METHOD OF COMMUNICATION SUPPORTING MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER
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Abstract
The present invention relates to performing handover of a mobile terminal to a network. Preferably, the present invention generates a first heterogeneous protocol message from a heterogeneous network handover module to a medium access control (MAC) of the mobile terminal, wherein the heterogeneous network handover module is configured to provide convergence of information from at least one network interface module associated with one of a homogeneous and heterogeneous network into a unified presentation. A management request associated with a handover process is then transmitted to a serving network, wherein the management request comprises the first heterogeneous protocol message. Accordingly, messages can be remotely exchanged via a radio section between heterogeneous network handover modules of a mobile terminal and a serving network. Therefore, messages are transferred faster and media independent handover is performed more quickly.
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37 Claims
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26. A method for processing data in a mobile terminal of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
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receiving a service flow creation request primitive from an upper layer entity of the mobile terminal at a lower layer entity, the lower layer entity comprising a convergence sublayer (CS) and the upper layer entity including a media independent handover function (MIHF) which provides services for handover between heterogeneous networks; transmitting a request from the lower layer entity of the mobile terminal to a network in response to the service flow creation request primitive, wherein the request is associated with creation of a service flow to communicate a protocol message between the mobile terminal and the network; receiving a response from the network after transmitting the request, wherein the response is associated with the creation of the service flow; and transferring a service flow creation response primitive from the lower layer entity to the upper layer entity of the mobile terminal after receiving the response. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A mobile terminal for use in a mobile communication system, the mobile terminal comprising:
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an upper layer entity including a media independent handover function (MIHF) which provides services for handover between heterogeneous networks; and a lower layer entity comprising a convergence sublayer (CS), the lower layer entity receiving a service flow creation request primitive from the upper layer entity, transmitting a request to a network in response to the service flow creation request primitive, and transferring a service flow creation response primitive to the upper layer entity of the mobile terminal after receiving a response to the request from the network, wherein the request and the response are associated with creation of a service flow to communicate a protocol message between the mobile terminal and the network. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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