Patent ID: 8605801

Claim:
A method of communications operable by an infrastructure entity, comprising: receiving from a user entity information for a plurality of pilot signal sets; identifying, among the plurality of pilot signal sets, at least a first pilot signal set and a second pilot signal set from the same additional coverage zone, wherein the additional coverage zone corresponds to one sector or cell that operates under at least a first frequency band that corresponds to the first pilot signal set and a second frequency band that corresponds to the second pilot signal set to generate multi-carrier coverage over the same designated area; determining that one of the first and second pilot signal sets from the additional coverage zone meet a predetermined criterion to add the first pilot signal set and the second pilot signal set to an active set of the user entity; and sending an instruction to the user entity to add the first pilot signal set from the additional coverage zone and the second pilot signal set from the additional coverage zone to the active set of the user entity.