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Handover control method in a wireless access system, relay station and base station

US8903394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2007
Grant dateDec 2, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W16/26
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a handover control method in a wireless access system, a relay station and a base station for performing handover control in a mobile multi-hop relay wireless access system such that the wireless access system is enabled to cover a wider area. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a handover control method in a wireless access system, wherein the wireless access system comprises a mobile station and a base station, which receive and send message via a wireless channel, and further comprises a relay station for forwarding message from the mobile station and the base station under control of the base station, characterized in that the method comprising a relay station measure and arbitration step in which the relay station measures the message and arbitrates whether to relay the message, and a base station measure and handover step in which the base station measures the message and arbitrates whether to perform handover.

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