Patent ID: 8254331

Claim:
A method of managing handoff of a wireless access terminal operating in a wireless network, comprising: a wireless access terminal detecting a handoff trigger while operating in a source coverage area, the handoff trigger indicating that the access terminal should handoff to a target coverage area; in response to detecting the handoff trigger, the access terminal: (i) determining that the access terminal has an ongoing data transfer; (ii) determining an amount of data remaining to be transferred in the data transfer by subtracting from a total size of the data transfer an amount of data transferred so far in the data transfer; (iii) determining that the determined amount of data remaining to be transferred in the data transfer is below a threshold amount; and (iv) responsive to determining that the amount of data remaining to be transferred in the data transfer is below the threshold amount, carrying out one of (a) delaying the handoff to the target coverage area and (b) cancelling the handoff to the target coverage area.