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Handover or location update for optimization for relay stations in a wireless network

  • US 8,140,077 B2
  • Filed: 04/19/2006
  • Issued: 03/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • sending, by an apparatus to a first base station, a request to handover a plurality of mobile stations from the first base station to a second base station;

    receiving, by the apparatus in a single message received from at least one of the first base station and the second base station, an identifier associated with the second base station for each of the plurality of mobile stations;

    determining an identifier associated with the first base station for each of the plurality of mobile stations;

    performing a mapping between the identifiers associated with the first base station and corresponding identifiers associated with the second base station; and

    communicating with each mobile station using the identifier of the each mobile station that is associated with the first base station, and communicating with the second base station using the identifier of the each mobile station that is associated with the second base station, based on the mapping.

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