Patent ID: 8254949

Claim:
A system, comprising: at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions; at least one processor, communicatively coupled to the at least one memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least: associate a set of base stations with a communication device associated with a soft handover, wherein the set of base stations comprises a first base station and a second base station; and modify a status of the first base station with respect to the communication device in response to a determination that the first base station has a backhaul load level, with regard to a first link between the first base station and a radio network controller, that satisfies a condition relative to other backhaul load levels of other base stations of the set of base stations, and a determination that the second base station has a radio link quality with the communication device that satisfies a predefined acceptable link quality threshold level and is higher than at least a first radio link quality of a first radio link between the first base station and the communication device, based on a predefined status modification criterion.