US2003118136A1

5G,4G

Title

Method and apparatus for coordinating transmission of short messages with hard handoff searches in a wireless communications system

Application Number:

AU20060202916

Publication Date:

26-06-2003

Family ID:

Application Date:

28-01-2003

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

21-05-1998

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A method and apparatus for coordinating the time at which a mobile station performs searches for alternative systems to which a hard handoff will occur. In one system which includes the present invention the mobile station receives a IN command which instructs the mobile station as to when to tune to alternative frequencies in order to search for indicates of the presence of an alternative system. OIn another system which includes the present invention predetermined times are IN defined with respect to a reference point in time that is common to both the 0 10 origination base station (10) and a mobile station The mobile station tunes to alternative frequencies to perform searches only during these predetermined times. In addition the mobile station coordinates the transmission of reports which indicate the results of searches for alternative systems such that these reports are only transmitted from the mobile station when the mobile station is tuned to the origination frequency.

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