Patent ID: 7414983

Claim:
A method of managing a downlink data transmission between a mobile station and a serving station via a communication link comprising: determining whether remaining untransmitted data blocks of the downlink data transmission can be sent within an allowed transmission time responsive to a reselection during the downlink data transmission, wherein the reselection is a soft handover between the serving station and a target station; delaying the reselection when transmitting the remaining untransmitted data blocks can be sent within the allowed transmission time; sending the remaining untransmitted data blocks to complete the downlink data transmission when the remaining untransmitted data blocks of the downlink data transmission can be sent within the allowed transmission time and initiating the reselection when the remaining untransmitted data blocks are transmitted to complete the downlink data transmission; terminating the communication link to stop the downlink data transmission with the serving station when the remaining untransmitted data blocks of the downlink data transmission cannot be sent within the allowed transmission time and initiating the reselection.