Abstract: The method and apparatus of the architecture of the present invention is accomplished in an embodiment of the present invention by establishing a high speed network interconnection layer between the base station and the mobile switching office. This high speed interconnected network may be an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch. This architecture allows for a dynamic virtual cell area to be configured around a mobile subscriber as a mobile subscriber moves within the network. As a subscriber leaves a previously defined virtual cell area into a new virtual cell area, the high speed switching network sets up a new virtual cell area around the mobile subscriber in his new area. The network is designed to anticipate a user's mobility pattern and to set up the new virtual cell area in advance of the mobile subscriber moving into the that new area.