Patent ID: 8843147

Claim:
A method comprising: in a radio access network having a stored indication of a location of a given mobile station, receiving a request to set up a communication with the given mobile station; in response to receiving the request, and without first sending a message to locate the given mobile station, (a) reserving a traffic-channel resource for exchanging bearer traffic with the given mobile station in each of two or more wireless coverage areas of the radio access network and (b) transmitting, in each of the two or more wireless coverage areas, a message identifying the traffic-channel resource reserved for exchanging bearer traffic with the given mobile station in the respective wireless coverage area; receiving an indication that the given mobile station has accepted the traffic-channel resource reserved for exchanging bearer traffic with the given mobile station in a given one of the two or more wireless coverage areas; and in response to receiving the indication, releasing the traffic-channel resource reserved for exchanging bearer traffic with the given mobile station in every other of the two or more wireless coverage areas.