Patent ID: 7386313

Claim:
A handover method for a radio communications system having first, second and further transceiver units, comprising: signaling a mobile station and the second transceiver unit from the radio communications system to indicate that a handover is to occur; sending a handover signaling message from the mobile station to the second transceiver unit in order to set up a connection to the second transceiver unit, the handover signaling message being sent via a channel that carries signaling messages for requesting a radio link, the handover signaling message containing a code word differentiating the handover signaling message from signaling messages for requesting a radio link; checking the code word at the second transceiver unit and at one of the further transceiver units, which receives the handover signaling message on the same frequency as the second transceiver unit, to determine whether a handover signaling message or a signaling message for requesting a radio link has been received; identifying the received signaling message at the one of the further transceiver stations as a handover signaling message on the basis of the code word; ignoring, on the basis of the identification of the received message by the one of the further transceiver units, the handover signaling message; and proceeding with the handover at the second transceiver unit based on the code word and the signaling from the radio communications system.