HANDOVER METHOD FOR MOBILE WiMAX NETWORK BASED ON HUMAN MOBILITY BEHAVIOR

Handover (HO) method for mobile WiMAX network comprising:

• sending a list of target BSs (base stations) for possible HO acquired by an MSS (mobile subscriber station) to a serving BS;
• providing, at the serving BS, a HO request to the target BSs in the list along with an unique identifier to collect association responses from the target BSs, wherein the unique identifier uniquely identify the MSS;
• providing, at the serving BS, the association responses along with the unique identifier to the MSS so that the MSS performs scanning and ranging processes using the unique identifier;
• performing resource reservation for the MSS for possible HO at the target BSs;
• setting up service flows at a target BS selected among the target BSs;
• bi-casting data from the serving BS to the MS and the selected target BS before the connection break with the serving BS;
• performing, at the MSS, an initializing procedure to connect with the selected target BS as a new serving BS.