Patent ID: 7509126

Claim:
A method for processing a handover request in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving a first message from a first base station by a mobile station, the first message including a handover request, the handover request including a priority indicator, the priority indicator indicating a priority level selected from a plurality of priority levels; determining the priority level based on at least information associated with the first message by the mobile station; processing information associated with the priority level by the mobile station; determining at least one criterion based on at least information associated with the priority level by the mobile station; processing information associated with the handover request and the at least one criterion by the mobile station; determining whether to accept the handover request based on at least information associated with the handover request and the at least one criterion by the mobile station; wherein the handover request includes information associated with at least a second base station to which the mobile station is requested to be handed over from the first base station.