Handoff

In cellular telecommunications, the term handoff refers to the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another. In satellite communications it is the process of transferring satellite control responsibility from one earth station to another without loss or interruption of service. The British English term for transferring a cellular call is handover, which is the terminology standardised by 3GPP within such European originated technologies as GSM and UMTS.
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Noun
1. (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate
(hypernym) football play
(classification) American football, American football game

1. In cellular mobile systems, the process of transferring a phone call in progress from one cell transmitter and receiver and frequency pair to another cell transmitter and receiver using a different frequency pair without interruption of the call. 2. In satellite communications, the process of transferring ground-station control responsibility from one ground station to another without loss or interruption of service. (188 )

A Controller action taken to transfer the radar identification of an aircraft from one Controller to another if the aircraft will enter the receiving Controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft will be transferred. (FAA4) (FAA8)

An action taken to transfer the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another if the aircraft will enter the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft will be transferred.