Patent ID: 7058035
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for high speed data transmission from one or more base stations to a mobile station comprising: measuring the quality of forward link signals from one or more base stations; adding one or more base stations to an active set when the quality of the forward link signal from the base station exceeds a higher threshold; adding one or more sectors of one or more base stations to an active set when the quality of the forward link signal from each sector exceeds a lower threshold and at least one other sector of that sector's base station is in the active set; and transmitting from one base station having the highest measured forward link signal quality to the mobile station during a time slot when that measured forward link signal quality meets certain criteria; and transmitting from one or more base stations in soft handoff to the mobile station during a time slot when the highest measured forward link signal quality does not meet certain criteria.