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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth J Crisler, Wheaton, IL (US);
Bradley M Hiben, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Anthony P van den Heuvel, Parkland, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ; H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 951 ; 455 331 ; 379 60 ;
Abstract
A TDM cellular communication (100) system includes a plurality of repeaters (102) each providing communication coverage for a cell site. A plurality of communication units communicate with the repeaters. The communication units are handed off from one cell site to another by measuring the range of the communication units from the repeaters. If the range exceeds a predetermined range the received signal quality of the adjacent cell site repeaters are measured. An available cell site which provides the best received signal quality is selected by the communication unit for hand off.