FIELD: physics; communications.
SUBSTANCE: method and device for supporting smooth and uninterrupted handover to a terminal, which receives digital broadcast in a digital broadcast system, are disclosed. The method for handover using a network node involves steps on which a handover request message is received from a terminal, where the said message contains time for assessing signal quality, service ID and cell ID. The terminal receives broadcast from the servicing cell; quality of signals of candidate cells, which provide a service which corresponds to the service ID, is assessed; parametre of the handover candidate is calculated based on the result for assessing quality of candidate cells, where the said parametre indicates time which is accessible for handover with respect to corresponding candidate cells; and the parametre of the handover candidate is sent to the terminal.
EFFECT: network based handover, using an interactive channel in a digital broadcast system.
28 cl, 11 dwg, 1 tbl
