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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Jeong-jae Won, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyon-goo Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-seok Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/216 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for supporting a handover from a macro Base Station (BS) to a micro BS in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a user layer for requesting scanning information on micro BSs among neighbor BSs and an MIH function for obtaining the scanning information on the micro BSs by interoperating with an MIH server according to the request and for transmitting the obtained information to the user layer. Accordingly, the handover from the macro BS to the micro BS can be achieved.