RESOURCE RESERVATION FOR HANDOVER SIGNALING

摘要

Resources are reserved for handover signaling. Handover reliability is thereby improved since the primary interference for handover signaling will be from the handover signaling of nearby cells (e.g., as opposed to data traffic). Given the relatively sparse nature of handover signaling, a significant reduction in interference may be achieved in a network employing this technique in comparison to conventional networks. In some implementations, a set of neighboring access points cooperate to determine which resources are reserved for handover signaling. In some implementations, resources for handover signaling are reserved on a network-wide basis or an access point cluster-wide basis.

主权项

1. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system configured to determine a reserved resource for handover command transmission, and further configured to determine to handover an access terminal, wherein the determination to handover the access terminal occurs after the determination of the reserved resource; and a transmitter configured to transmit a handover command over the reserved resource to the access terminal as a result of determination to handover the access terminal.