Patent ID: 7953411

Claim:
A method for implementing a hand over of a mobile subscriber station (MSS) in a wireless communication network, comprising: operating the MSS that is serviced by a current base station of a plurality of adjacent base stations to monitor air interface messages from the plurality of adjacent base stations; controlling the MSS to transmit data to and receive data from only the current base station in one or more bursts that are allocated for the MSS in each single frame while simultaneously operating the MSS to monitor air interface messages from the plurality of adjacent base stations including the current base station, wherein the data comprises communication traffic between the MSS and the current base station, wherein the current base station is the only base station of the plurality of adjacent base stations operated to transmit data to the MSS using the one or more bursts that are allocated for the MSS in the each single frame; operating the MSS to identify a preferred base station of the plurality of adjacent base stations to replace the current base station based on the monitored air interface messages; receiving a request from the MSS to hand over the MSS from the current base station to the preferred base station for the MSS to transmit data to and receive data from the preferred base station subsequent to the handing over; and in response to receiving the request, changing the base station that services the MSS from the current base station to the preferred base station, wherein the MSS is operated to select the preferred base station based on carrier to interference plus noise ratio (CINR) values received from the plurality of adjacent base stations, and wherein changing the base station that services the MSS from the current base station to the preferred base station further comprises: transmitting a signal to the current base station identifying the preferred base station; stopping the MSS from transmitting data to and receiving data from the current base station; and operating the MSS to exchange transmission of data at a subsequent frame with the preferred base station.