A method and apparatus for dynamic load balancing using handoff
CA 2226762 C · Owner: Motorola, Inc. · Inventors: Fleming, Philip J.; Stolyar, Aleksandr L.; Kotzin, Michael D.
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To mitigate the adverse effects of the load imbalance phenomenon prevalent in spread spectrum, multi-carrier wireless communication systems the system , beneficially employs the use of handoff as a means for balancing the call traffic (commonly referred to as "load") among a plurality of carriers within the communication system. The multi-carrier wireless communication system monitors (214) a plurality of metrics corresponding to the loading of each of the plurality of carriers in the communication system and based upon the , metrics, will handoff (220) call traffic to and between the plurality of carriers, thereby mitigating the adverse effects associated with the load imbalance, in …
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- Filed February 13, 1997 and granted April 2, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 13, 2017.
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