A system for mobile communication, based on code division multiple access
includes base stations, each of which communicates with mobile stations
by using a plurality of radio frequencies covering respective cells, the
respective cells including a first cell covered by a first radio
frequency and a second cell covered by a second radio frequency. The
system further includes a base-station controller which communicates with
the base stations, and controls the mobile stations to switch from the
first cell of a first base station to the first cell of a second base
station via a soft hand-off operation and switch between the first cell
and the second cell within any base station via a hard hand-off
operation, the base-station controller providing the mobile stations with
no direct switch between the second cell of the first base station and
the second cell of the second base station.