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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:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455436 ; 455439 ; 455522 ;
Abstract
A method and system for handing over on-going communications to a target cell including a plurality of low power channels, for handling ongoing calls, and a plurality of higher power channels for handoff. The ongoing call is switched from a low to a higher power channel upon receiving a handoff request. The on-going call is using the higher power channel until a determination is made that the handoff is necessary or unnecessary. The quality of reception of the serving cell and target cell is compared to determine the necessity.