A method, a system and an end-user terminal for providing a handover
between a digital unidirectional data communication domain and a digital
bi-directional data communication domain is disclosed. Exemplary domains
can be a broadcast network such as IP over DVB (Digital Video
Broadcasting) network, or a broadcast mode, in further examples IP over
DVB-T (Terrestrial DVB) or alternatively referred to as IPDC (IP
Datacast), the 3G (The Third Generation for Mobile Communication)
network, in further examples UTRAN (UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Node).
The embodiments apply measurement signalling structure of the
Inter-system handover of ULMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone System) to
control the handover. The measurements of the cell is extended to contain
digital unidirectiona communications domain cells such as IP over DVB
cells, as well as apply these cells to perform the handover. The fact
that one of the network is principally delivering one (unidirectional)
leads to a partial handover where the downlink data of the bi-directional
network is applied in the handover. The unidirectional communications
domain is already in a downlink transmission which knits the handover
with the downlink of the bi-directional domain.