Evaluation and response to soft handoff increase in a cellular wireless network

摘要

A method and corresponding apparatus or system is disclosed for managing operating in a cellular wireless communication system. The method involves detecting a threshold transition of user devices (generally any wireless communication devices) that are actively operating in a given wireless coverage area into a state of soft handoff between the given coverage area and another coverage area, and perhaps a resulting threshold increase in total transmission power in the given coverage area, and responsively forcing out of the given coverage area at least one user device that is in soft handoff with the given coverage area. The method may thereby help to avoid or minimize an undesirable cyclic power increase effect that could lead to power overload.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
a radio access network detecting a threshold transition of user devices that are active in a given wireless coverage area into a state of soft handoff between the given wireless coverage area and at least one other wireless coverage area; and in response to detecting the threshold transition, the radio access network forcing at least one of the user devices out of the given wireless coverage area, whereby, because each user device thereby forced out of the given wireless coverage area was in soft handoff with the given wireless coverage area at the time it was forced out, the user device will continue active operation in at least one other coverage area.