Patent ID: 6324401
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method, comprising:selecting a first base station of a CDMA type network with which a terminal is to perform a soft handover,wherein, before selecting said first base station, said first base station is not included in an active set of said terminal; andwherein said first base station, in order to obtain a required signal-to-interference ratio at said first base station, requires a first transmission power from said terminal that is lower than a respective second transmission power from any second base station that is, before selecting said first base station, included in said active set of said terminal;determining a respective third transmission power for each communication with a candidate base station in an uplink direction; andselecting a third base station for which the respective third transmission power is lower than a threshold value plus a power allocated by said terminal to communication in progress with a fourth base station.