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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Gyou-Hwan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Woon-Kyun Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Han-Seok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kwang-Seon Yoo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Won-Seok Choi, Seoul, KR;
Kyung-Wan Han, Seongnam-si, KR;
Young-Jip Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sang-Yeon Won, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a method for performing handover by a STAtion (STA) in a radio Local Access Network (LAN) communication system. The method includes sending a Network Controlled HandOver Setup Request Information Element (Ncho Setup Req IE) message indicating that the STA is to perform a scan operation using a controlled scan scheme, to a serving Access Point (AP); receiving a Network Controlled HandOver Setup Response Information Element (Ncho Setup Rsp IE) message including a scan parameter related to a controlled scan operation of the STA, from the serving AP; and broadcasting a probe request message to the serving AP and neighbor APs over channels according to the scan parameter included in the Ncho Setup Rsp IE message.