Abstract: In a cellular radio communications system, handoff of a mobile terminal from a serving base station to an adjacent base station is performed using two separate fuzzy logic procedures for handoff triggering and handoff targeting. For triggering, inputs to the fuzzy logic procedure are the signal strength for communications with the serving base station, a time since a failure to complete execution of a handoff, and, for mobile-assisted handoff (MAHO), signal strengths of communications between the mobile terminal and each of the adjacent base stations. If handoff is triggered, then handoff targeting is performed at a central unit. For targeting, inputs to the fuzzy logic procedure are the monitored signal strengths between the mobile terminal and each of the adjacent base stations, supplied either from the mobile terminal using MAHO or from the base stations, and the current loads of the adjacent base stations.