A CDMA cellular communications network (400, FIG. 4) includes one or more aircraft (410), which relay pilot channel and control channel signals between base transceiver stations (BTS's 406, 413) and subscriber units (401). Over the control channel, the BTS transmits a handoff candidate list to the subscriber...http://www.google.com/patents/US6813257?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6813257 - Apparatus and methods for controlling short code timing offsets in a CDMA system