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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
James Snider, Kildeer, IL (US);
Chia-ching Chen, Morton Grove, IL (US);
James Snider, Kildeer, IL (US);
Chia-Ching Chen, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A cellular communications system end-user transceiver () automatically determines () at least one received signal strength metric as corresponds to both a presently-utilized base station () and at least one presently un-utilized base station () to provide one or more corresponding received signal strength values. This transceiver then determines () whether to purposefully alter this received signal strength value(s). When deciding to make the alteration, the transceiver automatically alters () the received signal strength value(s) to provide one or more corresponding altered signal strength values. The transceiver then transmits () the latter in order to influence a handover decision in favor of handing over the transceiver from the presently-utilized base station to the presently un-utilized base station.