Handover management apparatus and method for heterogeneous wireless networks

摘要

A handover management apparatus and method for heterogeneous networks is provided. The handover management method includes receiving a handover request notification from a serving access node (AN) that is located in a first wireless network and connected to a mobile node (MN) and extracting information from the received handover request notification. The extracted information relates to a target AN that is located in a second wireless network heterogeneous from the first wireless network. The method further includes changing the target AN, which is discovered from the extracted information, to an AN of the MN and storing information associating the mobile node with the target access node.