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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Mark Freeze, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ronald L. Bexten, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/22 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling handoff of communications with a mobile station from a first radio transceiver to a second radio transceiver in a communication system having a common baseband processing unit operably connected to each of the radio transceivers. In one form, the method includes the steps of maintaining respective first and second voice paths with modulated signals uplinked from the first and second radio transceivers to the common baseband processing unit while communications with the mobile station are handed off from the first radio transceiver to the second radio transceiver.