Patent ID: 8423027

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a soft handoff request message by a radio call control (RCC) from a main call control (MCC), wherein the MCC interfaces with the RCC to request a radio resource and wherein the MCC interfaces with an selector distribution unit (SDU) allocate a selector resource, and the SDU determines the soft handoff and initiates a message to the MCC; and receiving a message indicating the soft handoff by a channel element control (CEC) from the SDU, wherein the SDU and the CEC are co-located in a first module, and the RCC and the MCC are co-located in a second module, the first module and the second module are integrated into a single compact platform that is modular and stackable for providing wireless coverage, a master main control processor (MCP) is configured to control a plurality of radio access networks (RANs), and the plurality of RANs do not contain an MCP.