Claims
- 1. A subscriber station apparatus for set management in a broadcast communication system, comprising:
means for receiving a first list identifying a first set of sectors; means for measuring a quality metric of a forward link transmitted by each identified sector; means for removing from said first list an identifier of a sector whose measured quality metric exceeds a first predetermined level; means for placing the identifier of the sector into a second list; means for generating a third list identifying a third set of sectors identifying all sectors unlisted in the first set or the second set; means for removing from the third set an identifier of a sector whose measured quality metric exceeds the first predetermined level; and means for placing the identifier of the sector in the second list.
- 2. A subscriber station apparatus for set management in a broadcast communication system, comprising:
means for receiving a first list identifying a first set of sectors; means for measuring a quality metric of a forward link transmitted by each sector identified in the first list; means for removing from said first list an identifier of a sector whose measured quality metric exceeds a first predetermined level; means for placing the identifier of the sector in the second list; and means for generating a third list identifying a third set of sectors in accordance with said measured quality metric, comprising: means for removing from said second list an identifier of a sector whose measured quality metric exceeds a second predetermined level; and means for placing the identifier of the sector in the third list.
- 3. The subscriber station apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:
means for removing from said second list an identifier of a sector whose measured quality metric falls below the first predetermined level; and means for placing the identifier of the sector in the first list.
- 4. A subscriber station apparatus for set management in a broadcast communication system, comprising:
means for receiving a first list identifying a first set of sectors; means for measuring a quality metric of a forward link transmitted by each sector identified in the first list; means for removing from said first list an identifier of a sector whose measured quality metric exceeds a first predetermined level; means for placing the identifier of the sector in the second list; and means for generating a third list identifying a third set of sectors in accordance with said measured quality metric, comprising: means for starting a timer when an identifier of a sector is placed in the second list; means for removing from said second list the identifier of the sector when said timer expires and the sector's quality metric is above the second predetermined level; and means for placing the identifier of the sector in the third list.
- 5. The subscriber station apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:
means for stopping the timer when the sector's quality metric falls below the second predetermined level.
- 6. The subscriber station apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:
means for removing from said second list the identifier of the sector when the sector's quality metric falls below the first predetermined level; and means for placing the identifier of the sector in the first list.
CLAIM OF PRIORITY UNDER 35 U.S.C. §120
[0001] The present Application for Patent is a Continuation and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/933,607 entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A HANDOFF IN A BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM” filed Aug. 20, 2001, now allowed, and assigned to the assignee hereof and hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.
Continuations (1)
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09933607 |
Aug 2001 |
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10801221 |
Mar 2004 |
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