Patent ID: 6862082

Claim:
A method for handover execution in a wireless environment, comprising: receiving and recognizing a handover command message at a physical layer of a mobile station to initiate a handover execution, the handover command message being communicated by a mobile network, the physical layer of the mobile station responding to the handover command message by communicating with a data link layer and a radio resource management (RRM) layer of the mobile station such that the RRM layer suspends its non-handover signaling, by tuning to a handed to frequency, and by communicating physical layer bursts over the handed to frequency to the mobile network such that initial timing advance and power control setting characteristics are determined by the mobile network, wherein the physical layer corresponds to layer one communications, the data link layer corresponds to layer two communications, and the RRM layer corresponds to layer three communications; and receiving a cease signal, at the mobile station to stop communicating the physical layer bursts, the mobile station responding to the cease signal by ending the transmission of the physical layer bursts and by establishing a new communications link over the handed to frequency with the mobile network, wherein once the new communications link is established the mobile station and the mobile network couple to a voice path such that a wireless communication associated with the mobile station and the mobile network is facilitated.