Method and apparatus for compressed mode communication

Abstract

A method of compressed mode communications permits evaluation of one communication system while communicating in another communication system. User equipment devices ( 108, 110 ) are assigned to different portions of a frame during compressed mode.

1 . A method of operating a user equipment to measure and synchronize with one radio communication system while communicating with an other radio communication system, at least the other communication system being a framed communication system, the method comprising the steps of: 
 communicating with the other communication system in a first portion of a frame;    evaluating the first communication system during a second portion of the frame; and    changing the portion of the frame where the communicating and evaluating occur over a sequence of compressed frames.    
   
   
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