Patent ID: 8094623
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for directing communication between a subscriber station and a plurality of sectors in a data communication system, comprising: determining at the subscriber station a forward link quality metric for each sector in a subscriber station's list; determining a forward link de-rating value for each sector in the subscriber station's list, each forward link quality metric being scaled by a corresponding forward link de-rating value to generate a de-rated forward link quality metric for each sector in the subscriber station's list; incrementing credits for each sector in the subscriber station's list except a sector currently serving the subscriber station if a first condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition is based on a comparison between a sector's de-rated forward link quality metric and a de-rated forward link quality metric of the currently serving sector; decrementing credits for each sector in the subscriber station's list except the sector currently serving the subscriber station if a second condition is satisfied, wherein the second condition is based on a comparison between a sector's de-rated forward link quality metric and the de-rated forward link quality metric of the currently serving sector; and directing communication between the subscriber station and one sector from the sectors in the subscriber station's list, wherein the one sector has accumulated credits greater than a pre-determined threshold.