LINK QUALITY MEASUREMENTS BASED ON DATA RATE AND RECEIVED POWER LEVEL

摘要

A mobile station associated with a base station determines a measure of t he quality of a communication link between the mobile station and the base s tation. The measure takes into account (a) RF power levels of signals receiv ed at the mobile station over the link and (b) an actual data rate of commun ications over the link. This measure of the quality of the link may be a fac tor in triggering the mobile station to initiate a handoff.