Patent ID: 8634835

Claim:
An information processing method, comprising: receiving, by a first base station, a handover request message from a second base station; determining, by the first base station, whether the handover request message is an initial handover request message directly sent by a source base station in a handover process or a forwarded handover request message; and saving, by the first base station, a user equipment, (UE), context in the handover request message so as to become a base station that can be accessed by the UE if the a result of the determining is that the handover request message is the forwarded handover request message, wherein the determining source comprises: obtaining information of a base station last visited by the UE from a UE history information element in the received handover request message, wherein the last visited base station is the source base station; and comparing, whether the source base station and the second base station are a same base station; if the source base station and the second base station are the same base station, determining that the handover request message is the initial handover request message directly sent by the source base station in the handover process; and if the source base station and the second base station are not the same base station determining that the handover request message is the forwarded handover request message; whereby forwarding, by the first base station, the handover request message to neighboring base stations, wherein the handover request message carries the number of times that the handover request message is forwarded; and if the result is that the handover request message is the forwarded handover request message, obtaining, by the first base station, the number of times that the handover request message is forwarded, wherein the number of times is carried in the handover request message, and comparing the number of times with a preset threshold of the number of times of forwarding; and if the number of times of being forwarded is less than the threshold of the number of times of forwarding, adding one to the number of times in the handover request message and forwarding the handover request message to its neighboring base stations.