CA2600368A1

Title

Method and Apparatus for Performing Idle Handoff in a Multiple Access Communication System

Application Number:

CA19972600368

Publication Date:

11-12-1997

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

06-06-1997

Declaring Company:

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

07-06-1996

Title

Method and Apparatus for Performing Idle Handoff in a Multiple Access Communication System

Application Number:

CA19972600368

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

11-12-1997

Application Date:

06-06-1997

Priority Date:

07-06-1996

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A method and apparatus which permits handoffs while the mobile station (2) is in the system access state. This is achieved by providing for channel assignment messages to be sent over the paging channel of a plurality of base stations (26) which increases the probability of one of the messages getting through. In addition this assures the mobile station (2) will be able to handoff to a different base station (26) and have a traffic channel allocated to it on the new base station (26) without delay. In addition a method and apparatus which permits the mobile station (2) to be directly assigned into a soft handoff state upon traffic channel assignment.

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