Patent ID: 8738009

Claim:
A method for conducting a communication session between a mobile station and an endpoint via a wireless network, wherein said mobile station conveys mobile station communications by transmitting reverse link signals and said wireless network conveys endpoint communications by transmitting forward link signals, said method comprising: transmitting said forward link signals to said mobile station during said communication session via a plurality of forward-active sectors of said wireless network, wherein said forward-active set are defined by a forward-active set; receiving said reverse link signals from said mobile station during said communication session in each of a plurality of reverse-active sectors of said wireless network, wherein said reverse-active sectors are defined by a reverse-active set; measuring signal strengths of said reverse link signals in each of said reverse-active sectors during said communication session, to obtain a plurality of measured reverse-link signal strengths; maintaining said reverse-active set, wherein maintaining said reverse-active set comprises selecting for each reverse-active sector a respective power adjustment command based on said reverse-active sector's measured reverse-link signal strength, to obtain a plurality of power adjustment commands for said plurality of reverse-active sectors; and transmitting said plurality of power adjustment commands for said plurality of reverse-active sectors to said mobile station via one of said forward-active sectors.