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spc476 on Feb 20, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: F.C.C. to Try Again on Net Neutrality

Is that while a call is in progress? That sounds like what happens when a cell phone that is not in use, transfers from switch to switch like you describe.

Or the instructor I had taught us outdated information.

chronomex on Feb 20, 2014 [–]

Handover is for established calls. I'm not surprised your instructor wasn't quite spot-on, GSM is not a simple protocol.

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