The method for determining handover in communication

A handover determining method in a communication system is provided to determine handover through an optimum mode, differentiated from a mode of using an existing norm, by using a determinant instead of the norm of a corresponding channel as a reference for determining the handover. A handover determining method comprises the following steps of: estimating channels of base stations having handover possibility by a user terminal(405); respectively calculating transmission rates of the base station by using channel estimation information generated by the channel estimation of the base stations; and determining an optimum base station for handover by comparing the transmission rates(415,420).