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A virtual pilot channel generating apparatus and its operating method for supporting effective hand-off between frequencies in a CDMA mobile communications system, in which, when base stations A and B use frequency channels different from each other and a user moves from the base station A to base s

A virtual pilot channel generating apparatus and its operating method for supporting effective hand-off between frequencies in a CDMA mobile communications system, in which, when base stations A and B use frequency channels different from each other and a user moves from the base station A to base station B, pilot information the same as CDMA allocation frequency used in the base station A is supplied to the hardware of the base station B, and the hardware of the base station B transmits a virtual pilot channel identical to CDMA allocation channel used in the base station A, to allow the user's mobile to simultaneously monitor power intensities of the pilot channels of the base stations A and B, initiating smooth hand-off.

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1. A virtual pilot channel generating apparatus for supporting effective hand-off between frequencies in a CDMA mobile communications system, the apparatus comprising: source supplying means for supplying a source required for generating a virtual pilot channel; a splitter for splitting informat

1. A virtual pilot channel generating apparatus for supporting effective hand-off between frequencies in a CDMA mobile communications system, the apparatus comprising: source supplying means for supplying a source required for generating a virtual pilot channel; a splitter for splitting information on the source provided by the source supplying means into a plurality of signals, the splitter being connected to the signal output port of the source supplying means, wherein the splitter is a 6-way splitter which splits a signal transmitted from a sector board interface card transmission path section into six signals, and the apparatus employs six virtual pilot channel generators for generating six virtual pilot channel signals using the six signals divided by the splitter; and a plurality of signal generating sections for receiving the plurality of signals divided by the splitter and generating different frequency signals, the signal generating sections being connected to the signal output port of the splitter, wherein each of the plurality of signal generating sections comprises a local frequency information providing section for providing a local frequency generating section with information about a local frequency to be changed, which is information about CDMA allocation frequencies used by other base stations; local frequency generating section for generating a local frequency for creating a desired CDMA allocation frequency using the information provided by the local frequency information providing section, and transmitting it to a frequency up-converting section; and frequency up-converting section for generating said virtual pilot channel using a source signal supplied from the sitter and the local frequency generated by the local frequency generating section. 2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the source supplying means comprises: a channel element transmission path section for CDMA-modulating data received from other base stations; an analog common card for spreading said CDMA-modulating data transmitted from the channel element transmission path section into a frequency used by a base station, and sending it to a sector board interface card transmission path section; and sector board interface card transmission path section for modulating data sent from the analog common card in QPSK mode, and sending it to the splitter. 3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a combiner for combining a plurality of virtual pilot signals to one port, the combiner being commonly connected to the signal output ports of the plurality of signal generating sections. 4. A method of operating a pilot channel for supporting an effective hand-off wherein base stations A and B use frequency channels different from each other, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first CDMA allocation channel pilot signal from a plurality of signal generating sections in base station A with a uniform power to the user mobile station, transmitting a second CDMA allocation channel pilot signal from a plurality of signal generating sections in base station B with said uniform power to the user mobile station, receiving the first and second CDMA allocation channel pilot signals at the user mobile station, and monitoring simultaneously the power intensities of the transmitted first and second CDMA allocation channel pilot signals at the user mobile station for the purpose of supporting effective hand-off between frequencies, wherein, the pilot channel information is the same as the CDMA allocation frequency used in the base station A and is supplied to the hardware of the base station B which transmits the virtual pilot channel which is identical to CDMA allocation channel used in the base station A to allow a user's mobile to simultaneously monitor power intensities of the pilot channels of the base stations A and B.