Patent ID: 8320902

Claim:
A method for connecting a mobile unit to a preferred connection point from a choice of one or more available connection points in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: determining a link quality between the mobile unit and the one or more available connection points; establishing a connection between the mobile unit and a first connection point when there is no existing established connection, the first connection point offers a desired information service, and the link quality for the first connection point exceeds a first threshold value, wherein an information service priority is considered in determining the link quality of the first connection point; maintaining the established connection to the first connection point when the link quality exceeds a second threshold value, which is larger than the first threshold value; and making eligible the established connection to the first connection point for preemption by a second connection point, when the link quality for the first connection point is less than the second threshold value, wherein the first connection point is preempted by the second connection point when the second connection point offers at least one desired information service, the link quality for the second connection point exceeds the first threshold, and the difference between the link quality of the established connection to the first connection point and the link quality of the second connection point exceeds a fourth threshold value.