Patent ID: 8094630

Claim:
A method performed by at least one of a radio network controller or a radio node, comprising: receiving information about signals detected by an access terminal, a first signal of the signals being generated by the radio node with which the access terminal is in communication, the radio node, the radio network controller, and the access terminal being in a radio access network, the radio access network comprising sectors, the radio network controller being in communication with the radio node, the radio network controller and the access terminal being different entities and the radio node and the access terminal being different entities; if a second signal of the signals detected by the access terminal does not correspond to a signal between the radio node and the access terminal, and if a condition is met, instructing the radio node to instruct the access terminal to alter communication with the radio node; evaluating the condition by comparing a quality of the second signal to a threshold; transmitting second information for each of the sectors, wherein selection of the second information is based on criteria that are not same in each of the sectors; and repeatedly transmitting a message to the access terminal, wherein the message instructs the access terminal to send the information about signals, wherein the condition comprises that the second signal detected by the access terminal has a quality greater than a threshold, and wherein instructing the radio node to instruct the access terminal to alter communication comprises instructing the radio node to instruct the access terminal to transition between sectors.