Abstract: A method of performing roaming and handover load balancing in a multicell wireless communication network that comprises one or more base stations, each base having a number of call slots to communicate with wireless terminals. The method includes receiving, at a terminal, a broadcast from a base, of the one or more bases, providing capacity information for the one or more bases. The capacity information comprises terminal localization status information and active call handover status information for the one or more bases. The method also includes storing the capacity information in a database at the terminal. The method further includes receiving a roaming or handover request based on signal strength and/or link quality directing the terminal to roam or handover a call to a target base; and overriding the roaming or handover request, to prevent roaming or handover to the target base, based on the stored capacity information.

Abstract: A method for emulating a shared line system in a multicell wireless network. A primary base assigns, to a first call, a call index identifying the first call on a first shared line. The primary base distributes a call record of the first call, including the call index of the first call and a call status of the first call, to at least one secondary base. The method also includes broadcasting, to wireless terminals assigned to the first shared line, the call index of the first call and the call status of the first call. The primary base performs a call operation relating to the first call based on an operation request from one of the wireless terminals assigned to the first shared line. The operation request includes the call index of the first call. Each wireless terminal may display the call index and the call status.

Abstract: A telecommunications system includes a base, a plurality of handsets, and a status database for storing status information. Each handset is localized to the base. The status information may be that of a first handset of the plurality of handsets. The base broadcasts to the plurality of handsets a status broadcast that includes the status information.

Abstract: A telecommunications system includes a base, a plurality of handsets, and a status database for storing status information. Each handset is localized to the base. The status information may be that of a first handset of the plurality of handsets. The base broadcasts to the plurality of handsets a status broadcast that includes the status information.