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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Mohammad Ghaus, Ashburn, VA (US);
Pinal Tailor, Ashburn, VA (US);
Mohammad Ghaus, Ashburn, VA (US);
Pinal Tailor, Ashburn, VA (US);
Clearwire IP Holdings LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for selecting coverage areas as candidates for a handoff, and in particular, for a bidirectional handoff. An exemplary method may involve (a) engaging in a communication session via an access network, wherein an uplink connection is provided for uplink traffic in the communication session and a downlink connection is provided for downlink traffic in the communication session; (b) determining uplink-resource demand and downlink-resource demand of the communication session; (c) using the uplink-resource demand of the communication session as a basis for selecting one or more coverage areas in the access network as candidates for an uplink handoff of the uplink connection; and (d) using the downlink-resource demand of the communication session as a basis for selecting one or more coverage areas in the access network as candidates for a downlink handoff of the downlink connection.