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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2007
Anthony C. K. Soong, Plano, TX (US);
Yunsong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Jianmin LU, San Diego, CA (US);
Jung Woon Lee, Allen, TX (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Plano, TX (US);
Yunsong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Jianmin Lu, San Diego, CA (US);
Jung Woon Lee, Allen, TX (US);
FutureWei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of enabling a soft handoff in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a plurality of sectors and each of the plurality of sectors includes at least one base station is disclosed. The method includes: providing at least one mobile station; setting identical resources for serving the mobile station from each of the plurality of base stations in each sector; designating at least a plurality of base stations in at least one sector to participate a soft handoff; and performing a soft handoff.