Patent ID: 6157668
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
In a spread spectrum communication system in which a mobile user communicates with another user via at least one base station in a system of base stations as directed by a system controller, a method for directing communications between said mobile unit user and said system of base stations comprising the steps of:communicating by said mobile unit with a first base station wherein said first base station has an entry on a first list stored in said mobile unit wherein said first list comprises an entry for each of the one or more base stations in active communication with said mobile unit;measuring at said mobile unit signal strength transmitted by a second base station through which active communication is not established;providing by said mobile unit to said system controller a measured signal strength of said first base station and said measured signal strength of said second base station; andcomparing at said system controller said measured signal strength of said first base station to a desired operating power and sending said mobile unit a new first list comprising said second base station if said measured signal strength of said first base station is less than said desired operating power and said mobile unit is not in communication with any other base station.