A mobile subscriber unit includes a smart antenna having antenna elements for generating a plurality of antenna beams, and adjustable weight control components connected to the antenna elements for selecting any one of the antenna beam. A transceiver is connected to the smart antenna. A beam selector controller is connected to the transceiver and operates in a coarse adjustment mode by jointly adjusting the weight control components when scanning through the antenna beams, and operates in a fine adjustment mode by independently adjusting the weight control components when one of the scanned antenna beams is selected.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/282,928 filed Oct. 28, 2002, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/776,558 filed Feb. 2, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,473,036, which is itself a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/579,084 filed May 25, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,304,215, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/210,117 filed Dec. 11, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,100,843, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/157,736 filed Sep. 21, 1998, now abandoned. The entire teachings of all of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
Disclosed is a mobile station configured to perform soft, softer, and soft softer handoffs. The mobile station comprises a smart antenna module and a logic module which are configured to make use of signals that, up to now, have been categorized as noise, interference, or both. Using the heretofore unused signals allows the handset to perform all of its handoffs more efficiently and in conditions that previously would not have allowed a handoff, which prevents dropped calls and/or poor reception.
