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    Internal Inter-Cell Handover

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    The document describes the signaling process for an internal inter-cell handover from one cell to another within a base station controller (BSC). It involves reserving and activating a channel on the new cell, sending a handover command, buffering messages, and releasing the old channel. Transparent procedures like authentication are buffered during handover. Ciphering procedures are also buffered, while assignment/clear procedures cause handover to terminate. A handover attempt will be terminated if it starts during assignment or another signaling procedure.

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    The document describes the signaling process for an internal inter-cell handover from one cell to another within a base station controller (BSC). It involves reserving and activating a channel on the new cell, sending a handover command, buffering messages, and releasing the old channel. Transparent procedures like authentication are buffered during handover. Ciphering procedures are also buffered, while assignment/clear procedures cause handover to terminate. A handover attempt will be terminated if it starts during assignment or another signaling procedure.

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    The document describes the signaling process for an internal inter-cell handover from one cell to another within a base station controller (BSC). It involves reserving and activating a channel on the new cell, sending a handover command, buffering messages, and releasing the old channel. Transparent procedures like authentication are buffered during handover. Ciphering procedures are also buffered, while assignment/clear procedures cause handover to terminate. A handover attempt will be terminated if it starts during assignment or another signaling procedure.

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    Internal Inter-Cell Handover

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    The document describes the signaling process for an internal inter-cell handover from one cell to another within a base station controller (BSC). It involves reserving and activating a channel on the new cell, sending a handover command, buffering messages, and releasing the old channel. Transparent procedures like authentication are buffered during handover. Ciphering procedures are also buffered, while assignment/clear procedures cause handover to terminate. A handover attempt will be terminated if it starts during assignment or another signaling procedure.

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    Internal inter-cell handover

    SDCCH handover
    signalling in BSC

    Internal inter-cell handover


    The signalling of the inter-cell handover is presented in the signalling diagram below.

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    Internal inter-cell handover

    Figure: BSC internal inter-cell handover from SDCCH to SDCCH

    The phases of the signalling are the following:

    ● start of handover

    ● channel reservation

    ● channel activation

    ● start of message buffering

    ● handover command

    ● detection of handover

    ● indication of establishment

    ● completion of handover

    ● release of the old channel

    Starting of transparent procedure during handover

    Because the MSC is not involved in handover signalling, a new transparent procedure (authentification,
    identification or setup) may be started during the handover. All transparent messages coming from the MSC
    are buffered in the BSC and handled at the end of the handover.

    The buffering of messages starts after a new channel has been activated. Therefore it is possible that the
    handover attempt has been started but the message buffering has not. During this time the BSC handles all
    transparent procedures in the normal way.

    Starting of ciphering procedure during handover

    If a ciphering procedure starts during a handover, it is buffered in the BSC and handled at the end of the
    handover.

    Starting of assignment or clear procedures during handover

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    Internal inter-cell handover

    If an assignment or clear procedure starts before the MS is assigned to move to a new channel, the BSC
    handles that procedure immediately and the handover attempt is terminated. During the message buffering
    the assignment and clear procedure are buffered in the BSC and handled at the end of the handover.

    Starting of handover during signalling procedure

    If a handover attempt is started during the signalling procedures (authentification, identification, setup,
    ciphering), the BSC handles the signalling procedure in the normal way.

    Starting of handover during assignment procedure

    If a handover attempt is started during an assignment procedure, BSC handles the assignment procedure in
    the normal way and the handover attempt is terminated.

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