Apparatuses and methods for handovers between heterogeneous networks

A mobile communication device, comprising:

• a first processing logic unit configured to connect the mobile communication device to a first wireless network for wireless transceiving via a first link;
• a second processing logic unit configured to scan for a nearby second wireless network with a current signal quality, wherein the first wireless network and the second wireless network are heterogeneous networks;
• a third processing logic unit configured to apply a condition check on the current signal quality of the second wireless network according to a result of whether the mobile communication device was previously connected to the second wireless network prior to being connected to the first wireless network;
• and
• a fourth processing logic unit configured to hand over the mobile communication device from the first wireless network to the second wireless network in response to passing of the condition check,
• wherein the condition check comprises:
• determining whether the current signal quality of the second wireless network is greater than a predetermined threshold, if the mobile communication device was not previously connected to the second wireless network prior to being connected to the first wireless network;
• and
• determining whether the current signal quality of the second wireless network is greater than the sum of a previous signal quality of the second wireless network, which was obtained when the mobile communication device was previously connected to the second wireless network prior to being connected to the first wireless network, and a margin value for eliminating a ping-pong effect.