Patent ID: 7796563
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. An access terminal for selecting a best serving sector in a wireless communication system comprising: a signal level estimator to deduct an offset value from a fixed rate signal level of a current serving sector and a fixed rate signal level of each of a plurality of active sectors in an active set to generate an adjusted fixed rate signal level for each of the current serving sector and sectors in the active set; a comparator to determine differences between a plurality of signal levels received from each of the plurality of active sectors and at least the adjusted fixed rate signal level of the current serving sector; an accumulator for accumulating total credits for each of the plurality of signals from each of the plurality of active sectors based on the comparison; and a new sector identification module to receive the accumulated total credits and to select the best serving sector among a pool of candidate sectors based on the accumulated total credits.