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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Adrian Robert Flewitt, Lechlade, GB;
Peter Gunreben, Bubenreuth, DE;
Martine Madelaine Herpers, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for providing adaptive neighbor cell lists for a cellular radio network. In cellular radio networks, handovers are used to hand over a call from one cell to another. To identify possible cells for handovers, neighbor cell lists are used for each cell containing information on neighboring cells. Due to system limitations these neighbor cell lists sometimes do not contain all available neighboring cells. The present invention overcomes this disadvantage by providing a method that allows adapting the neighbor cell lists according to the actual location of a mobile station and the actual reception conditions at the time the mobile station is operative. The method provides a first part of the neighbor cell list containing information on fixed neighbor cells, and it provides a second part of the neighbor cell list containing information on varying neighbor cells.