Patent ID: 8577374

Claim:
A method for handover between base stations, comprising following steps: a first base station sending handover request messages to neighboring base stations of the first base station; said neighboring base stations judging whether to accept the handover according to said handover request messages, and sending judgment results to said first base station through request response messages; said first base station determining one destination base station from the neighboring base stations which are able to accept the handover, and sending a confirmation handover message to said destination base station; said destination base station allocating resources for a user equipment after receiving said confirmation handover message, and sending the allocated resources to said first base station through a confirmation handover response message; and said first base station indicating that said user equipment hands over to said destination base station after receiving said confirmation handover response message; wherein the step of said neighboring base stations judging whether to accept the handover according to said handover request messages comprises: one of said neighboring base stations judging whether a local load reaches a preset load threshold after receiving said handover request message, if the local load reaches the preset load threshold, refusing the handover, and if the local load does not reach the preset load threshold, accepting the handover; one of said neighboring base stations judging whether services required by a user equipment are provided locally after receiving said handover request message, if the services required by the user equipment are provided locally, accepting the handover, and if the services required by the user equipment are not provided locally, refusing the handover; one of said neighboring base stations judging whether local available resources satisfy requirements of a user equipment after receiving said handover request message, if the local available resources satisfy the requirements of the user equipment, accepting the handover, if the local available resources do not satisfy the requirements of the user equipment, refusing the handover; or one of said neighboring base stations judging whether a user equipment has abilities to work locally after receiving said handover request message, if the user equipment has the abilities to work locally, accepting the handover, if the user equipment has not the abilities to work locally, refusing the handover.