| 摘要 |
A method (300) and system (200, 400) are disclosed for making inter-cell handoffs to a cell of a base station (BS2, BS3) including a directional antenna array (401, 413). The handoff algorithm (309) includes taking into account uplink direction of arrival measurements (305) in at least one candidate target base station, made on signals from the mobile radio terminal (203, 417) to its serving base station (BS1), and directly after handoff using a directional narrow lobe from the antenna array. The narrow lobe can be used immediately after the handoff (313) in the radio base stations (BS2, BS3) that have antenna arrays (401, 413), by including the direction (of arrival information) to the mobile radio terminal (203, 417) in the handoff order (311) to the target base station. Also disclosed are a method and system for measuring uplink interference on idle narrow lobe traffic channels (307), and using this information when selecting at handoff a target base station and traffic channel (309).
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