| 摘要 |
<p>Existing communication connections in a cellular telephone base station can become allocated to communication equipment in a less than optimal fashion. To address this problem a detector (200) identifies (300) when an existing communication connection routed through the base station is terminated. The detector informs a processor (210) which calculates a channel allocation for the remaining communication connections currently routed through the base station which optimizes channel utilization. The optimal channel allocation is then implemented through intracell handovers (330, 350 and 370). The optimal channel allocation is based on assigning an existing communication connection having a lower channel rate (340 and 360) requirement than is available on the communication channel currently carrying the existing communication connection to a communication channel having a lower channel rate capacity or assigning an existing communication connection from a less restrictive communication channel to a more restrictive communication channel (320) having the same or lower channel rate capacity as the current communication channel.</p> |
