Patent ID: 7630715

Claim:
A communication system including a mobile user equipment, a first access system, a second access system, and a core network, the communication system comprising: means for establishing a number of communication links between said mobile user equipment and said core network wherein each communication link is established by communicating a setup message between the mobile user equipment and the core network over the first access system; wherein said first access system is adapted to handle a larger number of simultaneous communication links with said mobile user equipment than said second access system; means for evaluating if a handover between the first access system and the second access system should be effectuated; means for selecting, if the handover is necessary, which one of said communication links is handed over and at least one communication link which is not handed over; means for executing the handover of the communication link selected for the handover; and means for releasing the at least one communication link which is not handed over.