Patent ID: 8913567

Claim:
A method for using resources in a communication system, comprising the steps of: if a user terminal moves from a first region to a second region, controlling the user terminal to use a resource of a first communication node which provides a service to the first region during a first predetermined time duration; allocating a resource of a second communication node which provides a service to the second region to the user terminal after the first predetermined time duration has expired; if the user terminal moves from the second region to the first region before the first predetermined time duration is expired, controlling the user terminal to use the resource of the first communication node during a second predetermined time duration, and controlling the user terminal to use the resource of the first communication node after the second predetermined time duration has expired; and if the user terminal moves from the second region to a third region before the first predetermined time duration is expired, controlling the user terminal to use the resource of the first communication node during the second predetermined time duration, and allocating a resource of a third communication node which provides service to the third region to the user terminal after the second predetermined time duration has expired.