Patent ID: 6360098
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A computer-based method of determining a neighbor list for a code division multiple access (CDMA) sector in a radio communications network, said network including neighbor CDMA sectors proximate said CDMA sector, and said method comprising:detecting, at locations in said CDMA sector, neighbor broadcast channels transmitted from said neighbor CDMA sectors; distinguishing, for each of said locations, a first broadcast channel from said neighbor broadcast channels detected at said each location; establishing, for said each location, a signal quality threshold window in response to signal quality of said first broadcast channel; identifying, for said each location, second broadcast channels from said neighbor broadcast channels, each of said second broadcast channels being identified when signal quality of said each second broadcast channel is within said signal quality threshold window; and including said first and said second broadcast channels as candidate handoff channels in said neighbor list for said CDMA sector.