Patent ID: 8442533

Claim:
A method for accomplishing handovers of a mobile radio station in a connected/active mode from a source base station to a target base station within a mobile radio network having a plurality of cells defined by stationary base stations spaced apart from one another, the method comprising the steps of: while a mobile radio station is in a connected/active mode, by using a controller of the source base station or of the mobile radio network, starting a handover process by causing system messages to be transmitted between the mobile radio station and base stations located within transmitting and receiving range of the mobile radio station, wherein the system messages include handover data; applying the handover data to determine and automatically set optimal operating parameters of the mobile radio station and/or of at least one of the source and target base stations; wherein repeated unwanted handovers of the mobile radio station in its connected/active mode when a connection is established from a source base station to a target base station are prevented by the steps of: including in the handover data, stored historical data concerning handover processes that have already been carried out, wherein the handover data contain the reasons for a handover request of the source base station, the reasons selectively including at least one of: reception and/or transmission field intensity of the mobile radio station and/or the source base station; and the frequency of the handover requests of the source base station per time unit; and applying the stored historical data, including the frequency of the handover requests, in order to determine and automatically set the optimal operating parameters, including operating hysteresis tolerances of the mobile radio station, wherein the set optimal operating parameters of the mobile radio stations and/or at least one of the source and target base stations contain difference values with hysteresis tolerances of the reception and/or transmission field intensity values of the mobile radio stations and/or said at least one of the source and target base stations.