Patent ID: 7787421

Claim:
A method for a handoff of a hybrid mobile station from a network implementing a non-high rate packet data (non-HRPD) communication technology to a network implementing a high rate packet data (HRPD) communication technology, the method comprising: conveying forward link bearer traffic to, and receiving reverse link bearer traffic from, the mobile station via radio frequency (RF) resources associated with the non-HRPD network; receiving, by the non-HRPD network, a handoff trigger; in response to receiving the handoff trigger, conveying a message by the non-HRPD network to the mobile station that redirects the mobile station to the HRPD network; receiving, by the HRPD network from the mobile station and in response to the conveyance of the redirection message, a connection request; in response to receiving the connection request, conveying, by HRPD network to the mobile station, an allocation of HRPD network resources; establishing, by the HRPD network, a traffic channel with the mobile station based on the allocated HRPD network resources; and subsequent to the establishment by the HRPD network of a traffic channel with the mobile station, releasing, by the non-HRPD network, the RF resources of the non-HRPD network.