Patent ID: 8873512

Claim:
A method for configuring a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a first radio node, information identifying a second radio node in the network, wherein the second radio node is configured to communicate with the first radio node, wherein the first radio node has a communication session with a mobile device at a first time, wherein the second radio node has the communication session with the mobile device at a second time, and wherein the first radio node differs from the second radio node; receiving, by the first radio node from the second radio node, information identifying one or more third radio nodes in the network that are within a communication range of the second radio node; and initiating, by the first radio node, a handoff of the communication session with the mobile device, from the second radio node to one of the one or more third radio nodes, using the information received from the second radio node that identifies the one or more third radio nodes in the network that are within the communication range of the second radio node.