| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for detecting forward and reverse link imbalances in a digital cellular communication system. The method preferably uses an indication of 'maximum access probes' (104) to determine whether a link imbalance caused a reverse link failure to occur. The maximum access probes condition indicates that a wireless unit has attempted to access a base station a pre-defined maximum number of times. The method preferably uses an indication of a lost paging channel (132) and a traffic channel initialization (TCI) time out (160) to determine whether a link imbalance caused a forward link failure to occur. If the wireless unit did not lose the paging channel (132), the method determines whether a TCI time out occurred (160). If the wireless unit lost the paging channel, or it did not lose the paging channel but a TCI time out occurred, the method determines the cause for the forward link failure. There are two potential causes in this scenario: (1) either the wireless unit is a significant distance from the base station; or (2) the paging channel suffers from significant interference. The method determines the cause and either instructs the wireless unit to perform an idle handoff to a neighboring base station or to exit the digital system.</p> |
