Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Patent
1997-04-04
1999-08-10
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
455453, 455439, H04Q 720
Patent
active
059373539
ABSTRACT:
In methods and apparatus for controlling allocation of traffic channels in a telecommunications network having macrocells and microcells within the macrocells, a macrocell traffic channel is allocated in response to a request for a microcell traffic channel only when no suitable microcell traffic channel is available, a suitable macrocell traffic channel is available, and the requested microcell traffic channel is requested to implement a microcell to microcell handoff. Allocation of the macrocell traffic channel may further be conditional on a grade of service in the macrocell being deemed acceptable. The grade of service may be deemed acceptable when number of macrocell traffic channels assigned to each microcell is less than a predetermined maximum number of allowable macrocell traffic channels that can be assigned to each microcell (cutoff value) or when more than a threshold number of macrocell channels are available in the macrocell.
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Donnelly Victoria
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Junkin C. William
Kincaid Lester G.
Nortel Networks Corporation
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