Method and apparatus for handover by calculating the distance between a mobile user equipment and an intermediate access point in a wireless communication system

US8971889B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8971889-B2
Application numberUS-201013202321-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 19, 2010
Priority dateFeb 19, 2009
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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A method for supporting a handover on the basis of the distance from an intermediate access point to a user equipment includes receiving uplink message set information of the user equipment from a serving base station of the user equipment; receiving the uplink message transmitted by predetermined transmitting power from the user equipment, and detecting the user equipment which has sent the uplink message on the basis of the uplink message set information; determining the receiving power by which said uplink message is received; calculating the distance between the intermediate access point and the detected user equipment by using said predetermined transmitting power and said receiving power; and performing a subsequent handover based on the distance calculated in the previous step.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for an intermediate access point to perform handover based on a distance between the intermediate access point and a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the intermediate access point from a serving base station (BS) of the MS, first information required to obtain an uplink message of the MS, via a backbone network between the intermediate access point and the serving BS; overhearing, b…

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What does patent US8971889B2 cover?
A method for supporting a handover on the basis of the distance from an intermediate access point to a user equipment includes receiving uplink message set information of the user equipment from a serving base station of the user equipment; receiving the uplink message transmitted by predetermined transmitting power from the user equipment, and detecting the user equipment which has sent the up…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Jung In Uk, Kim Yong Ho, Chun Jin Young, and 4 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W36/32. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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