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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2013
Applicant:

Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Meng-Shiuan Pan, New Taipei, TW;

Tzu-Ming Lin, Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 36/04 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of enhancing handover by using chain handover over a wireless connection, for use in a plurality of moving devices, is introduced. In the method, a control message is received by one of a plurality of moving devices. A report message is transmitted by the one of the plurality of moving devices, in which the one of the plurality of moving devices sets in a state for group handover and represents all others of the plurality of moving devices for a handover decision. It is determined that a part or all of the plurality of moving devices are allowed to perform the group handover according to the report message. The part or all of the plurality of moving devices allowed to perform the group handoversequentially perform a handover procedure after receiving a reconfiguration message.


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