Patent ID: 6278880
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In the combination of a GSM communication system including a mobile switching center, a first DECT communication system including a first DECT fixed part, and a second DECT communication system including a second DECT fixed part, wherein each of the first and the second DECT fixed parts is operative for communication with a DECT portable part over an air interface and communication with the mobile switching center via a link, thereby allowing the mobile switching center to communicate data to the DECT portable part via either one of the first or the second DECT fixed parts, each of which is operative to acknowledge to the mobile switching center receipt of said data,a method for controlling handover of the DECT portable part from the first DECT fixed part to the second DECT fixed part during provision of a data service, the method comprising steps of:the first DECT fixed part recognizing that the handover has been requested and, during handover, not providing acknowledgment to the mobile switching center of transmission of data received therefrom.