Patent ID: 9078189
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of performing inter-mobile station handover in a radio access system, the method performed by a source mobile station (MS) and comprising: receiving reference signals for channel measurement from one or more MSs, while performing inter-MS communication with a first MS; measuring channel quality between the source MS and the one or more MSs using the reference signals for channel measurement; transmitting, to a base station (BS), information about the measured channel quality between the source MS and the one or more MSs; receiving an inter-MS handover indication message and information indicating a second MS among the one or more MSs, from the BS; and performing an inter-MS handover from the first MS to the second MS according to the inter-MS handover indication message, wherein the second MS is determined by the BS based on the information about the measured channel quality between the source MS and the one or more MSs.