing the performance of a cellular telephone network including first and second cells, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining conditions for handoff for a mobile unit in the first cell; storing a first status value indicating whether the second cell is current, removed or most recently removed from a list; and adjusting the conditions for handoff in response to the status value.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
66 words
A method for optimizing the performance of a cellular telephone network including first and second cells, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining conditions for handoff for a mobile unit in the first cell; storing a first status value indicating whether the second cell is current, removed or most recently removed from a list; and adjusting the conditions for handoff in response to the status value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 3 further comprising: storing a second status value designating an available hardware resource of the second cell.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 3 further comprising: maintaining a list of potential handoff cells; and storing a second status value designating a reason for removing the second cell from the list.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 3 further comprising: storing a second status value designating a round trip delay measurement from the second cell to the mobile unit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 3 further comprising: storing a second status value designating a pilot signal strength measurement for the second cell.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
69 words
A system for optimizing the performance of a cellular telephone network including first and second cells, the system comprising: means for maintaining a list of handoff cells for a mobile unit in the first cell; means for storing a first status value indicating whether the second cell is current, removed, or most recently removed from the list; and means for adjusting the list in response to the status value.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
69 words
A system for optimizing the performance of a cellular telephone network including first and second cells, the system comprising: means for maintaining a list of handoff cells for a mobile unit in the first cell; means for storing a first status value indicating whether the second cell is current, removed, or most recently removed from the list; and means for adjusting the list in response to the status value.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
80 words
The system of claim 8 further comprising: means for storing a second status value designating an available hardware resource of the second cell; means for storing a third status value designating a reason for removing the second cell from the list; means for storing a fourth status value designating a round trip delay measurement from the second cell to the mobile unit; and means for storing a fifth status value designating a pilot signal strength measurement for the second cell.
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