Patent ID: 7194266

Claim:
A handover control method used in a mobile communication system which includes communication apparatuses having functions of base stations, a mobile station and a communication control apparatus which controls connections between said communication apparatuses and said mobile station, wherein said mobile station switches a communication apparatus of a communication partner to another communication apparatus when a communication quality value between said communication apparatus of said communication partner and said mobile station falls below a first threshold which is better than a limitation value by which communication is available, said handover control method comprising the steps of: said communication control apparatus: receiving a handover history from the mobile station, said handover history identifying origination and destination base stations of previous successful handovers of the mobile station; selecting at least a handover destination candidate communication apparatus from among communication apparatuses surrounding said communication apparatus of said communication partner based at least on the received handover history; reserving wireless resources of said at least a handover destination candidate communication apparatus which is selected; notifying said mobile station of a handover destination candidate communication apparatus for which wireless resources are reserved in said at least a handover destination candidate communication apparatus; and said mobile station switching said communication apparatus of said communication partner to said handover destination candidate communication apparatus which is notified by said communication control apparatus when said communication quality value falls below said first threshold.