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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
David Abusch-magder, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Suman Das, Colonia, NJ (US);
Thierry Etienne Klein, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Harish Viswanathan, Morristown, NJ (US);
David Abusch-Magder, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Suman Das, Colonia, NJ (US);
Thierry Etienne Klein, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Harish Viswanathan, Morristown, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for creating a base station neighbor list at a target base station in a wireless network including a plurality of base stations. A method includes obtaining information for creating the base station neighbor list, creating the base station neighbor list using the obtained information, and storing the base station neighbor list. The obtained information includes at least one of geographic locations of ones of the base stations, network status information associated with the wireless network, and pilot signal strength measurement feedback information. The base station neighbor list includes a subset of the base stations of the network. The base stations of the base station neighbor list may be prioritized using at least a portion of the obtained information. The base station neighbor list may be updated periodically, or in response to changes to the obtained information. The base station neighbor list is distributed from the base station to wireless user devices served by the base station for use by the wireless user devices in making handoff decisions.