METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A CANDIDATE FREQUENCY SEARCH IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method and apparatus for decreasing the probability of dropping a call during a hard handoff procedure in a wireless communication system (FIG. 1). The two primary functions of the candidature frequency (CF) search method and apparatus of the present invention are to detect the strong pilots (908-916) on a candidate frequency in the area of the mobile station and to maintain adequate service quality during the CF search (FIG. 8).