Patent ID: 6321088
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A hand-over processing method, comprising:(a) providing a first satellite providing a communication service to a service area having a plurality of areas at a first time;(b) detecting, of said plurality of areas, an area as a specific outside a service area to which said first satellite provides said communication service at a second time when a predetermined time elapsed after said first time;(c) detecting a second satellite providing said communication service to said specific area at said second time;(d1) transmitting a hand-over request from said first satellite to perform a hand-over of said specific area to said second satellite, wherein said hand-over request includes a connection information with respect to a communication through said first satellite of a first terminal at said specific area;(d2) setting a first connection information with respect to a communication between said first satellite and said first terminal to a information with respect to a communication between said second satellite and said first terminal provisionally, wherein said connection information includes said first connection information;(d3) detecting a fourth satellite providing a communication service to a second terminal on the other end of said communication of said first terminal based on said connection information;(e) judging whether or not said hand-over can be performed in response to said hand-over request to transmit said judging result to said first satellite; and(f) performing said hand-over based on said judging result.