soft handoff

soft handoff definition - telecom
In cellular radio networks, a handoff process in which the connection is established by the second base station (BS) before being broken by the first as a mobile station (MS) moves out of the range of the first and into the range of the second.This technique is also known as make and break. See also BS, cellular radio, handoff, hard handoff, MS, and radio.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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