HANDOVER METHOD AND MOBILE STATION

• US 20110164592A1
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Yang, Jiang, Hui, Qu, Hongyun
• Application Number:
  US13/063,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20110164592A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0066 of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0072 of resource information of target access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0077 of access information of target access point

Abstract

A handover method and a mobile station are disclosed in the present invention, and the method includes: the mobile station handing over from a service station to a legacy zone of a target station, and sending a first ranging request message on the legacy zone; the mobile station receiving a first ranging request response message, and acquiring relevant information of the target zone carried in the first ranging request response message; the mobile station switching to the target zone according to the relevant information. The unnecessary procedures in the two handover processes can be reduced and the handover efficiency of the compatible telecommunication system can be enhanced through above technical scheme.

Claims

1. A handover method, which is used for a mobile station handing over from a serving station to a target zone of a target station, comprising:

the mobile station handing over from the serving station to a legacy zone of the target station, and sending a first ranging request message in the legacy zone;

the mobile station receiving a first ranging request response message, and acquiring relevant information of the target zone carried in the first ranging request response message; and

the mobile station switching to the target zone according to the relevant information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the mobile station sending the first ranging request message in the legacy zone, the method further comprises:

acquiring an uplink parameter after the synchronization between the mobile station and the legacy zone, and sending a first initial ranging code, wherein, in the case that the first ranging code is a random ranging code, a random access method is employed to send the random ranging code; and

the mobile station receiving a initial ranging response information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the mobile station sending the first ranging request message in the legacy zone, the method further comprises:

the mobile station sending a first initial ranging code on a pre-allocated ranging resource after the synchronization between the mobile station and the legacy zone, wherein in the case that the first initial ranging code is a specified ranging code, a random access method is employed to send a random ranging code;

in the case that the first initial ranging code is a random ranging code, a method of transmission on specified time slot is employed to send the random ranging code; and

in the case that the first initial ranging code is the specified ranging code, the method of transmission on the specified time slot is employed to send the specified ranging code; and

the mobile station receiving the initial ranging response information.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the process that the mobile station sends the first ranging request information in the legacy zone is embodied as:

the mobile station sending the first ranging request message on the pre-allocated resource in the legacy zone;

or the mobile station sending the first ranging request message according to the initial ranging response information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the relevant information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following:

ranging resource information of the target zone, connection information of the target zone, and parameter information of the target zone.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the ranging resource information of the target zone is a competitive ranging resource or a non-competitive ranging resource.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the ranging resource information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following:

a time parameter, a frequency parameter, a sub-channel parameter, a base station identifier, a preamble parameter, a handover identifier of the target zone, and a ranging code parameter.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the connection information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following:

an identifier of the mobile station in the target zone, a connection identifier, data corresponding to each connection identifier, and a pre-allocated basic connection identifier of the mobile station in the target zone.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the parameter information of the target zone comprises at least one of the following:

handover mode, handover operation mode, resource retaining identifier, handover indication allocation identifier, handover optimization indication information, network assistant handover support information, and serve level prediction information.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the mobile station switches to the target zone according to the relevant information, the method further comprises:

the mobile station sending a second ranging request message to the target zone.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein before the mobile station sends the second ranging request message to the target zone, the method further comprises:

the mobile station sending the second initial ranging code on ranging resource pre-allocated by an association operation after the synchronization between the mobile station and the target zone, wherein in the case that the second initial ranging code is a random ranging code, a random access method is employed to send the random ranging code;

in the case that the second initial ranging code is a specified ranging code, the random access method is employed to send the specified ranging code;

in the case that the second initial ranging code is the random ranging code, a method of transmission on specified time slot is employed to send the random ranging code; and

in the case that the second initial ranging code is the specified ranging code, the method of transmission on the specified time slot is employed to send the specified ranging code; and

the mobile station receiving the initial ranging response information.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the process that the mobile station sends the second ranging request message to the target zone is embodied as:

the mobile station sending the second ranging request message on the pre-allocated resource in the target zone;

or

the mobile station sending the second ranging request message according to adjusted initial ranging response information.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein after the mobile station sends the second ranging request message to the target zone, the method further comprises:

the mobile station receiving the ranging response message, and acquiring at least one of ranging resource information, adjustment parameters, and success indication of initial ranging in the ranging response message.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station is a mobile station supporting both old communication protocol and new communication protocol, the serving station is a base station or relay station supporting the old communication protocol, and the target station is a base station or relay station supporting both old communication protocol and new communication protocol, wherein the legacy zone of the target station utilizes the old communication protocol to provide service for the mobile station supporting the old communication protocol, and the target zone of the target station supports the new communication protocol.

16. The method according to claim 3, wherein the process that the mobile station sends the first ranging request information in the legacy zone is embodied as:

the mobile station sending the first ranging request message on the pre-allocated resource in the legacy zone;

or the mobile station sending the first ranging request message according to the initial ranging response information.

15. A mobile station, which is configured to be hand over from a serving station to a target zone of a target station, comprising:

a first handover module, configured to make the mobile station hand over from the serving station to a legacy zone of the target station;

a sending module, configured to send a first ranging request message to the legacy zone;

a receiving module, configured to receive a first ranging request response message, and acquire relevant information of the target zone carried in the first ranging request response message; and

a second handover module, configured to make the mobile station switch to the target zone according to the relevant information.