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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2006
Ryutaro Hamasaki, Higashikurume, JP;
Masahito Asa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsu Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Mohsin M Mollah, Chiba, JP;
Ryutaro Hamasaki, Higashikurume, JP;
Masahito Asa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsu Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Mohsin M Mollah, Chiba, JP;
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An intermediate station and method for facilitating handover in a multi-hop communications system is disclosed. The method may include receiving a handover trigger, finding a target station to receive handover, determining whether the handover requires a timing change, wherein if it is determined that a preamble and broadcast timing change for one or more downstream stations is required, estimating when the handover will take place, instructing the one or more downstream stations to resynchronize, and performing the handover to the target station.