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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
May. 13, 1999
Phillip D. Neumiller, Cary, IL (US);
Peter Lei, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Randall R. Stewart, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Frames received by base stations (base stations) (,) are assigned a frame-quality indicator (FQI) by the base station. FQI information for all frames received is continuously backhauled to a switch (,). The switch (,) sidehauls the FQI information to a call anchoring base station, where a determination of a base station with the best FQI for each frame takes place. Once the anchoring base station determines a base station with the best FQI for a particular frame, the anchoring base station sends a FORWARD_FRAME message to the base station with the best FQI, or, if the anchoring base station is the base station with the best FQI, nothing is sent to the other base stations. Once the FORWARD_FRAME message is received by a base station, the base station immediately forwards the frame (identified by the frame number) to the switch (,). The switch (,) then routes the selected frame accordingly.