Patent ID: 7684802

Claim:
A communication device comprising: a first antenna configured to operate as an adaptive antenna; a control circuit communicatively coupled to the first antenna, the control circuit configured to establish a first communication link with a first base station via the first antenna with a first directional beam, search for a second base station using a plurality of directional search beams, determine if a communication handoff should be performed from the first base station to the second base station, and initiate a communications handoff from the first base station to the second base station; establishing a second communication link with the second base station via a second directional search beam comprised within the plurality of directional search beams; maintaining the first communication link with the first base station until the second base station is ready to communicate over the second communication link; receiving a signal indicating that the second base station is ready to communicate over the second communication link; transmitting over the second communication link through the adaptive antenna, and terminating the first communication link once the second base station begins receiving on the second communication link.