Method and apparatus for removing a base transceiver station from a wireless communication system

摘要

A subscriber unit ( 104 ) is gracefully migrated from a selected base transceiver station ( 108 ) to an alternate base transceiver station ( 108 ) by attenuating the communication signals transmitted by the selected base transceiver station ( 108 ). A subscriber unit ( 104 ) communicatively coupled to the selected base transceiver station ( 108 ) compares the attenuated communication signal strength to communications signals generated by alternate base transceiver stations ( 108 ) until an alternative communication signal having greater signal strength is identified. The subscriber unit ( 104 ) then migrates to the base transceiver station ( 108 ) transmitting the alternative communication signal. The rate of active data packet transmissions to a subscriber unit ( 104 ) is increased by using all available traffic channels to transmit data packet. A message is transmitted to a subscriber unit ( 104 ) attempting to establish communicative coupling with the selected base transceiver station ( 108 ) to delay attempts to initiate a communicative coupling with the wireless communication network ( 102 ).