Patent ID: 6088591
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04W

Abstract:
In a cellular communication system comprising a backbone, and a first base station and a plurality of associated base stations each coupled to said backbone, each of said plurality of base stations respectively communicating on a selected one of a plurality of communication channels, a method comprising the steps of:each of said plurality of associated base stations conveying information to said first base station related to said respective communication thereof;said first base station receiving said information in a memory and transmitting selected information to an associated mobile device registered with said first base station, wherein the selected information is associated only with a reduced set of the plurality of associated base stations which are predetermined to have a cell area selected from one of adjacent to and overlapping with the cell area of the first base station;said mobile device registering with one of the reduced set of the plurality of associated base stations based on the selected information.