Patent ID: 7567807

Claim:
A mobile station, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of similar RF signals from an antenna, wherein the similar RF signals are communicated by a serving base station and a second base station transmitter; a first mobile station threshold for classifying the similar RF signals, wherein if the RF signals from the serving base station exceed the first threshold, the similar RF signals from the second base station transmitter are classified as interference signals by the mobile station; a smart antenna module communicatively coupled to the receiver, the smart antenna module configured to generate a plurality of antenna configurations; a logic component in operative communication with the smart antenna, the logic component configured to reclassify the similar RF signals from the second base station transmitter as a desired signal when the similar RF signals from the serving base station are below the first threshold; a second mobile station threshold that is less than the first mobile station threshold, wherein if the second mobile station threshold is exceeded and the first mobile station threshold is not exceeded, a mobile station transmitter is configured to communicate a pilot signal strength message (PSSM) to the serving base station, wherein the PSSM includes a serving base station pilot strength generated by the serving base station and a second base station pilot strength generated by the second base station; a high priority status determined by the serving base station and the second base station transmitter, wherein the high priority status for voice signals allows a handoff from the serving base station to the second base station transmitter is allowed; and a low priority status associated with packet data wherein the handoff is not allowed.