METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING HARD AND SOFT HANDOFFS IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.

摘要

A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HANDOFFS IN RADIOCOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS USING A SOFTZONE ARE DESCRIBED. SOFT HANDOFF IS PERMITTED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF A PARTICULAR SOFTZONE (SZ1, SZ2), BUT NOT BETWEEN MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT SOFTZONES (SZ1, SZ2). HARD HANDOFF IS PERMITTED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT SOFTZONES, BUT NOT BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SAME SOFTZONE.