Patent ID: 8619705

Claim:
A communication method implementing at least one subscriber station and at least two base stations synchronised and connected to each other by a communication link, the at least two base stations comprising a first base station and a second base station, the method comprising: allocating a time resource for the transmission and/or reception of packets by said subscriber station, said time resource being specific to said subscriber station and being usable with all the base stations; assigning a first connection identifier associated with a connection between the at least one subscriber station and a first base station of the at least two base stations; assigning a second connection identifier associated with a connection between the at least one subscriber station and a second base station of the at least two base stations, the second base station being different from the first base station and the second connection identifier being determined from the first connection identifier; and handing over a connection from a first base station to a second base station during a handover phase, said first and second base stations sharing said time resource to send and/or receive data intended for and/or coming from said subscriber station.