Patent ID: 7328021

Claim:
In a first network entity of a type that (i) receives signals from at least one source network entity and (ii) outputs the signals through one of two or more transmission paths, the two or more transmission paths including a wireless link, a method comprising: obtaining, at the first network entity, a measure of spectral interference for the wireless link between the first network entity and a second network entity, wherein the first network entity receives the signals from the at least one source network entity, and wherein each of the first and second network entities is selected from the group consisting of a base station, a mobile switching center, and a packet data serving node that serves mobile stations and provides connectivity between a base station and an Internet; making a determination of whether the measure of spectral interference for the wireless link meets predetermined criteria; if the determination is that the measure of spectral interference for the wireless link meets the predetermined criteria, then outputting the signals to the wireless link; and if the determination is that the measure of spectral interference for the wireless link does not meet the predetermined criteria, then outputting the signals to another transmission path of the two or more transmission paths.