INDICATING ACTION TIMES AND FAST RANGING CAPABILITIES OF TARGET BASE STATIONS
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Abstract
According to one example embodiment, a method may include determining whether each of a plurality of target base stations is capable of providing a fast ranging opportunity to a mobile station served by the serving base station, and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, determining an action time after which the target base station can send an uplink map to the mobile station, the uplink map indicating when the mobile station should send a fast ranging request. The method may also include sending a handover message to the mobile station, the handover message indicating whether each of the plurality of target base stations is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, indicating the action time after which the target base station can send the uplink map to the mobile station.
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123 Claims
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1-77. -77. (canceled)
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78. A method comprising:
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sending, by a serving base station which serves at least one mobile station in a wireless network, a backhaul network handover request message to each of a plurality of target base stations; receiving a backhaul network handover response message from each of the plurality of target base stations, each of the backhaul network handover response messages including an action time; and sending a handover message to a mobile station, the handover message including the action times for each of the plurality of target base stations. - View Dependent Claims (79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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80. (canceled)
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91. (canceled)
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93. The method of 78, wherein the handover message sent to the mobile station includes a handover request message.
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98. (canceled)
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99. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor, the processor being configured to; generate a backhaul network handover request message to send to each of a plurality of target base stations; process a backhaul network handover response message received from each of the plurality of target base stations, each of the backhaul network handover response messages including an action time; and generate a handover message for the serving base station to send to a mobile station, the handover message including the action times for each of the plurality of target base stations.
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122. A computer program product for a serving base station in a wireless network, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer storage medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause the serving base station to:
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send a backhaul network handover request message to each of a plurality of target base stations; receive a backhaul network handover response message from each of the plurality of target base stations, each of the backhaul network handover response messages including an action time; and send a handover message to a mobile station, the handover message including the action times for each of the plurality of target base stations.
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123-142. -142. (canceled)
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