Patent ID: 7933245

Claim:
A wireless station comprising: a media independent handover (MIH) device configured to produce handover information messages; and an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.xx management entity (ME) device coupled to the MIH device, the IEEE 802.xx ME device coupled to an IEEE 802.xx medium access control (MAC) layer device and an IEEE 802.xx physical (PHY) layer device, and an IEEE 802.xx management ME device configured to process handover information messages produced by the MIH device; wherein the MIH device is further configured to communicate with the IEEE 802.xx MAC layer device and the IEEE 802.xx PHY layer device via the IEEE 802.xx management ME device, and to send the handover information messages to another MIH device, wherein the IEEE 802.xx ME device comprises: a MAC ME device configured to communicate with the IEEE 802.xx MAC layer device; and a PHY ME device configured to communicate with the IEEE 802.xx PHY layer device; wherein the MIH device is further configured to communicate with at least one of the MAC ME device or the PHY ME device.