Patent ID: 8045526
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving into a radio access network a message from a mobile station seeking to be served by a sector of the radio access network, the message designating the sector by an ambiguous parameter that represents two or more sectors each defined by a respective base station and having an azimuth from the respective base station; and responsively (i) for each sector of the two or more sectors, the radio access network comparing a geographic location of the mobile station with a geographic location of the base station defining the sector, to determine a respective bearing of the mobile station from the base station defining the sector, (ii) selecting a given sector whose azimuth corresponds closest to the determined bearing of the mobile station from the base station defining the given sector, and (iii) sending to the mobile station a directive for the mobile station to be served by the given sector.