Abstract: A method and system are disclosed where both a mobile station (105) and the infrastructure logically treat all access probes of an access attempt as if they were transmitted to a first base station (101). This is accomplished by having the mobile station (105) store both the registration parameters received from the first base station (101) to which an access probe is transmitted and a characteristic, such as the PN offset, of the first base station (101). When the mobile station (105) determines that it should perform an access probe handoff, it transmits an access probe to a different base station, identifying in the probe the characteristic, such as the PN offset, of the first base station (101). This allows the infrastructure to identify the base station that the mobile station (105) intends to register with. When the mobile station (105) receives acknowledgment to the access attempt, it then updates its registration variables with respect to the parameters received from the first base station (101).

Abstract: A process for metallizing an integrated circuit chip to form an interconnecting pattern for the chip's input/output terminals, wherein the process can be performed while the chip is still a part of the wafer on which it is fabricated and before separation into individual chips. The invention uses photodefinable resins as masks that form permanent dielectric layers of a multilayer structure with which interconnecting paths and terminals are defined on the surface of the chip. The process further employs conversion techniques that enable the interconnecting paths to be formed from metals other than aluminum, such that the electrical performance of the chip is enhanced. The use of the photodefinable resins renders the process of this invention conducive to inline processing techniques, thereby reducing processing costs while promoting high throughput and short cycle times.