Patent ID: 7457623

Claim:
A method for deciding on handover in a cellular communication system, comprising: collecting bit rate information related to a mobile station, when the mobile station is moving from a first cell to a second cell, wherein the mobile station initially has a connection to at least the first cell providing a certain bit rate to the mobile station, the collecting of the bit rate information comprising measuring the bit rate provided to the mobile station by the first cell and/or a bit rate provided to the mobile station by the second cell; and using the collected bit rate information for deciding on when handover of the mobile station from the first cell to the second cell should be carried out by triggering the mobile station handover from the first cell to the second cell when the bit rate provided by the first cell and/or the bit rate provided by the second cell fulfils a predetermined condition or predetermined conditions, wherein the bit rate is a transfer rate with which data is transmitted.