Patent ID: 8917673

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor configured to establish a connection between a terminal and a current sector serving the terminal via a first frequency channel for a first link and a second frequency channel for a second link for utilizing frequency division duplexing, to select a third frequency channel from multiple frequency channels available in the current sector for the first link based at least in part on frequency distances between the multiple frequency channels available in the current sector for the first link, wherein the first frequency channel and the third frequency channel are in the same frequency band, and to switch the connection between the terminal and the current sector to the third frequency channel for the first link while continuing to utilize frequency division duplexing and maintaining the connection between the terminal and the current sector via the second frequency channel for the second link, wherein the first, second, and third frequency channels are different from one another, and wherein the first and second frequency channels have a first frequency distance that is different than a second frequency distance between the second and third frequency channels; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor.