Patent ID: 8477726
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for Mobile Station (MS) handover, the method comprising: sending, by a serving Multi-hop Relay Base Station (MR-BS), service information of a MS and service information of a Relay Station (RS) to the RS; receiving, by the serving MR-BS, handover-assisting information from the RS served by the serving MR-BS, wherein the handover-assisting information comprises association information of the MS, wherein the association information being Uplink Physical Layer (UL PHY) quality information of the MS, wherein the handover-assisting information further comprises a result of judgment by the RS about whether the RS is suitable for being a target station of the MS, and the result of the judgment about whether the RS is suitable for being the target station of the MS is made by the RS according to the service information of the MS and the service information of the RS sent by the serving MR-BS; and determining, by the serving MR-BS, whether to recommend the RS to the MS as a target station according to the handover-assisting information.