Method for handoff during connected mode of a multimode mobile station in mixed deployment
First Claim
1. A method for handover of a multimode mobile station, the method comprising:
- performing, by the multimode mobile station, a handover from a legacy base station to a legacy zone of an advanced base station (ABS); and
performing, by the multimode mobile station, a zone switch for switching from the legacy zone of the ABS to an advanced zone of the ABS,wherein performing the zone switch comprises;
transmitting, by the multimode mobile station, a ranging request message including MAC version information indicating a capability of the multimode mobile station, to the ABS; and
receiving, by the multimode mobile station, a ranging response message including zone switch information indicating the zone switch to the advanced zone of the ABS from the legacy zone of the ABS, from the ABS.
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Abstract
Methods for handoff of a multimode mobile station (MS). The MS, in connected mode, moves from a cell of a legacy base station to a cell of an ABS and scans base stations from a list of neighboring base stations, wherein at least the ABS is listed as another legacy base station in the list of neighboring base stations. The MS performs the handoff to connect to a legacy zone of the ABS. Further, the multimode MS switching from the legacy zone of the ABS to a advanced zone of the ABS based on a Zone Switch request or command is triggered by either the multimode MS or the ABS. The Zone Switch request is triggered after detecting capabilities of either the multimode MS or the ABS that they support advanced zone. The capabilities are detected by using MAC versions of the multimode MS and the ABS or an indicator for the advanced zone. The multimode MS can also performs handoff to the advanced zone from the cell of the legacy base station by receiving one or more information for ranging in the advanced zone from the ABS during the handoff.
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55 Claims
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1. A method for handover of a multimode mobile station, the method comprising:
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performing, by the multimode mobile station, a handover from a legacy base station to a legacy zone of an advanced base station (ABS); and performing, by the multimode mobile station, a zone switch for switching from the legacy zone of the ABS to an advanced zone of the ABS, wherein performing the zone switch comprises; transmitting, by the multimode mobile station, a ranging request message including MAC version information indicating a capability of the multimode mobile station, to the ABS; and receiving, by the multimode mobile station, a ranging response message including zone switch information indicating the zone switch to the advanced zone of the ABS from the legacy zone of the ABS, from the ABS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for handover of a multimode mobile station, comprising:
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receiving, by an advanced base station (ABS) comprising a legacy zone and an advanced zone, a ranging request message including MAC version information indicating a capability of the multimode mobile station, from the multimode mobile station; and transmitting, by the ABS, a ranging response message including zone switch information indicating a zone switch to the advanced zone of the ABS from the legacy zone of the ABS, to the multimode mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus of a multimode mobile station, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to perform a handover from a legacy base station to a legacy zone of an advanced base station (ABS), and perform a zone switch for switching from the legacy zone of the ABS to an advanced zone of the ABS; and a transceiver, wherein the one or more processors are configured to transmit a ranging request message including MAC version information indicating a capability of the multimode mobile station, to the ABS, and wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a ranging response message including zone switch information indicating the zone switch to the advanced zone of the ABS from the legacy zone of the ABS, from the ABS. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An apparatus for handover of a multimode mobile station in an advanced base station (ABS) comprising a legacy zone and an advanced zone, comprising:
a transceiver configured to; receive a ranging request message including MAC version information indicating a capability of the multimode mobile station, from the multimode mobile station; and transmit a ranging response message including zone switch information indicating a zone switch to the advanced zone of the ABS from the legacy zone of the ABS, to the multimode mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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