Patent ID: 7835325

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving from at least one mobile unit of a system for wireless communications by a plurality of base station units comprised in said system an inquiry whether said each base station unit is configured to provide a wireless service for said at least one mobile unit situated at a corresponding location in said system, wherein each base station unit of said plurality of the base station units is configured to communicate wirelessly with said at least one mobile unit; sending by each base station unit of said plurality of the base station units a message comprising said inquiry and data related to said each base station unit to at least one system controller comprised in said system; determining by said at least one system controller of said system without assistance from said at least one mobile unit an optimum base station unit out of said plurality of the base station units to communicate with said at least one mobile unit situated at said corresponding location; and sending by said at least one system controller an accept command to said optimum base station unit to complete a connection of said optimum base station with said at least one mobile station, and an ignore command to other base station units of said one or more base station units, such that said optimum base station is configured to send to said at least one mobile station an indication of being fully available and said other base station units are configured to send to said at least one mobile station an indication of service being unavailable.