Patent ID: 8737360
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor coupled to a memory for storing instructions, configured to: adjust transmit power based on power control (PC) commands received from a first set of at least one base station, wherein the first set of at least one base station includes a serving base station, transmit codewords at the transmit power adjusted based on the received PC commands, receive a first set of erasure indications from the serving base station and a second set of erasure indications from a second set of at least one base station based on the transmitted codewords, wherein the second set of at least one base station includes one or more non-serving base stations and at least one neighboring base station, determine an erasure rate for each base station in the second set of at least one base station based on the second set of erasure indications, wherein the erasure rate is based on erased codewords and the non-erased codewords, and wherein the determined erasure rate is based on counting number of the erased codewords within a predetermined time window, identify a selected base station with a lowest erasure rate, and perform handoff to the selected base station.