Patent ID: 6253083
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A system for providing wireless communication connection handoff service to wireless subscribers, equipped with subscriber wireless stations, in a wireless communication system which comprises a mobile switching center that controls the operation of a plurality of base stations that communicate with said subscriber wireless stations, comprising:means, responsive to receipt of a page response/setup request from one of said subscriber wireless stations, for storing data indicative of a plurality of base stations that are capable of serving said one of said subscriber wireless stations;means for assigning a wireless communication channel from said mobile switching center to a first selected one of said identified plurality of base stations that are capable of serving said one of said subscriber wireless stations to enable said first selected one of said identified plurality of base stations to communicate with said one of said subscriber wireless stations;means, responsive to a subsequently received request from a one of said subscriber wireless stations indicative of handoff request, for retrieving said stored data indicative of said plurality of base stations that are capable of serving said one of said subscriber wireless stations; andmeans for assigning a wireless communication channel from said mobile switching center to a second selected one of said plurality of base stations that are capable of serving said one of said subscriber wireless stations to enable said second selected one of said identified plurality of base stations to communicate with said one of said subscriber wireless stations.