As compared to a HRPD cell, an extended cell is characterized by increased radio path loss between the base station and a user terminal, increased radio path delay between the base station and a user terminal, a larger geographical cell coverage area and highly overlapping coverage with adjacent extended cells. Extended cell HRPD (or xHRPD) is considered as an enhancement to the HRPD standards [2] and [3]. An example of xHRPD application is serving as a component of integrated satellite terrestrial network. The terrestrial network component (e.g., a HRPD cellular network) provides economical and high quality services to areas of...