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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Mario Vela, Portland, ME (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael Irizarry, Algonquin, IL (US);
Mario Vela, Portland, ME (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael Irizarry, Algonquin, IL (US);
United States Cellular Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of constructing a neighbor list for a plurality of sectors in a cellular communication environment sorts reference neighbor pairs in the network by number of occurrences based on data derived from one or more PSMM transmissions, analyzes pairs in the sorted list and determines for each pair whether a percentage of occurrence exceeds a first threshold and whether a measure of direct transition statistics exceeds a second threshold. If the percentage of occurrence exceeds a first threshold and the measure of direct transition statistics exceeds a second threshold, then if the reference's neighbor list and reciprocal neighbor list have fewer than a predetermined number of neighbors, the process adds neighbors to the reference's NL and reciprocal NL in order of occurrence percentage to create a final neighbor list.