A method of handover of radio communication between a mobile radio access device and radio network access devices of a radio access network, said mobile radio access device operatively connecting a second radio communication (80, 81, 82) between an user equipment (71; 72; 73) and the mobile radio access device, to the radio access network by comprising access node functionality interfacing said radio communication between said mobile radio access device and said radio network access devices, said mobile radio access device comprising interoperable uplink access node functionality and uplink mobile communication functionality, said radio network access devices comprising access node functionality interfacing said radio communication between said mobile radio access device and said radio network access devices and comprising interoperable downlink access node functionality and downlink mobile communication functionality, wherein uplink access node functionality of said mobile radio access device connects to said downlink mobile communication functionality of a plurality of radio network access devices, and uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device connects to downlink access node functionality of a plurality of radio network access devices, for exchanging messages for handover of said radio communication, said method comprising: receiving, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device from a downlink access node functionality of a radio network access device serving said radio communication, a request for providing signal quality data of signals from radio network access devices received by said mobile radio access device; transmitting, in response to said request, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device connected to said downlink access node functionality of said radio network access device serving said radio communication, said requested signal quality data; receiving, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device from said downlink access node functionality of said radio network access device serving said radio communication, a request for handover of said radio communication; transmitting, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device said request for handover for receipt by a further radio network access device of said plurality of radio network access devices, and performing handover (108, 109) of said radio communication by said mobile radio access device in association with mobile management entity functionality available to said radio network access device serving said radio communication and said further radio network access device of said radio access network having received said handover request transmitted by said uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device. receiving, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device from a downlink access node functionality of a radio network access device serving said radio communication, a request for providing signal quality data of signals from radio network access devices received by said mobile radio access device; transmitting, in response to said request, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device connected to said downlink access node functionality of said radio network access device serving said radio communication, said requested signal quality data; receiving, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device from said downlink access node functionality of said radio network access device serving said radio communication, a request for handover of said radio communication; transmitting, by uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device said request for handover for receipt by a further radio network access device of said plurality of radio network access devices, and performing handover (108, 109) of said radio communication by said mobile radio access device in association with mobile management entity functionality available to said radio network access device serving said radio communication and said further radio network access device of said radio access network having received said handover request transmitted by said uplink mobile communication functionality of said mobile radio access device.