Patent ID: 6865389

Claim:
A high data rate mobile terminal in wireless communication with a high data rate telecommunications network wherein said mobile terminal is in wireless communication with a first sector of said high data rate telecommunications network to establish a data session, comprising: an application agent for determining data transmission information relating to an amount of data remaining to be transmitted from said mobile terminal to said telecommunications network during a data transfer in progress during said data session; means for determining whether to perform a virtual soft handover from the first sector to a second sector, said means for determining further comprising: measurement logic adapted to measure radio information indicating the radio channel conditions for at least said first sector and said second sector, handover logic adapted to determine whether a second radio channel condition associated with said second sector is better than a first radio channel condition associated with said first sector; in response to said determination that said second radio channel condition is better than said first radio channel condition, said handover logic further adapted to determine whether to perform said virtual soft handover from said first sector to said second sector based on said data transmission information.