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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hong Kim, Cheju-DO, KR;
Chae-Hun Chung, Ichon-shi, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ; H04Q 7/34 ; H04Q 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ; H04Q 7/34 ; H04Q 7/38 ;
Abstract
A handoff method of a mobile communications system, in case that a cell is defined by a sector, wherein a handoff request is made to a base station having a predetermined level of pilot signal strength by using a pilot signal strength of a base station which is in service, a predetermined threshold value and pilot signal strength of neighboring base stations, so that a handoff is to be performed or not is decided after detecting pilot signal strengths of a mobile station and a base station which has been already connected, controlling the handoff generation number while preventing unnecessary load.