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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Aziz Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward G Tiedemann, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Aziz Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward G Tiedemann, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method provides for controlling communications from multiple base stations to a mobile station in a communication system. A mobile station transmitter transmits from the mobile station channel quality indicator data of a first base station. The data is covered with Walsh code assigned to the first base station. A base station receiver receives the transmission of the channel quality indicator data of the first base station. The mobile station transmitter punctures the transmission of the channel quality indicator data of the first base station with null channel quality indicator data, and covers the null channel quality data with Walsh code assigned to a second base station of the multiple base stations to indicate a desire to switch a source of transmission of traffic data from the first base station to the second base station.