A wireless communications system, e.g., an OFDM system, uses a plurality of carrier frequencies each with an associated frequency band. A base station sector transmitter in the system transmits ordinary signaling, e.g., user data, in its own assigned band. In addition the sector base station transmitter...http://www.google.de/patents/US6993333?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6993333 - Methods and apparatus of improving inter-sector and/or inter-cell handoffs in a multi-carrier wireless communications system