Patent ID: 6470184
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A mobile communication system comprising:first and second switching apparatuses; an information channel provided between said first and second switching apparatuses; a plurality of base stations managed by each of said first and second switching apparatuses; and a mobile station communicatable with said first switching apparatus through one of said plurality of base stations managed by said first switching apparatus and with said second switching apparatus through one of said plurality of base stations managed by said second switching apparatus, wherein said first and second switching apparatuses detect traffics therethrough as first and second traffics, respectively, and said second switching apparatus notifies said second traffic to said first switching apparatus via said information channel, and wherein said first switching apparatus controls said mobile station and said second switching apparatus based on said first and second traffics such that said mobile station which is currently communicating with said first switching apparatus communicates with said second switching apparatus.