Patent ID: 6868277
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of determining a radio channel for a mobile station for communicating via a service in a mobile radio system, the mobile radio system having first and second base transceiver stations, each base station having a corresponding radio coverage area and a plurality of radio channels, comprising: storing in memory interference impact information correlating an interference estimate that transmitting on each of plural candidate radio channels in the first base station coverage area would have on radio communications in the second base station coverage area; selecting at least one candidate radio channel among the radio channels corresponding to the first base station; measuring the quality of the at least one candidate radio channel, resulting in at least one radio channel quality measure; based on the stored memory interference impact information, estimating for the at least one candidate radio channel an interference effect on one or more existing radio connections in the second base station coverage area of establishing a radio connection on the at least one candidate radio channel, resulting in at least one interference estimate; and determining one of the radio channels for communication based on the at least one radio channel quality measure and the at least one interference estimate.