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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Basha Shaik, Suwon-si, KR;
Seong-taek Hwang, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Basha Shaik, Suwon-si, KR;
Seong-Taek Hwang, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Maetan-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of performing softer handover in a broadband wireless communication system. The method includes granting identification numbers to neighbor antennas around a mobile station currently performing communication, and transmitting a neighbor base station advertisement message including the identification numbers of the neighbor antennas, receiving a handover request message including an identification number of a particular antenna from the mobile station, determining if the particular antenna is located within a current coverage area of the base station, and adding the particular antenna to a diversity set and notifying information on multiple antennas included in the diversity set to the base station when the particular antenna is located within the current coverage area of the mobile station; multicasting an identical frame to the multiple antennas included in the diversity set and receiving a handover indication message from the mobile station.