NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A MOBILE STATION

摘要

A network connection method and apparatus for improving network connection performance of a mobile station in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system are provided. The method includes determining whether a cell change from a first cell to a second cell is detected while waiting for a network connection request message, after an acquisition of a synchronization with a first base station associated with the first cell, determining, if the cell change is detected, whether a synchronization is acquired with a second base station associated with the second cell and whether the network connection request message is detected, initiating, if the network connection request message is detected after the synchronization is acquired with the second base station, a network entry procedure, and saving, if the network connection request message is detected before the synchronization is acquired with the second base station, the network connection request message in a buffer.

主权项

1. A network connection apparatus of a mobile station, the apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to process a network connection request message in response to a receipt of a synchronization message, to process a synchronization with a base station in response to a receipt of the network connection request message, to trigger the retrieval of the network connection request message from a buffer, and to manage a network entry procedure with the new base station using the network connection request message saved in the buffer when synchronization is acquired with the new base station after saving the network connection request message; and a buffer configured to store the network connection request message when the network connection request message is detected before the synchronization is acquired with a new base station.