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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Van Minh Nguyen, Le-Kremlin-Bicetre, FR;
Olivier Marce, Massy, FR;
Inventors:
Van Minh Nguyen, Le-Kremlin-Bicetre, FR;
Olivier Marce, Massy, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for scanning in a wireless networkcomprises determining attributes for an on-going service of a mobile station, MSand allocating scanning intervals for the MS depending on the determined attributes. The attributes for the ongoing service may include at least one of: type of service; and quality of service requirements. In one method, scanning intervals for the MS are allocated by a base stationalso depending on the size of the neighbor cell list. The wireless network may, for example, be a WiMAX network.