Candidate Set: is a list of cells that are not presently used in the

soft handover
connection, but whose pilot E/I are strong enough to be added to
the active set.
– Candidate set is not used in WCDMA handover algorithm.
• Neighbour Set: The neighbour set or monitored set is the list of
cells that the
mobile station continuously measures, but whose pilot E/I are
not stron enough
to be added to the active set.