Patent ID: 8228867

Claim:
Method of simplifying, in a wireless network, a handover of a mobile station back to a restricted local access point from an unrestricted global access point, the method implemented by a traffic control unit comprising the steps of: negotiating, with a restricted local access point, a hand over of the mobile station from the restricted local access point to an unrestricted global access point, determining that the restricted local access point is a candidate access point to perform a further hand over based on data provided by the restricted local access point, and ordering the unrestricted global access point to add a neighbor frequency associated with the restricted local access point to an active mode neighbourhood list (AMNL) that includes data regarding one or more other surrounding access points and to inform the mobile station about the restricted local access point to enable the mobile station to consider the further hand over to be performed also to the restricted local access point in addition to the other surrounding access points.