Patent ID: 8730908
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of supporting a handover of a terminal in a serving point of service (PoS), the method comprising: receiving a first query on resources of candidate networks from the terminal; transmitting second queries on the resources of the candidate networks to PoSs of the candidate networks; receiving responses to the second queries from the PoSs of the candidate networks; transmitting a response to the first query to the terminal; receiving a request for a handover commitment toward a target network from the terminal, the target network being selected from among the candidate networks; and notifying a handover of the terminal to a PoS of the target network, wherein information on neighboring networks including the candidate networks is obtained, at the terminal, by requesting the information to a network information server and receiving a response to the request for the information from the network information server.