Soft handoff for OFDM

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7042858
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10104399

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The present invention relates to soft handoffs in an OFDM system. Each mobile terminal measures pilot signal strengths of transmissions from adjacent base stations. If the pilot signal strength for a base station exceeds the defined threshold, that base station is added to an active set list. Each mobile terminal notifies the base stations of their active set lists. By providing the set list to the base station controller and the servicing base station, the mobile terminal identifies the sole servicing base station or triggers a soft handoff mode when multiple base stations appear on the active set list. The soft handoff mode uses a combination of scheduling and space-time coding to affect efficient and reliable handoffs.

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  • MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jia, Ming Ottawa, CA 419 10163
Ma, Jianglei Kanata, CA 823 15895
Tong, Wen Ottawa, CA 640 17188
Yu, Dong-Sheng Ottawa, CA 121 3265
Zhu, Peiying Kanata, CA 473 12426

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