Patent ID: 8867488

Claim:
A method for non-WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) network to WiMAX network handover, comprising: obtaining by a terminal from an information server, information of a non-WiMAX network to WiMAX network handover manner of the terminal being handed over from a virtual WiMAX base station to a target base station, wherein the information of the non-WiMAX network to WiMAX network handover manner is supported by the virtual WiMAX base station, and the information of the non-WiMAX network to WiMAX network handover manner comprises at least one of information indicating initiate handover and information indicating idle mode handover; and sending by the terminal, a corresponding message to the virtual WiMAX base station according to the information of the non-WiMAX network to WiMAX network handover manner, so that the terminal is handed over from the virtual WiMAX base station to the target base station according to the information of the non-WiMAX network to WiMAX network handover manner; and wherein the obtaining the information of the non-WiMAX network to WiMAX network handover manner of the terminal being handed over from the virtual WiMAX base station to the target base station comprises: sending a query request message to the information server, wherein the query request message comprises at least one of position information of the terminal and identifier information of the target base station, so that the information server locates, according to the position information, a base station available for the terminal and the virtual WiMAX base station capable of interacting with the base station; or the information server locates, according to the identifier information of the target base station, the virtual WiMAX base station capable of interacting with the target base station; and receiving a query response message, wherein the query response message is returned by the information server in response to the query request message, wherein the query response message comprises the information of the non-WiMAX network to WiMAX network handover manner of the terminal being handed over from the virtual WiMAX base station to the target base station.