Patent ID: 6728227
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A mobile communication system including a mobile station, a plurality of base stations and a switching center connected to said plurality of base stations, said mobile communication system carries out diversity handover in which said mobile station communicates with said plurality of base stations simultaneously, wherein:said mobile station comprises means for notifying said switching center of information on a plurality of branches including addition branch candidates and communicating branches, and information indicative of precedence of said plurality of branches to be used in the diversity handover, and said switching center comprises means for receiving the information on said plurality of branches and information indicative thereof and establishing a communication branches in order of the precedence up to a maximum cable branch number that can be processed simultaneously by said switching center when a sum total of the number of the communicating branches and the number of the addition branch candidates exceeds a maximum radio branch number simultaneously establishable in communications between said mobile station and said base stations.