Patent ID: 8467791

Claim:
A method for handover processing, comprising: when a terminal having a capability of supporting an optimized handover and a non-optimized handover needs to be handed over from a long term evolution network to a high rate packet data network, determining by whether the terminal is incapable of performing an optimized handover, wherein in the optimized handover, authentication and authorization are accomplished before the terminal is handed over to the high rate packet data network, and the determining whether the terminal is incapable of performing the optimized handover comprises: if a network side device of the long term evolution network does not allow a pre-registration of the terminal, determining, by the network side device of the long term evolution network, that the terminal is incapable of performing the optimized handover; or if the network side device of the long term evolution network allows the pre-registration of the terminal but the pre-registration of the terminal is failed, determining, by the network side device of the long term evolution network, that the terminal is incapable of performing the optimized handover; and if it is determined that the terminal is incapable of performing the optimized handover, performing a non-optimized handover, wherein in the non-optimized handover, authentication and authorization are performed after the terminal is handed over to the high rate packet data network.