| 摘要 |
<p>A system, associated with a first access point of a wireless local area network ("LAN"), for achieving handover of a mobile station from the first access point to a second access point of the wireless LAN, a method of operating the first access point to achieve handover and a wireless computer network. The system includes: (1) a wireless transceiver circuit that receives a handover imminent message from the mobile station indicating that the mobile station is about to dissociate from the first access point and associate with the second access point and (2) a network interface that transmits a handover preparation message, including an identifier relating to the mobile station, to the second access point via the LAN that causes the second access point to initiate a process under which the second access point begins to receive and buffer messages destined for the mobile station, the mobile station subsequently dissociating from the first access point and associating with the second access point to achieve the handover.</p> |
