Patent ID: 7764654
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a wireless communication device comprising: storing a traffic indicator received from an adjacent base station; measuring a received signal strength indicator, RSSI, from the adjacent base station; calculating an adjusted signal strength indicator, RSSI-ADJ, for the adjacent base station as a function of the adjacent base station's RSSI and the stored traffic indicator; receiving a traffic indicator from a current base station; measuring a received signal strength indicator, RSSI, for the current base station; calculating an adjusted signal strength indicator, RSSI-ADJ, for the current base station from the current base station's RSSI and the received traffic indicator; and roaming from the current base station to the adjacent base station based on a comparison of the adjacent base station's RSSI-ADJ to the current base station's RSSI-ADJ.