APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MESSAGE FOR HANDOVER TO HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS

摘要

Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a message for a handover to a heterogeneous system in a BWA system. In the method, a neighboring BS information message containing the neighboring heterogeneous system BS information is generated according to the neighboring BS information message generation scheme of the serving system. The serving system BS has only to transmit information about a neighboring BS of the serving system, thus reducing a message overhead. Also, the neighboring heterogeneous system BS has only to transmit its own BS information within the corresponding coverage, thus enabling efficient use of control channel resources.