it occurs in three stages.
stage 1:in this it(current cell site) searches for the new cell
site near to it(not allocated channel).
stage2:in this it confirms whether a cell site is ready for hand
off.
stage3:in this the hand off occurs.
if it does not get any response from the cell site(in stage 2)
which it is looking for then it prefers for another,if no cell site
is ready for hand off,the signal will be continued by the current
cell site till the stage3 and later the signal is lost.