Location-assisted network entry, scan, and handover

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H - Electricity

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H04W 36/32 (2009.01)

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CA 2735663

Methods and apparatus for using a location of a mobile station (MS) to assist network entry and initialization, scanning, and/or handover operations in a radio access technology (RAT), such as WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), are provided. The location of the MS may be ascertained by determining the Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of the MS internally or by receiving the location from a GPS device external to the MS. Knowledge of the current or future location of the MS may reduce the amount of base station (BS) information transmitted to the MS; may reduce the power consumption and the amount of time spent during network entry, scanning, or handover; and may increase the bandwidth usage efficiency.

Linvention concerne des procédés et un appareil permettant dutiliser un emplacement dune station mobile (MS) pour faciliter lentrée réseau et linitialisation, le balayage et/ou les opérations de transfert dans une technologie daccès radio (RAT) telle que le WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access). Lemplacement de la MS peut être établi en déterminant les coordonnées GPS (système mondial de localisation) de la MS en interne ou en recevant lemplacement dun dispositif GPS externe à la MS. La connaissance de lemplacement actuel ou futur de la MS permet de réduire la quantité dinformations de station de base (BS) transmises à la MS, de réduire la consommation dénergie et la quantité de temps utilisée pour lentrée réseau, le balayage ou le transfert, et daugmenter lefficacité dutilisation de la bande passante.

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