Patent ID: 7006471

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a selection and distribution unit that is included within a base station controller, the selection and distribution unit being operable to: (a) receive signal quality information from a plurality of base transceiver stations about a plurality of data streams that are associated with a plurality of mobile stations which are capable of moving within a wireless network; (b) select one of the plurality of data streams associated with a selected one of the mobile stations to be forwarded to a next destination, the selected data stream being chosen based on at least a power level and a signal quality of the selected data stream; and (c) direct reverse communication traffic associated with the selected mobile station to a selected one or more of the plurality of base transceiver stations, wherein the selection and distribution unit determines which base transceiver station is to accommodate an associated communication session based on at least a signal strength associated with the selected mobile station, a signal quality associated with the mobile station, and a predicted position associated with the selected mobile station.