Patent ID: 6633554
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
For use in a CDMA-based wireless network, a base station capable of wirelessly communicating with a mobile station, said base station comprising:a receiver capable of receiving a system access message transmitted by said mobile station, wherein said system access message initiates in said wireless network a system access procedure operable to establish a communications channel between said mobile station and said CDMA-based wireless network; and a handoff message controller in said base station, coupled to said receiver and receiving said system access message therefrom, said handoff message controller capable of transferring control over said system access procedure from said base station directly through a communication line to a first selected base station in said CDMA-based wireless network, wherein said handoff message controller sends to said first selected base station a handoff control message operable to initiate in said first selected base station a handoff procedure capable of assuming control over said system access procedure.