Patent ID: 8447301

Claim:
A first base station in a 1xEV-DV/DO wireless network configured for communication with a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of the 1xEV-DV/DO wireless network, the first base station comprising: a handoff controller configured to: receive a Handoff Request message from a first mobile station attempting to hand off to the first base station in the 1xEV-DV/DO wireless network; in response to receipt of the Handoff Request message, determine when an amount of available resources in the first base station exceeds a programmable predetermined minimum threshold; transmit a delay time value to the first mobile station, the delay time value representing a specified amount of time that the first mobile station is to wait prior to attempting to hand off to the first base station, the delay time determined according to an estimated amount of time that resources will become available, the delay time value based upon the available resource by querying a resource database that comprises a plurality of values relating to the available resources, and wherein each of the available resources corresponds to a predetermined threshold; and analyze the plurality of available resource values to determine when the available resources exceed the programmable predetermined minimum threshold, wherein the predetermined minimum threshold is the amount of resources required to be kept available to avoid dropped calls and allow the first base station to take new calls.