Patent ID: 8213384

Claim:
A method of communication by radio, the method comprising: allocating radio resources to a subscriber station from a first network-based radio station and communicating with the subscriber station using a portion of the allocated radio resources; and sending a signalling signal intended exclusively for the subscriber station from a second network-based radio station using another portion of the radio resources, the another portion of the allocated radio resources being allocated by the first network-based radio station, wherein the first network-based radio station and/or the second network-based radio station receives a message from the subscriber station confirming receipt of the signalling signal, the message from the subscriber station prompting a communication of the subscriber station to be handed over from the first network-based radio station to the second network-based radio station, wherein the second network-based radio station stops sending the signalling signal after the subscriber station had been handed over from the first network-based radio station to the second network-based radio station.