Method and apparatus for mitigating an orphan condition in a spread-spectrum communication system

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An orphan condition is mitigated in a spread-spectrum communication system by determining when a remote unit (113) is likely to become an orphan (315) and adjusting remote unit (113) operating parameters (360) to force additional base stations (101, 102) to be added to the remote unit's (113) active set. In particular, when it is determined that a remote unit (113) is likely to become an orphan, T_ADD and T_COMP are adjusted so that the remote unit (113) is forced to add additional base stations (101 102) to its active set. , Increasing the number of base stations (101 102) that a remote unit (113) is , communicating with greatly reduces the probability that the remote unit (113) …