Patent ID: 8224403

Claim:
A mobile station (MS) for supporting a sleep mode action in a wireless mobile communication system, the MS configured to: receive a message comprising trigger information from a base station (BS), wherein the trigger information includes at least one trigger condition; transmit a sleep request message comprising a first enabled triggered parameter to the BS, wherein the first enabled triggered parameter indicates at least one of a scanning request action, a scanning report action and a handover request action which the MS is able to perform in a sleep mode; receive a sleep response message including a second enabled triggered parameter from the BS, wherein the second enabled triggered parameter indicates at least one of the scanning request action, the scanning report action, and the handover request action which the BS permits to the MS in response to the sleep request message; and perform the at least one of the scanning request action, the scanning report action, and the handover request action indicated by the second enabled triggered parameter when the at least one trigger condition is reached.