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Selecting a command node in a heterogeneous communication system

  • US 8,965,371 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2006
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing, from a mobile node to a node in an access network prior to a subsequent handover of the mobile node, a request to have the node provide media independent handover (MIH) command services to the mobile node to control reconfiguration or selection of an appropriate link for the subsequent handover through a set of handover commands, wherein the MIH command services enable a mobility management layer or one or more higher layers to control at least one of physical, data link, and logical link layers during the subsequent handover of the mobile node.

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