Decision mechanism for handover execution in a cellular radio communications system

The present invention in a plurality of cells partitioned relates to a method for performing a handover decision in a cellular communications system comprising a communication network, communicate with a communication network and each cell communication between a plurality of mobile devices located in a particular cell of the network supported by the at least one access point, the communication network at least one of detecting the need to initiate a handover of the selected target cell from the source cell to the mobile device, and further, the target cell from the source cell of the mobile device, calculating a virtual traffic load indicator for the after executing the virtual handover source cell in, and a virtual traffic load indicator for the target cell after the one from the source cell of the mobile device runs a virtual handover of the target cell calculating and comparing the calculated virtual traffic load indicators, and performs a judgment as to whether or not to enable or Dara the handover to the comparison. The invention also relates to a network element and a communications network comprising means for implementing the method described above.Handover, the source cell, the target cell, the traffic load, mobility, access point