Indicating action times and fast ranging capabilities of target base stations

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor, the processor being configured to:
• perform capability negotiation with a mobile station to determine whether the mobile station is capable of processing multiple action times;
• generate a backhaul network handover request message to send to each of a plurality of target base stations;
• process a backhaul network handover response message received from each of the plurality of target base stations, each of the backhaul network handover response messages including an action time associated with the target base station from which the backhaul network handover response message is received;
• and
• generate a handover message for the apparatus to send to the mobile station, the handover message including the action times associated with the plurality of target base stations,
• wherein at least one of the backhaul network handover response messages includes at least two action times associated with the target base station from which the backhaul network handover response message is received.

A computer program product for a serving base station in a wireless network, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer storage medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause the serving base station to:

• perform capability negotiation with a mobile station to determine whether the mobile station is capable of processing multiple action times;
• send a backhaul network handover request message to each of a plurality of target base stations;
• receive a backhaul network handover response message from each of the plurality of target base stations, each of the backhaul network handover response messages including an action time associated with the target base station from which the backhaul network handover response message is received;
• and
• send a handover message to the mobile station, the handover message including the action times associated with the plurality of target base stations,
• wherein at least one of the backhaul network handover response messages includes at least two action times associated with the target base station from which the backhaul network handover response message is received.