The present invention concerns a method for determining in a wireless cellular telecommunication network in which a half duplex terminal is handled by a first base station, if a second base station is able to handle the half-duplex terminal, characterized in that the method comprises the steps, executed by the half duplex terminal, of: receiving signals from the first base station and from the second base station, determining quality measurements for the signals, determining the time period between the reception of the signal transferred by the first base station and the reception of the signal transferred by the second base station, determining if the second base station is able to handle the half-duplex terminal according to at least the quality measurements and the time period.