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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Applicants:
Francis Edward Noel, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Thomas Toher, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Francis Edward Noel, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Thomas Toher, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In wireless communications systems, power conservation is important. The communications system anticipates the need to vary the signal strength of transmitting mobile units, and provides that base station with information concerning the direction of the mobile unit relative to the base station which is utilized in handing off the mobile unit from one base station to another.