Patent ID: 8542627

Claim:
A method for determining values for use by radio resource management functions, comprising: obtaining air interface actual values and predictive values; storing the actual values and the predictive values; generating and storing a timestamp indicating a time when each actual value or predictive value is obtained; and processing the actual values and the predictive values to provide an output value, wherein the output value includes any one of: an actual value, a predictive value, a combination of the actual value and the predictive value, a default value, or the actual value plus a margin, wherein the processing includes: determining an occurrence of a transient period, wherein the transient period is a period of time when a radio link is unstable; and determining whether the actual value is valid by comparing the timestamp of the actual value to the occurrence of the transient period, and on a condition that the timestamp is within the transient period, then the actual value is determined to be not valid.