Method for performing handover and roaming in a radio communication environment

摘要

The invention relates to duplex radio communication systems comprising radio access units and at least one remote radio access units operating in a time asynchronous manner. The radio environment is scanned for radio links operating in a synchronous or an asynchronous manner to a particular radio communication unit. Handover to a synchronous link can be performed in a seamless manner using a single timing reference. There is also provided a method for initiating handover and roaming in an asynchronous radio environment. A call with a remote unit is handed over from a first radio access unit to a second radio access unit by suspending transmission of the remote unit at a first radio link while maintaining the transmission at this first radio link by the first radio access unit is established by the remote unit and the call is resumed at the second radio link after which the radio link is released by the first radio access unit.