Patent ID: 8284941

Claim:
A method, comprising: sending, from a first access point, a handover indication message to a second access point indicating that a mobile station is about to be handed over from the first access point to the second access point, where the handover indication message indicates a plurality of security algorithms which the mobile station supports; in response to sending the handover indication message, receiving, at a processor of the first access point, a security requirement message from the second access point indicating that the second access point requires use of a second security algorithm from the plurality of security algorithms which the mobile station supports; and in response to receiving the security requirement message, sending, from the first access point to the mobile station using a first security algorithm, a handover message instructing the mobile station to handover to the second access point and to use the second security algorithm in communication with the second access point, where the first security algorithm is different from the second security algorithm.