Apparatus and method for vertical handover in broadband wireless communication system

摘要

Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a vertical handover in a multi-network wireless communication system. In a method for a vertical handover of a user terminal in a wireless communication system, a vertical handover control module selects a target network for a vertical handover using information about neighboring networks obtained from an information service server through an adaptation module. If the target network is different from a serving network, the vertical handover control module requests collection of target network information to a target network interface communicating with the target network through the adaptation module. The target network interface transmits the target network information collected in response to the information collection request to the vertical handover control module. The vertical handover control module determines a target base station using the collected target network information.