Patent ID: 6591104
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
In a method for handover utilizing a first transmission route which connects a diversity handover trunk with a mobile station by way of a first base station, and a second transmission route which connects the diversity handover trunk with the mobile station by way of a second base station, the method characterized by comprising the steps of:generating a first out-of-synchronization notice, when an out-of-synchronization state is detected in a signal provided by the mobile station to the first base station; and generating a second out-of-synchronization notice, when an out-of-synchronization state is detected in another signal provided by the mobile station to the second base station; whereby re-connection type handover is executed to a base station which the mobile station finds after searching among neighboring base stations, as a target base station for handover, on the condition that both of the first and second out-of-synchronization notices have been generated.