Patent ID: 7239847
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for directing communication between a subscriber station and a plurality of sectors in a data communication system, comprising: determining at the subscriber station a forward link quality metric for each sector in the subscriber station's list; determining at the subscriber station a quality related to a reverse link quality metric for each sector in the subscriber station's list; and directing communication between the subscriber station and one sector from the sectors in the subscriber station's list in accordance with said determined forward link quality metrics and said determined qualities related to a reverse link quality metric, wherein said directing communication between the subscriber station and one sector from the sectors in the subscriber station's list in accordance with said determined forward link quality metrics and said determined qualities related to a reverse link quality metric comprises: assigning credits to each sector in the subscriber station's list except a current serving sector in accordance with said determined forward link quality metrics and said determined qualities related to a reverse link quality metric; and directing communication between the subscriber station and one sector from the sectors in the subscriber station's list in accordance with said assigned credits, and wherein said assigning credits to each sector in the subscriber station's list except a current serving sector in accordance with said determined forward link quality metrics and said determined qualities related to a reverse link quality metric comprises: comparing a forward link quality metric for a non-serving sector with a forward link quality metric for the current serving sector modified by a first threshold; comparing a quality related to a reverse link quality metric of the non-serving sector with a second threshold; comparing a quality related to a reverse link quality metric of the current serving sector with the second threshold; and determining whether to increase or decrease credits of the non-serving sector in accordance with results of said comparisons.