Hand-off method in a cellular mobile radio communication network and infrastructure equipment therefor

摘要

The method involves establishing the phase (S2) of intercell switching for a link established with a mobile, from a first channel (frequency F0, time interval IT3) associated with a first base station (BTS(n-1)) to an identical channel associated with a second base station (BTS(n)). The first channel is selected so the identical channel is free at the second base station. Switching is performed from a current channel (F3,IT2) within the cell to the selected first channel. The current and selected channels are associated with the first base station.