A method of establishing a communication session between an access terminal and an access network is disclosed. The access terminal and access network may be femtocells based on the EVDO communication standard. The example method of communication may include transmitting a connection request from the access terminal to the access network, and receiving a redirect message or a traffic channel assignment message at the access terminal based on a communication between the access network and at least one other access network. More than one access network may be present communicating as a communication pair system aimed at load balancing access terminals. The method may also include establishing packet data communications between the access terminal and a packet data serving node to provide network communication to the access terminal.