Question

What is intra-cell/inter-pool handoff?

(a) Same spectrum pool and same base-station

(b) Same spectrum pool and different base-station

(c) Different spectrum pool and different base-station

(d) Different spectrum pool and same base-station

I had been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

I want to ask this question from Next Generation Wireless Network in portion Next Generation Wireless Network of Cognitive Radio

Answer 1

The correct answer is (d) Different spectrum pool and same base-station

Easy explanation: When an xG user switches from one spectrum pool to another spectrum pool within a single cell coverage area, it is termed as intra-cell/inter-pool handoff. The is no transfer from serving base-station to the neighbour base-station. A Cell is a unit of coverage area. Spectrum pool is a set of contiguous licensed spectrum bands.