Patent ID: 8094613
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a Code Division Multiplex Access (CDMA) cellular wireless telecommunication system, a method of assigning calls to a hot cell comprising the steps of: assigning to said hot cell, a first sub-set of carrier frequencies; assigning to cells or sectors in a hot zone surrounding said hot cell, a plurality of bands of frequencies, the assigned frequencies of each of the hot zone cells or sectors including said first sub-set as a proper sub-set; assigning a base percentage of calls in a hot zone to said first subset of carrier frequencies; tuning more than said base percentage of powered-on idle mobile stations in said hot zone to said first subset of carrier frequencies; retaining a tuned frequency when a powered-on idle mobile in said hot zone becomes active on a call; whereby a larger percentage of calls will be served by frequencies of said hot cell.