Global Patent Index - EP 1000518 A1

EP 1000518 A1 20000517 - SOFT HANDOFF METHOD AND APPARATUS

Title (en)

SOFT HANDOFF METHOD AND APPARATUS

Title (de)

GERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZUM WEITERREICHEN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE TRANSFERT INTERCELLULAIRE SOUPLE

Publication

EP 1000518 A1 20000517 (EN)

Application

EP 98937968 A 19980722

Priority

  • US 9815048 W 19980722
  • US 5393997 P 19970728
  • US 12010398 A 19980721

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9907174A1] Disclosed is a method and apparatus for establishing an inter-system soft handoff using a direct base station to base station standardized protocol connection over a network which bypasses the time consuming prior art MSC to MSC communication link using the IS-41 protocol. This new protocol has recently received industry agreement for use between different type architecture CDMA systems and uses A7 and A3 protocols as defined in IS-634 rev A.

IPC 1-7

H04Q 7/38

IPC 8 full level

H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04W 36/0072 (2013.01 - EP US); H04W 36/0066 (2013.01 - EP); H04W 36/18 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9907174 A1 19990211; AU 8659498 A 19990222; CA 2299456 A1 19990211; EP 1000518 A1 20000517

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9815048 W 19980722; AU 8659498 A 19980722; CA 2299456 A 19980722; EP 98937968 A 19980722