Dedicated control channel handoff in CDMA communication system

摘要

A handoff method in a CDMA communication system using Walsh codes and quasi-orthogonal codes. To implement a handoff, a new base station to which a call is switched notifies a serving base station of an available quasi-orthogonal code, if the new base station has no available Walsh codes. The serving base station transmits a handoff direction message to a mobile station and the mobile station communicate with the new base station using the quasi-orthogonal code included in the handoff direction message.