Patent ID: 6975606
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. In a communication system including a first base transceiver station (BTS) providing communication coverage of a first area and a second BTS providing communication coverage of a second area, a method of removing the first BTS from the communication system while maintaining communication coverage of both first and second areas, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first signal from a first BTS having a first signal strength; transmitting a second signal from a second BTS having a second signal strength, the first signal strength of the first signal in the first area being greater than the second signal strength of the second signal in the first area; receiving a command to remove the first BTS from the communication system; reducing the first signal strength of the first signal until the second signal strength of the second signal in the first area is greater than the first signal strength of the first signal in the first area to cause a subscriber unit communicatively coupled to the first BTS to remove communicative coupling with the first BTS and establish communicative coupling with the second BTS; determining whether an active data packet transmission is in progress via the first BTS; and increasing a transmission rate of the active data packet transmission from the first BTS when the active data packet transmissions is determined to be in progress and responsive to the command to remove the first BTS from the communication system.