Mobile communication hand-off control system and unit

a control system and mobile communication technology, applied in multiplex communication, wireless commuication services, high-level techniques, etc., can solve the problems of high power consumption, inability to communicate between the terminal and the base station bs-a, and inability to acquire neighbor lists, etc., to achieve efficient selection of the base station, increase the battery life, and reduce the power consumption of the terminal

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-05
KK TOSHIBA
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[0015]It is an object of the invention to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of efficiently selecting a base station as an appropriate hand-off destination candidate, without acquiring information indicating the position of the terminal itself, or neighbor lists from peripheral base stations, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal and increasing its battery life. It is another object of the invention to provide a base-station selection method employed in this mobile communication terminal.

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Accordingly, this operation requires a lot of time and power consumption.
For example, the acquired neighbor list may become an inappropriate one due to a change in the positional relationship between the mobile communication terminal and base stations.
However, if the terminal MS further moves to a third position, the communication between the terminal and base station BS-A is interrupted by an obstacle 1.
However, if the neighbor list acquired from the base station BS-B does not list the base station BS-C, and a pilot signal of sufficient reception quality cannot be acquired from any other peripheral base station listed in the neighbor list, the terminal MS determines that it is out of the range of the base stations listed in the neighbor list.
Since the transmission lines for mobile communication are very complex, it is difficult to prepare a neighbor list that enables optimal hand-off processing to be executed in all positions in its service area.
This search technique, however, requires a function for acquiring information indicating the position of a mobile communication terminal, which increases the circuit scale of the terminal and the amount of processing by the CPU of the terminal.
This processing significantly reduces the battery life of the terminal.

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[0023]A cellular mobile communication network system according to a first embodiment of the invention employs a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme. A base station transmits a pilot signal. The pilot signal is diffused by a predetermined diffusion code. An initial phase offset value that varies between base stations is assigned to a diffusion code. When establishing initial synchronization with a base station upon turn-on or out of synchronization, a mobile communication terminal searches all peripheral base stations close to the terminal, using a sliding correlator. Further, when establishing synchronization in preparation for hand-off, the terminal receives pilot signals transmitted from the active base station with which synchronization is now established, and from other peripheral base stations, and measures the reception quality of the signals.

[0024]FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram illustrating the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the first...

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[0049]In a second embodiment of the invention, when selecting a peripheral base station as a hand-off destination candidate, firstly, the peripheral base stations listed in the neighbor list NLa stored in the first memory area 21 are subjected to reception quality measurement. If no appropriate hand-off destination candidate is detected from the measurement results, the reception quality levels of the peripheral base stations listed in the expanded neighbor lists NLb and NLc are measured to select a hand-off destination candidate.

[0050]FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure and contents of base-station selecting control performed by a mobile communication terminal according to the second embodiment of the invention. Since the mobile communication terminal of the second embodiment has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 1, the configuration of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

[0051]The first memory areas 21 already stores a neighbor ...

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When a first base station serving a mobile communication terminal in a standby mode, a first neighbor list is acquired from the first base station and stored in a memory. If the serving base station is changed in a standby mode from the first base station to a second base station, a second neighbor list is acquired from the second base station. When the second base station is serving the mobile communication terminal in a standby mode, the communication quality between the mobile communication terminal and each second peripheral base station listed in the acquired second neighbor list, and between the terminal and each first peripheral base station listed in the stored first neighbor list. Based on the measurement results, a peripheral base station that satisfies a preset condition is selected as a hand-off destination candidate.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-030510, filed Feb. 7, 2003, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for use in a cellular mobile communication network system.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]In a cellular mobile communication network system, a plurality of base stations are provided in a service area, and each base station forms a radio zone called a cell. In each cell, the corresponding base station is connected by radio to mobile communication terminals. In this system, when a mobile communication terminal is turned on, synchronization is established between the terminal and the closest base station. After the establishment of synchronization, the terminal shifts to a standby state. In th...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04Q7/00H04B7/216H04B1/707H04J13/00H04W36/00H04W36/30H04W36/36
CPCH04W36/0083H04W36/00H04W36/30H04W36/00835H04W36/0085Y02D30/70H04W36/304
Inventor KUROSE, KENGOOGURA, MIYUKISAITO, NARITOSHI
Owner KK TOSHIBA
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