Patent ID: 7821996

Claim:
A method for enhancing service over a downlink packet access service in a cellular communication network, the method comprising the steps of: informing a communication device of the cells in an active subset of cells; selecting a target best cell for switching by the device; sending a request for handover to the target best cell to an associated controller by the device; sending the device an acknowledgment without waiting for the completeness of network configurations in the controller and the targeted best cell; re-routing data to the targeted best cell by the controller, and switching to the targeted best cell by the device; wherein the controller is a radio network controller (RNC) operable to communication with user equipment (UE) using high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), the method further comprising: defining an HSDPA active subset of cells from an active set of cells; and pre-configuring a user equipment (UE) operable on an HSDPA active subset and pre-configuring of a cell in the HSDPA active subset.