Method for performing handover by considering quality of service in broadband mobile communication system and system for providing the same
First Claim
1. A method for performing a handover of a mobile station (MS) in a broadband mobile communication system, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving information about respective neighbor base stations and reception strengths for the respective neighbor base stations from a Serving Radio Access System (RAS) currently communicating with the MS;
(b) extracting a value of at least one specific field from the received information about the neighbor base stations, said information including a base station utilization level;
(c) combining the extracted value regarding base station utilization level of the neighbor base stations with respective reception strengths of the neighbor base station to obtain respective combined values, the method of combining favoring higher reception strength and lower utilization level, wherein the utilization level provides a greater contribution to the combined value than the reception strength; and
(d) selecting a maximum value from among the combined values in step (c);
(e) selecting a base station corresponding to the selected maximum value from the neighbor base stations; and
(f) transmitting a handover request message to the selected base station.
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Abstract
A system and method for performing a handover of a mobile station (MS) by considering Quality of Service (QoS) in a broadband mobile communication system. The method can include the steps of: receiving information about one or more neighbor base stations and reception strengths for the neighbor base stations from a Serving Radio Access System (RAS) currently communicating with the MS; extracting a value of a specific field from the received information about the neighbor base stations; combining the extracted value of the specific field with the reception strengths to thereby obtain combined values, and selecting a maximum value among the combined values; and transmitting a handover (handoff) request message to a base station corresponding to the selected maximum value. The system includes an MS that analyzes information about neighbor stations received in a Mobile Neighbor Base-station Advertisement (MOB_NBR_ADV) message to select a target RAS.
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1. A method for performing a handover of a mobile station (MS) in a broadband mobile communication system, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving information about respective neighbor base stations and reception strengths for the respective neighbor base stations from a Serving Radio Access System (RAS) currently communicating with the MS; (b) extracting a value of at least one specific field from the received information about the neighbor base stations, said information including a base station utilization level; (c) combining the extracted value regarding base station utilization level of the neighbor base stations with respective reception strengths of the neighbor base station to obtain respective combined values, the method of combining favoring higher reception strength and lower utilization level, wherein the utilization level provides a greater contribution to the combined value than the reception strength; and (d) selecting a maximum value from among the combined values in step (c); (e) selecting a base station corresponding to the selected maximum value from the neighbor base stations; and (f) transmitting a handover request message to the selected base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing a handover in a broadband mobile communication system, comprising:
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an MS for; receiving information about one or more neighbor base stations and respective reception strengths of said one or more neighbor base stations, extracting a value of a specific field from the received information, the value being associated with a utilization level of a corresponding one of the one or more neighbor base stations, and determining a handover to a base station from among the neighbor base stations said determining comprising; combining the utilization level with a reception strength of a corresponding neighboring base station to obtain a combined value for each neighbor base station, said combined value formulated to favor high reception strength and low utilization, wherein the utilization level provides a greater contribution to the combined value than the reception strength; selecting the base station having a maximum combined value as a base station to handover to; and a Serving Radio Access System (RAS) for; monitoring a number of users and a utilization level of said one or more neighbor base stations, collecting and generating information about said one or more neighbor base stations by using the monitored information, and transmitting the generated information about said one or more neighbor base stations to the MS according to a predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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