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A method and system for controlling the quality of handovers are disclosed in which a poor radio environment in a target cell is revealed prior to completion of the handover procedure. During the handover signalling phase, the output power of the mobile station of interest and the target cell's base

A method and system for controlling the quality of handovers are disclosed in which a poor radio environment in a target cell is revealed prior to completion of the handover procedure. During the handover signalling phase, the output power of the mobile station of interest and the target cell's base transceiver station are reduced. Consequently, prior to completion of the handover, if the target cell has a poor radio environment (below a predetermined C/I or C/N), the handover attempt will fail, and the mobile station will revert and remain connected to the original cell.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [16.] A method for improving the quality of a handover procedure in a mobile communications system, comprising the steps of:reducing a transmission power level of a target base station to a predetermined value;transmitting a handover signaling message from said mobile terminal

[ What is claimed is:] [16.] A method for improving the quality of a handover procedure in a mobile communications system, comprising the steps of:reducing a transmission power level of a target base station to a predetermined value;transmitting a handover signaling message from said mobile terminal to said target base station;transmitting a response to said handover signaling message from said target base station to said mobile terminal, said response transmitted at said reduced target base station transmission power level; andif said mobile terminal fails to detect said response having a signal level above a first predetermined threshold, terminating said handover procedure.