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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Inuk Jung, Anyang-si, KR;
Yongho Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Kiseon Ryu, Anyang-si, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A handover performing method and apparatus are provided to allow a terminal to effectively perform handover when it moves from a cell of a base station supporting a legacy system to a cell of a base station supporting an advanced system. The method for performing handover by a terminal, includes: acquiring information regarding a target base station through scanning; transmitting a ranging request message including indication information indicating direct handover to the target base station to the target base station; receiving a ranging response message including a handover procedure optimization flag from the target base station; and performing a network entry procedure toward the target base station according to the handover procedure optimization flag, wherein, in the network entry procedure, a key agreement procedure with the target base station is performed by using first authentication information which has been used in a connection with a serving base station.