Patent ID: 8880090

Claim:
A system, comprising: a memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least: evaluate first data indicative of a first radio link quality of a communication of a first base station of a set of base stations with a communication device in association with a soft handover that involves the communication device; evaluate second data indicative of a second radio link quality of a communication of a second base station of the set of base stations with the communication device in association with the soft handover, wherein the second data is contained in a received event message; and based on a defined status modification criterion, modify a status of the first base station with respect to the communication device in response to a first determination that the second radio link quality satisfies a defined acceptable link quality threshold level and is higher than at least the first radio link quality, and in response to a second determination that the first base station has a backhaul load level, with regard to a first link between the first base station and a radio network controller, that satisfies a condition relative to other backhaul load levels of other base stations of the set of base stations not including the first base station.