Patent ID: 8064398
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An access terminal apparatus comprising: means for maintaining at an access terminal an active set having a serving sector and comprising at least one first frequency sector operating in a first frequency band and a pre-active set comprising at least one second frequency sector operating in a second frequency band; means for receiving a data source control length parameter from an access network indicating a time period for delaying a handoff from the serving sector to a target sector in the pre-active set, wherein the time period corresponds to a sufficient amount of time for rerouting forward link data from the serving sector to the target sector, wherein the time period is adjusted depending on a location of the target sector relative to the serving sector; means for generating, based on a signal parameter measurement associated with the at least one second frequency sector, a data source control signal indicating the handoff to the at least one second frequency sector; and means for measuring at the access terminal at least one parameter of transmissions received from the at least one second frequency sector, to provide the signal parameter measurement.