Patent ID: 6421368
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04W

Abstract:
A wireless communication system, comprising:a base station coupled to a communication network and having means for initiating a connection request with said communication network and means for receiving a connection request from said communication network; a user station having means for completing a communication path with said base station, said communication path employing a spread spectrum communication technique; wherein said communication path is completed between said base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a connection request on said communication network; a second base station coupled to a communication network and having means for initiating a connection request on said communication network and means for receiving a connection request from said communication network; means for breaking said communication path between said one base station and said user station and for completing a second communication path between said second base station and said user station; and a plurality of cluster controllers for controlling a set of distinct base stations, wherein said means for breaking and for completing comprises means for handing-off said user station from said one base station to said second base station when said user station terminates communication in progress relating to a first cluster controller and initiates a connection request relating to a second cluster controller.