Claims
- 1. A method of controlling a hand-off of an active call from a serving cell of a wireless telecommunications system comprising:providing information representing the identity of a sector of a cell in which a mobile station conducting the call is located; providing information representing the identity of channels used by one or more cells adjacent the sector; eliminating from a mobile assisted hand-off list utilized by the mobile station the identity of channels not available in the one or more cells adjacent the sector in which the mobile station is located; determining the direction of travel of the mobile station; determining if the power level of a transmission from a first sector received by the mobile station conflicts with the direction of travel of the mobile station; and upon determining that the power level of the mobile station conflicts with the direction of travel, eliminating from a mobile assisted hand-off list the first sector.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing information representing the identity of the sector of a cell in which the mobile station is operating includes information obtained from a GPS server.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing information representing the identity of a sector of a cell includes information extracted from a table identifying the one or more cells adjacent the sector and the identity of channels used by each of the one or more cells adjacent the sector.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/084,925, filed May 11, 1998.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/084925 |
May 1998 |
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