Patent ID: 8750874
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a mobile station to perform a handover process in a wireless multi-hop communication network, the method comprising: requesting neighborhood communication information regarding channel condition among access stations in a neighborhood of the mobile station, the neighborhood communication information being requested in an instance in which the mobile station is served by a first station in the wireless multi-hop communication network and wherein the first station is mounted in a vehicle; requesting a scanning process, and in response thereto, receiving a messaging to reject the scanning process, the messaging setting a duration of the scanning process to zero; receiving at the mobile station in response to the request, communication information related to a link between the first station and a second station in the wireless multi-hop communication network, the communication information having been obtained by the first station during an uplink synchronization with the second station; and configuring the mobile station to switch from the first station to the second station based on the received communication information.