Abstract:
A method for mobile communication handover and a system and a base station thereof are disclosed in the embodiments of present invention, wherein the method includes steps: on the basis of first link which only bears DCH service and has already existed, adding a second link bearing DCH and E-DCH services and a third link bearing any service; making softer combining for the DCH service of the first link and the second link; in the case of failing to add the third link, informing radio network controller by carrying the DCH softer combining information and E-DCH service addition information which are not in a same diversity indication choice field in link addition failure message. The embodiment of present invention could enhance the successful ratio of communication handover, and maintain communication continuously.

Description:
[0001]    This is a continuation of international application No. PCT/CN2007/001607, filed on May 17, 2007, which claims the priority of Chinese patent application No. 200610111874.X submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on Aug. 31, 2006 and titled “METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION HANDOVER AND SYSTEM AND BASE STATION THEREOF”. The entire contents of the two applications are incorporated herein by reference. 
     
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present invention relates to communication methods and systems and base stations thereof, and in particular, to a method for mobile communication handover and a system and a base station thereof. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    Referring to  FIG. 1 , a radio network involved in cell handover in the prior art includes a Radio Network Controller (RNC)  110 , nodes (NODEB, i.e. base stations of a WCDMA system)  120  and User Equipments (UEs)  140  attached to the nodes  120 . When a UE  140  is handed over between cells  130 , relevant information is added by a node  120  in a RADIO LINK ADDITION (RL ADDITION) signaling process to inform the RNC  110 . 
         [0004]    Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , an example of handover in the prior art, i.e. a process of switching Dedicated CHannel/Enhanced UpLink (UL) Dedicated CHannel (DCH/E-DCH) traffic between cells  130  includes the following steps. 
         [0005]      201 : At stage  1 , the UE  140  establishes Radio Link (RL)  0  in CELL 0  (CELL is a logic cell in the case of a WCDMA system) of NODEB 0  through a signaling process for radio link establishment. CELL 0  supports both DCH and E-DCH traffic. The specific traffic borne on RL 0  is 3.4K+64K (downlink only)+High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), in which the DCH traffic refers to 3.4K+64K (downlink only), and the E-DCH traffic refers to HSUPA. 
         [0006]      202 : At stage  2 , the UE  140  moves to the common coverage area to CELL 0  of NODEB 0  and CELL 1  of NODEB 1  and establishes RL 1  in CELL 1  of NODEB 1  through a signaling process for radio link establishment. CELL 1  supports only DCH traffic. In this case, the specific traffic borne on RL 1  is DCH: 3.4K+64K (downlink only). At this point, the UE  140  has two radio links RL 0  and RL 1 , on which DCH data are subjected to soft combining at NODEB 1 . The soft combining here means that a radio link is selected at the side of the RNC  110 . 
         [0007]      203 : As the UE  140  continues to move at stage  3 , the UE  140  adds RL 2  in CELL 2  of NODEB 1  through a signaling process for radio link establishment. CELL 2  supports DCH and E-DCH traffic. The process for the addition includes the following. 
         [0008]    a: CELL 2  and the UE  140  detect signals for themselves respectively. 
         [0009]    b: CELL 2  and the UE  140  report the respective detection results to the RNC  110  via NODEB 1 . 
         [0010]    c: The RNC  110  sends to NODEB 1  a request for adding RL 2 . 
         [0011]    d: NODEB 1  adds RL 2  and informs the RNC  110  of the link establishment result via an RL ADDITION signaling process, and the RNC  110  performs communication control according to the link establishment result. 
         [0012]      204 : As the UE  140  continues to move at stage  4 , the signals for the UE  140  in CELL 0  and CELL 1  become so weak that the RNC  110  may delete RL 0  and RL 1  and only one radio link RL 2  remains for the UE  140 . 
         [0013]    In the above step  203 , because CELL 2  supports DCH and E-DCH traffic and CELL 0  also supports E-DCH traffic, the RNC  110  may request NODEB 1  for bearer of E-DCH traffic on the newly added RL 2 , thereby enabling continuation of the traffic. Therefore, the specific traffic borne on RL 2  is 3.4K+64K (downlink only)+HSUPA. At this point, the UE  140  has three radio links RL 0 , RL 1  and RL 2 . RL 0  is subjected to DCH soft combining with RL 1  and RL 2  respectively. RL 1  and RL 2  are subjected to DCH softer combining. The softer combining here means that the radio links are combined at the side of a NODEB into one link for sending the data to the RNC  110 . 
         [0014]    In general, only the softer combining of the links and the new establishment/new addition of DCH/E-DCH need to be informed to the RNC  110  via an RL ADDITION signaling process. The RNC  110  directly handles the soft combining in which a link is selected between the two NODEBs. The softer combining in which the links are combined at one NODEB needs to be presented in RL ADDITION signal by the NODEB. Likewise, the new establishment/new addition of DCH/E-DCH which is also implemented at one NODEB, needs to be presented in RL ADDITION signal by the NODEB. 
         [0015]    Referring to Table 1, in sub-step d of step  203 , information of the new establishment of E-DCH traffic and information of the softer combining of DCH traffic are informed to the RNC  110  in a RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message sent from NODEB 1  to the RNC  110 . 
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                 TABLE 1 
               
             
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Schematic structure of RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message 
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IE Type and 
                 Semantics 
                   
                 Assigned 
               
               
                 IE/Group Name 
                 Presence 
                 Range 
                 Reference 
                 Description 
                 Criticality 
                 Criticality 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                 RL Information 
                   
                 1 . . . &lt;maxnoofRLs-1&gt; 
                   
                   
                 EACH 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                 &gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;RL Set ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;Received Total Wide 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39A 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Band Power 
               
               
                 &gt;CHOICE Diversity 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indication 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                 Reference 
                 — 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 RL 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Non Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;DCH Information 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.20C 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;E-DCH FDD 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Db 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;SSDT Support 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.46 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indicator 
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                 E-DCH Serving Cell 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.18Ed 
                   
                 YES 
                 Ignore 
               
               
                 Change Information 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0016]    1. For the new establishment of E-DCH traffic, Non Combining corresponding to E-DCH Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) Information Response information needs to be selected in a CHOICE Diversity Indication field of the RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message sent from the NODEB 1  to the RNC  110 , so that the RNC  110  understands that a link on which E-DCH traffic runs needs to be established for the UE  140 . 
         [0017]    2. For the softer combining of DCH traffic, Combining corresponding to an RL Identifier (ID) needs to be selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field, so that the RNC  110  understands that softer combining of the DCH needs to be implemented for the UE  140 . 
         [0018]    In Information Element (IE) column in the above Table 1, the symbol “&gt;” represents a first level field, the symbol “&gt;&gt;” following the symbol “&gt;” represents a second level field subordinate to the first level field, and the symbol “&gt;&gt;&gt;” represents a third level field corresponding to the second level field. For the CHOICE Diversity Indication field, two second level fields, Combining and Non Combining, are provided, to which third level fields, RL ID and DCH Information Response, are subordinate respectively. The Combining field is used to inform the RNC of the softer combining, and the Non Combining field is used to inform the RNC of the new establishment/new addition of DCH/E-DCH. 
         [0019]    For a RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message, only one second level field, i.e. Combining or Non Combining, can be selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field. In other words, only one entry, Combining or Non Combining, can be selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field, in the case of which the CHOICE Diversity Indication field would be erroneous no matter how the CHOICE Diversity Indication field is filled. 
         [0020]    Because in step  204 , as the UE  140  continues to move at stage  4 , the signals of the UE  140  in CELL 0  and CELL 1  become so weak that the RNC  110  may delete RL 0  and RL 1  and only one radio link RL 2  remains for the UE  140 . 
         [0021]    In this case, if Combining is selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field in step  203 , the E-DCH FDD Information Response information can not be informed to the RNC because only one entry can be selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field. At stage  4 , the HSUPA traffic corresponding to E-DCH for the UE  140  is therefore interrupted. If Non Combining is selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field in step  203 , the NODEB 1  can not fill the DCH Information Response IE, resulting in failure of NODEB 1  to add RL 2 . At stage  4 , therefore, no radio link is available for the UE  140  and the entire traffic for the UE  140  is interrupted. 
         [0022]    In another case, the above step  203  may be  203 ′, referring to  FIGS. 3 and 4 . 
         [0023]      203 ′: As the UE  140  continues to move at stage  3 , the UE  140  adds RL 2  in CELL 2  of NODEB 1  successfully through a signaling process for radio link establishment and tries to add RL 3  in CELL 3  of NODEB 1  through a signaling process for radio link establishment but fails. CELL 2  supports DCH and E-DCH traffic, and CELL 3  may be a cell that supports any traffic, for example, only DCH or E-DCH traffic, or possibly both DCH and E-DCH traffic. The process for the successful addition of RL 2  and failed addition of RL 3  includes the following. 
         [0024]    a: CELL 2 , CELL 3  and the UE  140  detect signals for themselves respectively. 
         [0025]    b: CELL 2 , CELL 3  and the UE  140  report the respective detection results to the RNC  110  via NODEB 1 . 
         [0026]    c: The RNC  110  sends to NODEB 1  a request for adding RL 2  and RL 3 . 
         [0027]    d: NODEB 1  adds RL 2  successfully but fails to add RL 3  and informs the RNC  110  of the link establishment result via a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message as shown in Table 2, instead of the RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message as shown in Table 1. The RNC  110  performs communication control according to the link establishment result. 
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                 TABLE 2 
               
             
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Schematic structure of RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message 
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IE Type and 
                 Semantics 
                   
                 Assigned 
               
               
                 IE/Group Name 
                 Presence 
                 Range 
                 Reference 
                 Description 
                 Criticality 
                 Criticality 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                 CHOICE Cause Level 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 &gt;General 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Cause 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.6 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;RL Specific 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Unsuccessful RL 
                   
                 1 . . . &lt;maxnoofRLs-1&gt; 
                   
                   
                 EACH 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;Cause 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.6 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Successful RL 
                   
                 0 . . . &lt;maxnoofRLs-2&gt; 
                   
                   
                 EACH 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL Set ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt; Received Total 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39A 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Wide Band Power 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;CHOICE Diversity 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indication 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                 Reference 
                 — 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 RL 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Non Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;DCH 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.20C 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;E-DCH FDD 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Db 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;SSDT Support 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.46 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indicator 
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0028]    In Table 2, for the Successful RL Information Response field, a CHOICE Diversity Indication field is provided subordinate thereto, which is identical to that in Table 1 but becomes a third level field, and to which two fourth level fields, Combining and Non Combining, are subordinate. For the two fourth level fields, fifth level fields, RL ID and DCH Information Response and E-DCH FDD Information Response are provided subordinate thereto respectively. The Combining field is used to inform the RNC of the softer combining, and the Non Combining field is used to inform the RNC of the new establishment/new addition of DCH/E-DCH. 
         [0029]    Likewise, for a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message, only one fourth level field, i.e. Combining or Non Combining, can be selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field. In other words, only one entry, Combining, or Non Combining, can be selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field, in the case of which the CHOICE Diversity Indication field would be erroneous no matter how the CHOICE Diversity Indication field is filled. This is for the same reasons as stated with respect to the RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message. 
         [0030]    The process of switching DCH/E-DCH traffic between cells for a UE in the prior art is not limited to the above scenarios. The above problems may occur when softer combining needs to be implemented and establishment of relevant traffic needs to be reported to an RNC. In other words, a NODEB can not inform the RNC correctly of information of a link for a current user due to the deficiency in the structure of the RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message, resulting in an error in signaling processing at the IUB interface (an interface between the RNC and the Node B). 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0031]    Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for mobile communication handover, a system for mobile communication handover and a base station, thereby improving success ratio of mobile communication handover. 
         [0032]    The embodiments of the present invention provide the following solutions. 
         [0033]    A method for mobile communication handover includes the following steps: 
         [0034]    in addition to a first link for bearing only DCH traffic, adding a second link for bearing DCH and E-DCH traffic and a third link for bearing any traffic; 
         [0035]    in the case of failure to add the third link, implementing softer combining of DCH traffic on the first and second links; and 
         [0036]    informing a radio network controller of both information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and information of the addition of E-DCH traffic, according to which the radio network controller performs communication control. 
         [0037]    A mobile communication system includes a first base station and a radio network controller, wherein 
         [0038]    the first base station has a first link subordinate thereto for bearing only DCH traffic, and is adapted to add a second link for bearing DCH and E-DCH traffic and a third link for bearing any traffic, implement softer combining of DCH traffic on the first and second links in the case of failure to add the third link, and inform the radio network controller of both information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and information of the addition of E-DCH traffic; and 
         [0039]    the radio network controller is adapted to perform communication control according to the received information. 
         [0040]    A mobile communication base station includes: 
         [0041]    a link management unit under the control of a radio network controller, adapted to manage a first link for bearing only DCH traffic and add a second link for bearing DCH and E-DCH traffic and a third link for bearing any traffic; 
         [0042]    a softer combining unit, adapted to implement softer combining of DCH traffic on the first and second links in the case of failure to add the third link; and 
         [0043]    a handover information generation unit, adapted to inform the radio network controller of both information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and information of the addition of E-DCH traffic. 
         [0044]    According to the embodiments of the present invention, both the information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic are informed to the radio network controller, avoiding a communication fault due to the fact that only one of the information of the softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic can be selected because only one fourth level field can be selected in the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication in the prior art, and thereby improving success ratio of mobile handover of a UE between cells of different nodes and ensuring normal and stable communication. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0045]      FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram illustrating a scenario of mobile communication handover in the prior art; 
           [0046]      FIG. 2  is a flow chart of mobile communication handover in the scenario illustrated in  FIG. 1 ; 
           [0047]      FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram illustrating another scenario of mobile communication handover in the prior art; 
           [0048]      FIG. 4  is a flow chart of mobile communication handover in the scenario illustrated in  FIG. 3 ; 
           [0049]      FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of the mobile communication system according to the present invention; 
           [0050]      FIG. 6  is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of the method for mobile communication handover according to the present invention; 
           [0051]      FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of the mobile communication system according to the present invention; and 
           [0052]      FIG. 8  is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of the method for mobile communication handover according to the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
       [0053]    The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail with reference to examples and the accompanying drawings. 
         [0054]    The examples are given to illustrate how to implement the embodiments of the present invention when softer combining needs to be implemented and establishment of relevant traffic needs to be reported to an RNC. These examples relate to scenarios of mobile communication handover of a UE between two NODEBs, in which the cell of the first NODEB supports DCH and E-DCH (hereinafter referred to as DCH/E-DCH) traffic, and the second NODEB has two or three cells in which one supports DCH/E-DCH traffic and the other one/two support only DCH traffic. The UE moves from the cell of the first NODEB to the cell of the second NODEB supporting only DCH traffic, and then to the cell of the second NODEB supporting DCH/E-DCH traffic. 
         [0055]    Referring to  FIG. 5 , a process of switching DCH/E-DCH traffic between cells  330  for a UE  340  is illustrated with reference to an embodiment of the method for mobile communication handover according to the present invention. The mobile communication handover of the UE  340  is implemented between NODEB  321  and NODEB  322  which are both under the control of an RNC  310 . The NODEB  321  has CELL 0  and the NODEB  322  has CELL 1  and CELL 2 . Referring to  FIGS. 5 and 6 , the process includes the following steps. 
         [0056]      401 : At stage  1 , the UE  340  establishes RL 0  in CELL 0  of the NODEB  321  through a signaling process for radio link establishment. CELL 0  supports DCH and E-DCH traffic. The specific traffic borne on RL 0  is 3.4K+64K (downlink only)+HSUPA, in which the DCH traffic refers to 3.4K+64K (downlink only), and the E-DCH traffic refers to HSUPA. 
         [0057]      402 : At stage  2 , the UE  340  moves to the common coverage area to CELL 0  of the NODEB  321  and CELL 1  of the NODEB  322  and establishes RL 1  in CELL 1  of the NODEB  322  through a signaling process for radio link establishment. CELL 1  supports only DCH traffic. In this case, the specific traffic borne on RL 1  is DCH: 3.4K+64K (downlink only). At this point, the UE  340  has two radio links RL 0  and RL 1 , on which DCH data are subjected to soft combining at the NODEB  322 . 
         [0058]      403 : As the UE  340  continues to move at stage  3 , the UE  340  adds RL 2  in CELL 2  of the NODEB  322  through a signaling process for radio link establishment. CELL 2  supports DCH and E-DCH traffic. The process for the addition includes the following. 
         [0059]      403   a : CELL 2  and the UE  340  detect signals for themselves respectively. 
         [0060]      403   b : CELL 2  and the UE  340  report the respective detection results to the RNC  310  via the NODEB  322 . 
         [0061]      403   c : The RNC  110  sends to the NODEB  322  a request for adding RL 2 . 
         [0062]      403   d : The NODEB  322  adds RL 2 . 
         [0063]      403   e : DCH traffic on RL 1  and RL 2  is subjected to softer combining. 
         [0064]      403   f : The link establishment result is informed to the RNC  310  by carrying information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and information of the addition of E-DCH traffic in different first level fields respectively of a RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message, and the RNC  310  performs communication control according to the link establishment result. 
         [0065]      404 : As the UE  340  continues to move at stage  4 , the signals for the UE  340  in CELL 0  and CELL 1  become so weak that the RNC  310  deletes RL 0  and RL 1  and keeps RL 2  successfully so that the HSUPA traffic is not interrupted. 
         [0066]    In  403 , because CELL 2  supports DCH and E-DCH traffic and CELL 0  also supports E-DCH traffic, the RNC  310  requests the NODEB  322  for bearer of E-DCH traffic on the newly added RL 2 , thereby enabling continuation of the traffic. Therefore, the specific traffic borne on RL 2  is 3.4K+64K (downlink only)+HSUPA. At this point, the UE  340  has three radio links RL 0 , RL 1  and RL 2 . RL 0  is subjected to DCH soft combining with RL 1  and RL 2 . RL 1  and RL 2  are subjected to DCH softer combining. 
         [0067]    In this case, the softer combining of the links and the new establishment/new addition of DCH/E-DCH need to be informed to the RNC  310  via an RL ADDITION signaling process. 
         [0068]    Referring to Table 3, in  403   f , the information of the new establishment of E-DCH traffic and the information of the softer combining of DCH traffic are informed to the RNC  310  in a RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message sent from the NODEB  322  to the RNC  310 . 
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                 TABLE 3 
               
             
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Schematic structure of modified RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message 
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IE Type and 
                 Semantics 
                   
                 Assigned 
               
               
                 IE/Group Name 
                 Presence 
                 Range 
                 Reference 
                 Description 
                 Criticality 
                 Criticality 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                 &gt;Received Total Wide 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39A 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Band Power 
               
               
                 &gt;CHOICE Diversity 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indication 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                 Reference RL 
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Non Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;DCH Information 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.20C 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                 &gt;SSDT Support 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.46 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indicator 
               
               
                 &gt;DL Power Balancing 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.12C 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Activation Indicator 
               
               
                 &gt;E-DCH RL Set ID 
                 O 
                   
                 RL Set ID 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 9.2.2.39 
               
               
                 &gt;E-DCH FDD DL 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Dc 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Control Channel 
               
               
                 Information 
               
               
                 &gt;Initial DL DPCH 
                 O 
                   
                 DL DPCH 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Timing Adjustment 
                   
                   
                 Timing 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Adjustment 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 9.2.2.10A 
               
               
                 &gt;E-DCH FDD 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Db 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 Criticality Diagnostics 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.1.17 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 HS-DSCH Serving Cell 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.18Ec 
                   
                 YES 
                 Ignore 
               
               
                 Change Information 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                 E-DCH Serving Cell 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.18Ed 
                   
                 YES 
                 Ignore 
               
               
                 Change Information 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0069]    In the IE column in Table 3, the symbol “&gt;” represents a first level field, the symbol “&gt;&gt;” following the symbol “&gt;” represents a second level field subordinate to the first level field, and the symbol “&gt;&gt;&gt;” represents a third level field corresponding to the second level field. 
         [0070]    For the first level field CHOICE Diversity Indication, two second level fields, Combining and Non Combining, are provided, to which third level fields, RL ID and DCH Information Response, are subordinate respectively. The Combining field is used to inform the RNC of softer combining, and the Non Combining field is used to inform the RNC of new establishment/new addition of DCH. 
         [0071]    The first level field E-DCH FDD Information Response is used to inform the RNC of new establishment/new addition of E-DCH. In this embodiment, this field is used to inform the RNC  310  that a link on which E-DCH traffic runs needs to be established for the UE  340 . In other words, the field E-DCH FDD Information Response that is originally subordinate to the field Non Combining of the field CHOICE Diversity Indication is changed to be in parallel to the field CHOICE Diversity Indication. Therefore, combining/non-combining of DCH on RLs and new establishment/new addition of E-DCH are independent of each other. Combining of DCH is indicated by the IE CHOICE Diversity Indication. 
         [0072]    In other words, two different first level fields, i.e. the first level field CHOICE Diversity Indication and the first level field E-DCH FDD Information Response are generated in a same RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message according to the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, both the information of the softer combining and the information of the establishment of E-DCH traffic can be informed to the RNC  310 , avoiding a communication fault due to the fact that only one of the information of the softer combining and the information of the establishment of E-DCH traffic can be selected because only one second level field can be selected in the first level field CHOICE Diversity Indication in the prior art no matter how the CHOICE Diversity Indication field is filled. The communication fault is described as follows. 
         [0073]    In  404 , as the UE  340  continues to move at stage  4 , the signals for the UE  340  in CELL 0  and CELL 1  become so weak that the RNC  310  may delete RL 0  and RL 1  and only one radio link RL 2  remains for the UE  340 . In this case, according the prior art method, if Combining is selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field, the E-DCH FDD Information Response information can not be informed to the RNC because only one entry can be selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field. At stage  4 , the HSUPA traffic corresponding to E-DCH for the UE  340  is therefore interrupted. If Non Combining is selected in the CHOICE Diversity Indication field, the NODEB  322  can not fill the DCH Information Response IE, resulting in failure of the NODEB  322  to add RL 2 . At stage  4 , therefore, no radio link is available for the UE  340  and the entire traffic for the UE  340  is interrupted. 
         [0074]    As can be seen, the embodiment of the present invention avoids the communication fault due to the fact that the RNC  310  can not be informed of both the information of the softer combining and the information of the new establishment of E-DCH traffic in the prior art and ensures normal and stable communication in the case of mobile handover of the UE  340  between cells of different NODEBs. 
         [0075]    The scenario to which the embodiments of the present invention can be applied is not limited to that described above. The present invention is applicable to any cases in which softer combining needs to be implemented and establishment/addition of relevant traffic needs to be reported to the RNC, to avoid occurrence of the above problem. 
         [0076]    The format in which the information of the DCH softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic are filled into different first level fields respectively is not limited to that shown in Table 3. Alternatively, Combining in the first level field CHOICE Diversity Indication is used to indicate the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic, and the first level field E-DCH FDD Information Response is used to indicate the information of the DCH softer combining. Moreover, the relative position relationship between the first level fields CHOICE Diversity Indication and E-DCH FDD Information Response may be arranged arbitrarily in the table. 
         [0077]    Referring to  FIG. 5 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile communication system including a UE  340 , NODEB  321  and NODEB  322 , and an RNC  310 . The NODEB  322  includes a handover information generation unit  323 . Mobile communication handover for the UE  340  is implemented between the NODEB  321  and NODEB  322  which are both under the control of the RNC  310 . The NODEB  321  has CELL 0  and the NODEB  322  has CELL 1  and CELL 2 . CELL 0  and CELL 2  support DCH and E-DCH traffic, and CELL 1  supports only DCH traffic. 
         [0078]    The NODEB  322  has a first link RL 1  bearing only DCH traffic. The UE  340  establishes RL 1  with CELL 1  of the NODEB  322  when both DCH and E-DCH traffic are implemented in CELL 0  of the NODEB  321 . 
         [0079]    When the RNC  310  requests the NODEB  322  to add a second link RL 2  for bearing DCH and E-DCH traffic, the NODEB  322  implements softer combining of DCH traffic on RL 1  and RL 2 . The NODEB  322  informs the RNC  310  of information of the softer combining and information of the new addition of E-DCH traffic through the handover information generation unit  323 . 
         [0080]    In particular, the handover information generation unit  323  is adapted to generate a CHOICE Diversity Indication field, the content of which is Combining (indicating the information of the DCH softer combining), and an E-DCH FDD Information Response field (indicating the information of the new addition of E-DCH traffic), both of which are first level fields, in a RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message, and send the RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message carrying the information of the DCH softer combining and the information of the new addition of E-DCH traffic to the RNC  310 . 
         [0081]    It is understood that the NODEB  322  may also be referred to as a first base station and the NODEB  321  may also be referred to as a second base station. 
         [0082]    For the structure of the RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message, reference may be made to the above Table 3. 
         [0083]    Referring to  FIG. 7 , a process of switching DCH/E-DCH traffic between cells  730  for a UE  740  is illustrated with reference to an embodiment of the method for mobile communication handover according to the present invention. The mobile communication handover of the UE  740  is implemented between two NODEB  721  and NODEB  722  which are both under the control of an RNC  710 . The NODEB  721  has CELL 0  and the NODEB  722  has CELL 1 , CELL 2  and CELL 3 . Referring to  FIGS. 7 and 8 , the process includes the following steps. 
         [0084]      401 ,  402  and  404  are the same as those described with reference to the above embodiment of the method for mobile communication handover according to the present invention and are not described repeatedly herein. 
         [0085]    The difference lies in step  403 ′ in the present embodiment that corresponds to step  403  in the first embodiment. 
         [0086]      403 ′: As the UE  740  continues to move at stage  3 , the UE  740  adds RL 2  in CELL 2  of NODEB 1  successfully through a signaling process for radio link establishment, and tries to add RL 3  in CELL 3  of NODEB 1  through a signaling process for radio link establishment but fails. CELL 2  supports DCH and E-DCH traffic, and CELL 3  may be a cell that supports any traffic, for example, only DCH or E-DCH traffic, or possibly both DCH and E-DCH traffic. The process for the successful addition of RL 2  and failing addition of RL 3  includes the following. 
         [0087]      403   a ′: CELL 2 , CELL 3  and the UE  740  detect signals for themselves respectively. 
         [0088]      403   b ′: CELL 2 , CELL 3  and the UE  740  report the respective detection results to the RNC  710  via the NODEB  722 . 
         [0089]      403   c ′: The RNC  710  sends to the NODEB  722  a request for adding RL 2  and RL 3 . 
         [0090]      403   d ′: The NODEB  722  adds RL 2  successfully but fails to add RL 3 . 
         [0091]      403   e ′: DCH traffic on RL 1  and RL 2  is subjected to softer combining. 
         [0092]      403   f ′: The link establishment result is informed to the RNC  710  by not carrying information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and information of the addition of E-DCH traffic in a same CHOICE Diversity Indication field of a modified RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message, and the RNC  710  performs communication control according to the link establishment result. In this embodiment, the information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic are carried in two third level fields subordinate to a second level field Successful RL Information Response. 
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                 TABLE 4 
               
             
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Schematic structure 1 of modified RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message 
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IE Type and 
                 Semantics 
                   
                 Assigned 
               
               
                 IE/Group Name 
                 Presence 
                 Range 
                 Reference 
                 Description 
                 Criticality 
                 Criticality 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                 CHOICE Cause Level 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 &gt;General 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Cause 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.6 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;RL Specific 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Unsuccessful RL 
                   
                 1 . . . &lt;maxnoofRLs-1&gt; 
                   
                   
                 EACH 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Cause 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.6 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Successful RL 
                   
                 0 . . . &lt;maxnoofRLs-2&gt; 
                   
                   
                 EACH 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL Set ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt; Received Total Wide 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39A 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Band Power 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;CHOICE Diversity 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indication 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                 Reference 
                 — 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 RL 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Non Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;DCH Information 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.20C 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;SSDT Support 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.46 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indicator 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;DL Power Balancing 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.12C 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Activation Indicator 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;E-DCH RL Set ID 
                 O 
                   
                 RL Set ID 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 9.2.2.39 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;E-DCH FDD DL 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Dc 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Control Channel 
               
               
                 Information 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;Initial DL DPCH 
                 O 
                   
                 DL DPCH 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Timing Adjustment 
                   
                   
                 Timing 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Adjustment 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 9.2.2.10A 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;E-DCH FDD 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Db 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0093]    In Table 4, for the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication subordinate to the second level field Successful RL Information Response, two fourth level fields, Combining and Non Combining, are provided, to which fifth level fields, RL ID and DCH Information Response are provided subordinate thereto respectively. The Combining field is used to inform the RNC of the softer combining, and the Non Combining field is used to inform the RNC of the new establishment/new addition of DCH. 
         [0094]    The third level field E-DCH FDD Information Response, also subordinate to the second level field Successful RL Information Response, is used to inform the RNC  710  that a link on which E-DCH traffic runs needs to be established for the UE  740 . In particular, if E-DCH traffic needs to be combined with another radio link, the field E-DCH FDD Information Response does not need to be filled. Conversely, if E-DCH traffic does not need to be combined with another radio link, the field E-DCH FDD Information Response needs to be filled. 
         [0095]    In other words, the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication and the third level field E-DCH FDD Information Response are generated subordinate to a same second level field of a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message according to the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, combining/non-combining of DCH on radio links and new establishment/new addition of E-DCH are independent of each other. In this way, both the information of the softer combining and the information of the establishment of E-DCH traffic can be informed to the RNC  710 , avoiding a communication fault due to the fact that only one of the information of the softer combining and the information of the establishment of E-DCH traffic can be selected because only one fourth level field can be selected in the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication in the prior art no matter how the CHOICE Diversity Indication field is filled. As a result, normal and stable communication is ensured in the case of mobile handover of the UE  740  between cells of NODEBs  721  and  722 . 
         [0096]    The scenario to which the embodiments of the present invention can be applied is not limited to that described above. The present invention is applicable to any case in which softer combining needs to be implemented and establishment/addition of relevant traffic needs to be reported to the RNC, to avoid occurrence of the above problem. For example, the present invention is applicable to a case in which an addition of a plurality of radio links for bearing E-DCH traffic, including RL 2 , succeeds and an addition of RL 3  for bearing any traffic fails. The present invention is also applicable to a case in which an addition of only one radio link RL 2  for bearing E-DCH traffic succeeds and an addition/establishment of a plurality of links, RL 3 , RL 4 , RL 5 , and so on fails. In other words, the present invention is applicable to any case in which addition of at least one radio link for bearing E-DCH traffic succeeds and addition of at least one radio link fails, which needs to be reported to the RNC in a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message. 
         [0097]    The format in which the information of the DCH softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic are filled into different third level fields is not limited to that shown in Table 4. Alternatively, Combining in the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication is used to indicate the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic, and the third level field E-DCH FDD Information Response not subordinate to the second level field Successful RL Information Response is used to indicate the information of the DCH softer combining. As a further alternative, Combining in the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication is used to indicate the information of the DCH softer combining, and any fifth, fourth, third, second, or first level field external to the second level field Successful RL Information Response is used to indicate the information of E-DCH traffic. Moreover, the relative position relationship between the CHOICE Diversity Indication and E-DCH FDD Information Response fields may be arranged arbitrarily in the table. 
         [0098]    Another embodiment of the method for mobile communication handover according to the present invention is similar to the above embodiment, and the difference lies in the way of informing the RNC of the information of the softer combining and information of the addition of E-DCH traffic in the case that the addition of a third link fails, which is shown in Table 5. 
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                 TABLE 5 
               
             
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Schematic structure 2 of modified RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message 
               
             
          
           
               
                   
                   
                   
                 IE Type and 
                 Semantics 
                   
                 Assigned 
               
               
                 IE/Group Name 
                 Presence 
                 Range 
                 Reference 
                 Description 
                 Criticality 
                 Criticality 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                 CHOICE Cause Level 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 &gt;General 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Cause 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.6 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;RL Specific 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Unsuccessful RL 
                   
                 1 . . . &lt;maxnoofRLs-1&gt; 
                   
                   
                 EACH 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;Cause 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.6 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;Successful RL 
                   
                 0 . . . &lt;maxnoofRLs-2&gt; 
                   
                   
                 EACH 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;RL Set ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt; Received Total 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.39A 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Wide Band Power 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;CHOICE Diversity 
                 M 
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indication 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;RL ID 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.53 
                 Reference 
                 — 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 RL 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;E-DCH FDD 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Db 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Non Combining 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;DCH Information 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.1.20C 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;E-DCH FDD 
                 O 
                   
                 9.2.2.13Db 
                   
                 YES 
                 ignore 
               
               
                 Information Response 
               
               
                 &gt;&gt;&gt;SSDT Support 
                 M 
                   
                 9.2.2.46 
                   
                 — 
               
               
                 Indicator 
               
               
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
                 . . . 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0099]    This embodiment features in that both the information of the DCH softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic are carried in the Combining field subordinate to the CHOICE Diversity Indication field in a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message and informed to the RNC. As shown in Table 5, the fifth level fields RL ID and E-DCH FDD Information Response are both subordinate to the fourth level field Combining so that both the information of the DCH softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic can be informed to the RNC, avoiding occurrence of the problem that they can not be both informed to the RNC in the prior art and achieving the same technical effects as the previous embodiments. 
         [0100]    Referring to  FIG. 7 , another embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile communication system including a UE  740 , NODEB  721  and NODEB  722 , and an RNC  710 . The NODEB  722  includes a handover information generation unit  723 . Mobile communication handover for the UE  740  is implemented between NODEB  721  and NODEB  722  which are under the control of the RNC  710 . The NODEB  721  has CELL 0  and the NODEB  322  has CELL 1 , CELL 2  and CELL 3 . CELL 0  and CELL 2  support DCH and E-DCH traffic, CELL 1  supports only DCH traffic, and there is no specific requirement for CELL 3 , i.e. CELL 3  may support any traffic. 
         [0101]    The NODEB  722  has a first link RL 1  for bearing only DCH traffic. The UE  740  establishes RL 1  with CELL 1  of the NODEB  722  when both DCH and E-DCH traffic are implemented in CELL 0  of the NODEB  721 . 
         [0102]    When the RNC  710  requests the NODEB  722  to add a second link RL 2  for bearing DCH and E-DCH traffic, the NODEB  722  implements softer combining of DCH traffic on RL 1  and RL 2 . The NODEB  722  informs the RNC  710  of information of the softer combining and information of the new addition of E-DCH traffic through the handover information generation unit  723 . When the RNC  710  requests the NODEB  722  to add a third link RL 3 , the NODEB  722  informs the RNC  710  of information of the new addition of RL 3  through the handover information generation unit  723 . 
         [0103]    In particular, the handover information generation unit  723  is adapted to generate a CHOICE Diversity Indication field, the content of which is Combining, and an E-DCH FDD Information Response field, both of which are a third level field, in a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message, and send the RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message carrying the information of the DCH softer combining and the information of the new addition of E-DCH traffic to the RNC  710 . 
         [0104]    For the structure of the RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message, reference may be made to the above Table 4. 
         [0105]    As can be seen, two different third level fields, i.e. the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication and the third level field E-DCH FDD Information Response are generated in a same RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message by the handover information generation unit  723  according to the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the information of the softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic are informed to the RNC  710 , avoiding a communication fault due to the fact that only one of the information of the softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic can be selected because only one fourth level field can be selected in the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication in the prior art no matter how the CHOICE Diversity Indication field is filled, and keeping RL 2  successfully that can enable normal communication. 
         [0106]    In another embodiment, the handover information generation unit  723  is adapted to generate a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message that contains a Combining field for informing the RNC. The Combining field is subordinate to a CHOICE Diversity Indication field and carries both the information of the DCH softer combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic. 
         [0107]    Accordingly, another embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile communication base station including: 
         [0108]    a link management unit under the control of a radio network controller, adapted to manage a first link for bearing only DCH traffic and add a second link for bearing DCH and E-DCH traffic and a third link for bearing any traffic; 
         [0109]    a softer combining unit, adapted to implement softer combining of DCH traffic on the first and second links in the case of failure to add the third link; and 
         [0110]    a handover information generation unit, adapted to inform the radio network controller of both information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and information of the addition of E-DCH traffic. 
         [0111]    The information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic may be informed to the radio network controller by being not carried in a same choice diversity indication field of a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message; or 
         [0112]    the information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic may be informed to the radio network controller by being both carried in a combining field subordinate to a choice diversity indication field of a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message; or 
         [0113]    the information of the softer combining of DCH traffic and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic may be informed to the radio network controller by being carried in different first level fields of a RADIO LINK ADDITION RESPONSE message. 
         [0114]    In the case of being not informed to the radio network controller by a same choice diversity indication field of a RADIO LINK ADDITION FAILURE message, the information of the softer combining of DCH traffic is indicated by a third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication containing Combining and the information of the addition of E-DCH traffic is indicated by a third level field E-DCH FDD Information Response subordinate to a same second level field as the third level field CHOICE Diversity Indication. 
         [0115]    A method for mobile communication handover and a system thereof according to the present invention have been described in detail above. Some examples have been taken to illustrate the principle and the embodiments thereof. However, the illustration of the embodiments is intended merely to provide understanding of the methods according to the present invention and the ideas thereof. According to such ideas, those skilled in the art can envisage different embodiments and applications of the present invention. Therefore, the above description should not be construed as a limitation to the scope of the present invention.