Packet-switched handover

An apparatus being configured

• to handle provision of packet-switched services for a mobile station in a cell based on a set of information relating to provision of packet-switched services and a protocol for handling provision of packet-switched services, and
• to initiate preparations for a packet-switched handover of the mobile station to said cell upon receipt of a message requesting creation of a set of information relating to provision of packet-switched services for the mobile station, said message being a message of the protocol for handling provision of packet-switched services.

A network element, said network element being configured

• to handle provision of packet-switched services for mobile stations in at least a cell using a protocol for handling provision of packet-switched services, and
• to send, in response to receipt of a message indicating a request for a packet-switched handover of a mobile station to the cell from a further cell, to the cell a message requesting creation of a set of information relating to provision of packet-switched services for the mobile station in the cell.

An apparatus being configured

• to provide packet-switched services for a mobile station based on a set of information relating to provision of packet-switched services and a protocol for handling provision of packet-switched services for mobile stations, said protocol being a protocol between a cell and a respective control network element,
• to receive from a first cell in a control network element a first message indicating a request for a packet-switched handover for a mobile station in the first cell, and
• to send, in response to said first message, to a second cell a second message requesting creation of a set of information relating to provision of packet-switched services for the mobile station in the second cell, the second message being a message of said protocol for handling provision of packet-switched services for mobile stations.