Selecting a command node in a heterogeneous communication system
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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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Abstract
The present invention provides a method involving at least one mobile node and a heterogeneous network comprising a plurality of access nodes. One embodiment of the method includes providing at least one first message including information indicative of a selected access node. The access node is selected to provide command services to the at least one mobile node.
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a mobile node at a node in an access network prior to a subsequent handover of the mobile node, a request for the node to provide media independent handover (MIH) command services to the mobile node, 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, and wherein receiving the request comprises receiving information indicating that the mobile node has selected the node in the access network to provide the MIH command services to control reconfiguration or selection of an appropriate link for the subsequent handover through a set of handover commands. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
providing, from a mobile node to a node in an access network, a request to have the node provide media independent handover (MIH) command services to the mobile node, wherein the MIH command services enable a mobility management layer or one or more higher layers to control at least of one of physical, data link, and logical link layers, and wherein the MIH command services enable the mobility management layer or the one or more higher layers to control reconfiguration or selection of an appropriate link for a handover of the mobile node through a set of handover commands.
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