Handoff method in wireless lan, and access point and mobile station performing handoff method

摘要

A handoff method for a mobile station in a wireless local area network comprises: receiving channel information on access points in an extended service set form a present access point of the mobile station, and scanning channels by using the channel information to select a new access point of the mobile station, wherein the channel information corresponding to each access point of the access points in the extended service set comprises an address of the access point, information on a channel used by the access point, and information on one or more access points adjacent to the access point.