Handover between sites is perhaps the main feature of mobile phone networks. These occur when a mobile phone seamlessly switches its network connection from one site to another as a phone moves. As users, we take it for granted that this just works, but we have all experienced cases when handovers fail -- dropped calls.
When the phone is idle as you are walking or driving down the highway, you aren’t going to notice if the handover doesn’t happen perfectly. Your phone can lose connection briefly and then find a new site to connect to without you ever knowing. That text message would arrive ...
2023