A base station for use in a wireless network capable of communicating with
mobile stations located in a coverage area of the wireless network. The
base station comprises a first base station controller (BSC) that
receives data packets from a content server via a packet data network
coupled to the first BSC and transmits the received data packets to a
first one of the mobile stations via a first base transceiver subsystem
(BTS) associated with the first BSC. The first BSC, in response to a
first control message received from a second BSC, forwards the received
data packets to the second BSC for subsequent transmission to the first
mobile station.