Patent ID: 6195342
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method of determining a Neighbor Set in a communication system, the communication system providing wireless communication, the communication system including a plurality of base stations which provide wireless coverage over a corresponding plurality of cell areas, and a mobile station located in one of said plurality of cell areas, the mobile station transmitting a Pilot Strength Measurement Message including a Neighbor Set of a list of a plurality of hand-off candidate base stations, the method comprising the steps of:associating a plurality of regions corresponding to said plurality of cell areas where each region extends beyond its corresponding cell area;determining overlapped areas where two or more of said plurality of regions are overlapping;determining whether said mobile station location is in one of the overlapped areas, said list of said plurality of hand-off candidate base stations in said Neighbor Set including at least the base stations having associated regions that overlap the area where said mobile station is located;wherein the extent of one of said plurality of regions is at least as far as covering a partial area of another cell area in said plurality of cell areas.