Patent ID: 8391237

Claim:
A wireless communication system configured to support a Media Independent Handover (MIH), the system comprising: an MIH function (MIHF) configured to receive an MIH query message requesting a Layer-2 (L2) information from an MIHF of a neighbor network, and to extract contents from the MIH query message; a converter configured to generate a network specific request message by extracting at least one value from the contents and adding a network specific header and the at least one value, and transmit the network specific request message which includes the contents; and a point of attachment (PoA) configured to provide the L2 information which is requested by the network specific request message, wherein the MIH function and the converter are included in a point of service (PoS), wherein the PoS is configured to be in charge of a connection with a core network in a corresponding network and to operate in an upper position of a plurality of PoAs, and wherein the PoA is configured to be in charge of an L2 connection in a corresponding network.