HandoverinDigitalVideoBroadcastingforHandhelds(DVB-H)aimstoprovidecontinuousmobilebroadcastingserviceswhenauseristravelingthroughcellboundaries.Agoodhandovercontrolcanimprovethepowerefficiencyandgainmuchbetterreceptionquality.ThisletterprovidesanovelapproachforDVB-HhandoverbasedonDVB-H/UniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystem(UMTS)hybridnetwork,whichmovesthemainhandoverfunctionfromtheterminalstothenetworks,sothatitreducestheoperationcomplexityoftheterminalsandincreasesthepowersaving.WhentheterminalcannotreceivetheDVB-Hsignalinthetransmissionshadowareasorbecauseofsomeotherreasons,theUMTSnetworksmayofferthesameservicetouserstomaketheservicecontinuous.AstheUMTSnetworkshavethetopologyoftheDVB-Hnetworks,bycommunicatingwiththeterminals,theUMTSnetworkscanhelptheterminalstopredictthehandover,andavoidunnecessaryhandover.
