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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Torbjorn Ward, Montreal, CA;
Norio Iizuka, Stockholm, SE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 332 ; 455 331 ; 455 541 ; 455 561 ; 379 60 ;
Abstract
A digital radiocommunication system and method for providing a consistency check to confirm the identity of a candidate cell for handoff of a digital traffic channel are described. Using relative pathloss comparisons reliance on absolute measurements which can lead to inappropriate handoffs for a variety of reasons. Statistical measurements can also be used to further reduce errors.