Patent ID: 8009634

Claim:
A Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system using Fast Cell site Selection (FCS), comprising: a receiver for monitoring channel statuses of neighbor cells using signals received from the neighbor cells; an active set generator for generating an active set according to at least one of the channel statuses of the neighbor cells, loads of the neighbor cells, and a performance gain from the neighbor cells; a Base Station (BS) selector for selecting a serving cell from the active set according to the channel statuses of cells included in the active set; and a transmitter for transmitting a data request signal including at least one of Channel Quality Information (CQI) of the selected serving cell and a requested frequency band to the serving cell, wherein the transmitter transmits to the other cells of the active set except the selected serving cell a signal requesting the other cells not to use a frequency band that is used for communications between the serving cell and the MS.