Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are provided for hand-off of a communication session utilizing directed call pick up with barge-in, in which the communication session of a mobile unit is transferred from a serving base station to a target base station. The preferred system includes a switch coupled to a serving base station and. a target base station, wherein the target base station includes instructions to generate a barge-in call path to a switch. The switch includes instructions to connect the barge-in call path to the communication session of the mobile unit to form a reverse three-way communication session. Following a provision for the mobile unit to communicate with the target base station for continuation of the communication session through the barge-in call path, the serving base station disconnects from the communication session. The barge-in call path.