Patent ID: 7936720

Claim:
A method of managing connections between an active terminal and connection points in a wireless data network comprising: receiving a route update message from the active terminal, said route update message including, a set of pseudorandom number (PN) codes, a connection addition request, and a connection termination request to update an active set of connection channels associated with the active terminal, said active set of connection channels including a plurality of active channels, the plurality of active channels including an active channel designated as a serving sector connection and said set of PN codes including a plurality of PN codes, wherein each connection channel has a different PN code selected from the plurality of PN codes; allocating resources for a new connection between the active terminal and a connection point in the wireless data network in accordance with the connection addition request contained in the route update message; adding the new connection to the active set of connection channels associated with the active terminal for connecting the active terminal to additional connection points in the wireless data network; issuing a channel allocation message to the active terminal, the channel allocation message containing the updated active set of connection channels including the active channel designated as the serving sector connection irrespective of the active channel designated as the serving sector connection being associated with the connection termination request; and removing resources allocated to a dropped connection between the active terminal and a connection point in the wireless network from the active set of connection channels, in accordance with the connection termination request contained in the route update message upon confirmation from the active terminal of receipt of the channel allocation message, while maintaining all other connections between the active terminal and connection points in the wireless data network.