Patent ID: 8140076

Claim:
A method for facilitating a mobile station to perform a fast handoff, comprising: obtaining a neighbor list, the neighbor list including a list of member base stations; determining whether a member base station of the neighbor list is a successful target base station based on historical data; if the member base station is not the successful target base station, scanning the member base station and measuring a signal quality associated with the member base station, and sending a measurement report for the member base station when the signal quality meets a standard signal quality threshold; and if the member base station is the successful target base station, scanning the member base station and measuring the signal quality associated with the member base station, determining whether the member base station can pre-reserve air interface resources, and if the member base station can pre-reserve air interface resources, sending the measurement report for the member base station when the signal quality meets a lower signal quality threshold, wherein the lower signal quality threshold is lower than the standard signal quality threshold.