Patent ID: 7457266

Claim:
A base station for use in a wireless network capable of communicating with mobile stations located in a coverage area of said wireless network, said base station comprising: a first base station controller (BSC) operable to receive data packets from a content server via a packet data network coupled to said first BSC and to transmit said received data packets to a first one of said mobile stations via a first base transceiver subsystem (BTS) associated with said first BSC, wherein said first BSC, in response to a first control message received from a second base station controller (BSC) and first identification information associated with said first mobile station identifying said received data packets to be transmitted to said first mobile station, is capable of forwarding said received data packets to said second BSC for subsequent transmission to said first mobile station, and wherein said second BSC transmits said first control message in response to a second control message transmitted by said first mobile station to a second base transceiver subsystem (BTS) controlled by said second BSC and said second control message indicates said first mobile station is selecting said second BTS to transmit said received data packets to said first mobile station.