Patent ID: 7933604

Claim:
A method for maintaining a communication session between a mobile station and an endpoint, wherein during said communication session a wireless network receives endpoint bits representing communications from said endpoint, a first sector of said wireless network transmits said endpoint bits in a forward link signal, said mobile station generates mobile station bits representing communications from said mobile station, said mobile station transmits said mobile station bits in a reverse link signal, said mobile station receives said forward link signal, and said first sector receives said reverse link signal, said method comprising: determining a forward-link error level in said forward link signal received by said mobile station; determining a reverse-link error level in said reverse link signal received by said first sector; detecting an imbalance between said forward-link error level and said reverse-link error level; in response to said imbalance, selecting a second sector from among a plurality of candidate sectors identified by said mobile station, wherein selecting said second sector from among a plurality of candidate sectors identified by said mobile station comprises determining that said second sector has reverse-link resources available to receive said reverse link signal; and using said second sector to receive said reverse link signal without using said second sector to transmit said endpoint bits.