Trasmitting/receiving apparatus and method in a mobile communication system

摘要

A handover method and apparatus in a communication system are provided. The method includes an MS sending to a serving BS a bandwidth allocating request message for sending a MOB_MSHO-REQ message requesting a handover; activating a timer set to a bandwidth allocation waiting time in relation to the bandwidth allocating request message; stopping the timer upon receipt of a bandwidth allocation message from the serving BS before the timer expires; and determining to perform a handover to a target BS if the MS does not receive the bandwidth allocation message from the serving BS before the timer expires.