Implementing a method for a handover between mobile switching centers
(MSC-A, MSC-B) of a cellular mobile network in high-speed data
transmission wherein several channels are allocated to a mobile station
(MS). In the method, the first mobile switching center (MSC-A) indicates
to the second mobile switching center (MSC-B) at least the minimum number
of channels required over the connection. The second mobile switching
center (MSC-B) attempts to allocate at least the indicated minimum number
of channels. The second mobile switching enter (MSC-B) transmits to the
first mobile switching center (MSC-A) data about the channels it has
allocated and at least one handover number (HON). The first mobile
switching (MSC-A) may use the same handover number (HON) to perform a
handover to each subchannel. According to a preferred embodiment of the
invention, as many handover numbers (HON) are allocated directly as there
are channels allocated to the connection.