of an implementation of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention fig3 4 illustrates a call recovery method in flowchart form according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention initially a transmit call recovery timer is sent to the mobile station 102 by way of the base station controller 104 and or the mobile switching center 110 s 400 the transmit call recovery timer may also originate from any one of the base stations 106 a and 106 b in one exemplary embodiment of the present invention the call recovery timer is a 3 bit value that is representative of a predetermined number of seconds for example if the 3 bit number is u2018 000 u2019 the call recovery timer would have a value of 1 5 seconds generally the call recovery timer is one of u2018 000 u2019 1 5 sec u2018 001 u2019 2 sec u2018 111 u2019 5 sec as those of ordinary skill in the art recognize if the call recovery timer is set to u2018 111 u2019 then the call recovery timer will have no affect on the operation of the wireless system 100 in particular most mobile communication devices in operation at the time of the present invention have a fade timer that functions to drop a call if particular signal weakness is detected after the expiration of a 5 second.