Criteria for base station selection, including handover, in a wireless communication system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6954643
APP PUB NO 20040266474A1
SERIAL NO

10606428

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The present invention provides method and apparatus for facilitating base station selection/handover by a user terminal in a distributed (e.g., cellular-type) wireless communication system. In accordance with one aspect, hysteresis is adaptively determined as a function of the variance of receive signal strength fluctuations. In turn, an adaptive hysteresis factor can be obtained and used for a subsequent handover decision, for example, based on a cost function that takes into account the hysteresis. In accordance with another aspect, base station selection depends on a number of criteria, such as received signal strength, base station load, and estimated distance between a receiving user terminal and one or more base stations.

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INTEL CORPORATION2200 MISSION COLLEGE BOULEVARD SANTA CLARA MA 95054

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Petrus, Paul Santa Clara, CA 51 1444

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