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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:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jheroen Pieter Dorenbosch, Paradise, TX (US);
Janus P. Burks, Richland Hills, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
Abstract
In a wireless communication system (,) affinity groups to which a mobile station (,) belongs are identified (,). Historical affinity strengths between the mobile station and the affinity groups are then determined (,). For each of a plurality of communication resources (,) serving members of the affinity groups, a total affinity strength between the mobile station and the members served by the communication resource is calculated (,). The mobile station is then assigned (,) to the communication resource having a highest total affinity strength with the mobile station.