Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-18
2006-07-18
Gelin, Jean (Department: 2687)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S436000, C455S439000, C455S063400, C455S562100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07079843
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for establishing a set of cells used to support a soft handoff. The apparatus is used in a wireless communication system including a plurality of cells and at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) having at least one beam antenna which is configured to transition between a switch beam mode and an omni-directional beam mode. The WTRU communicates with a serving cell while the beam antenna is in the switch beam mode. The WTRU performs measurements on cells neighboring the serving cell to determine measurement results associated with the cells. The WTRU then determines whether each of the measurement results exceeds a predetermined threshold. A set of cells associated with the measurement results that exceed the predetermined threshold is established. If the number of cells in the set reaches a predetermined number, the beam antenna transitions from the switch beam mode to the omni-directional beam mode.
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Axness Timothy A.
Gorsuch Thomas Eric
Iacono Ana Lucia
Johnson Kevin Peter
Gelin Jean
InterDigital Technology Corporation
Volpe and Koenig P.C.
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