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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, San Diego, CA (US);
Chirag Sureshbhai Patel, San Diego, CA (US);
Mehmet Yavuz, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Hans Rauber, San Diego, CA (US);
Ravindra Manohar Patwardhan, San Diego, CA (US);
Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, San Diego, CA (US);
Chirag Sureshbhai Patel, San Diego, CA (US);
Mehmet Yavuz, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Hans Rauber, San Diego, CA (US);
Ravindra Manohar Patwardhan, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An access point is identified based on a plurality of pilot signatures. Here, in addition to transmitting a pilot signal that is encoded (e.g., spread/scrambled) using a particular pilot signature, an access point transmits a message that includes at least one indication of at least one other pilot signature. For example, an access point may use one PN offset to generate a pilot signal and transmit a message that identifies at least one other PN offset. An access terminal that receives the pilot signal and the message may then generate a pilot report that identifies all of these pilot signatures. Upon receiving a handover message including this pilot-related information, a target network entity with knowledge of the pilot signatures assigned to that access point may then accurately identify the access point as a target for handover of the access terminal.