Patent ID: 8498643
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for handoff between cells, comprising: obtaining a cell individual offset for an adjacent cell of an active set cell, wherein the cell individual offset is configured by a network controller based on adjacent relationship between the active set cell and the adjacent cell; measuring the active set cell and the adjacent cell; evaluating the cell measurement according to a result of the cell measurement and the cell individual offset, comprising: if, during a time period ΔT of measurement report triggering, the pilot signal quality of a target cell in a monitored set meets a condition for adding a cell and the active set is not full, adding the target cell to a cell list of the active set of the terminal and marking the target cell as a cell to be added to the active set; submitting a measurement report to the network controller according to a result of the measurement evaluation; and receiving an instruction, from the network controller, to perform handoff, wherein the instruction is made by the network controller according to the measurement report.