Patent ID: 7710924

Claim:
A method of performing a media independent handover (MIH) in a MIH module of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: transmitting a first MIH message to a serving network, wherein the first MIH message includes a first parameter indicating a first link type of a target network and first information of the target network for handover; receiving a second MIH message in response to the first MIH message from the serving network, wherein the second MIH message includes a second parameter indicating a second link type of the target network and second information of the target network for handover; transmitting a third MIH message to the serving network, wherein the third MIH message includes a first link action parameter related to at least one link action to be executed in a handover procedure; and receiving a fourth MIH message from the serving network, wherein the fourth MIH message includes a second link action parameter containing a result of the at least one link action, wherein the first link action parameter is set to retain a link resource for a link connection between the mobile terminal and the serving network after the link connection is disconnected.