Patent ID: 8554228

Claim:
A method of performing a handover of a mobile station from a source base station to a target base station, comprising: determining, at the source base station, a delay of a connection between the source base station and the target base station; computing, at the source base station, a first action time taking into account the determined delay, the first action time specifying a time when the target base station is able to allocate resources to the mobile station for the handover; sending the first action time to the target base station for use by the target base station to allocate resources for the handover; computing a second action time different from the first action time, the second action time also taking into account the determined delay; and sending the second action time to the mobile station to indicate to the mobile station a time at which the mobile station is expected to receive a message from the target base station regarding allocation of resources for the handover.