Patent ID: 7747252
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a handover request in a wireless network, the method comprising: sending a first message by a first base station to a mobile station, the first message including a first handover request; receiving a second message by the first base station from the mobile station, the second message including a second handover request, the second handover request including an indicator indicating whether the second message has been sent from the mobile station in response to a third handover request, wherein the indicator comprises an indication variable, the indication variable capable of being equal to different values, wherein: processing information associated with the second message by the first base station; determining whether the second message has been sent from the mobile station in response to the third handover request based on at least information associated with the second message; and if the second message is determined to have been sent from the mobile station in response to the third handover request, sending a third message to the mobile station with respect to the second message, the third message including a first handover response, wherein the first handover response includes information associated with at least a second base station to which the mobile station is requested to be handed over from the first base station.