The present invention provides a method for managing in a mobile subscriber the
traffic flow of a communication connection during a cell reselection. The method
includes communicating via a communication connection with a first cell, and monitoring
communication conditions, while communicating with the first cell. An approximate
time is then determined, when conditions associated with the flow of communication
via the communication connection with the first cell is consistent with transferring
the flow of communication to a communication connection with a second cell. The
mobile subscriber then establishes a communication connection with the second cell,
while maintaining the communication connection with the first cell. The method
further includes routing the flow of the communication from the communication connection
with the first cell to the communication connection with the second cell, and releasing
by the mobile subscriber the communication connection with the first cell, proximate
the time that the flow of communication is routed from the communication connection
with the first cell to the communication connection with the second cell.
