Patent ID: 7088695

Claim:
A mobile unit comprising: a wireless interface operable to: couple to an initial base transceiver station (BTS) using an initial wireless link; receive an indication to use a selection group in response to an initial metric associated with the initial wireless link falling below a threshold, wherein the selection group comprises a plurality of BTSs and the indication indicates to couple to the plurality of BTSs in the selection group using separate wireless links; couple to a first BTS in the selection group using a first wireless link; couple to a second BTS in the selection group using a second wireless link; receive a first graded packet from the first BTS using the first wireless link, wherein the first graded packet includes a first metric associated with the first wireless link; and receive a second graded packet from the second BTS using a the second wireless link, wherein the second graded packet includes a second metric associated with the second wireless link; and a processor operable to compare the first metric and the second metric and to select either the first graded packet or the second graded packet based on the comparison.