Abstract: A method of updating an IP address of an idle mode mobile subscriber station in an IP based broadband wireless access system and method of transmitting information for updating the IP address are disclosed. In updating an IP address of a mobile subscriber moving away into a second base station area from a first base station area in a broadband wireless access system, the present invention includes the steps of in the first base station area, entering an idle mode, in the second base station area, receiving information about an IP address update in the idle mode, and according to the received information, changing or retaining an IP address.

Abstract: A method of supporting operation of sleep mode in a wideband radio access system is disclosed. More specifically, a mobile subscriber station (MSS) which determines a frame offset information for synchronizing listening windows of at least one MSS that is in sleep mode, and transmits the determined framed offset information to at least one MSS.

Abstract: A method of updating channel information by a mobile station (MS) that is in power saving mode is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the MS which receives status information of a first channel descriptor and transmission frame information which includes when the first channel descriptor is to be transmitted. Furthermore, the MS compares status information of the first channel descriptor with status infonnation of a second channel descriptor. Here, the second chanmel descriptor is stored in the MS, Lastly, if the compared status information are different, the MS receives the first channel descriptor according to the transmission frame information.

Abstract: A method of performing actions related to handover by a mobile station (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the MS receives information from a base station (BS), wherein the information includes at least one action for performing handover and at least one condition corresponding to the at least one action. Furthermore, the MS transmits a request message to perform the at least one action based on the received information from the BS and receives a response message in response to the request message. Lastly, the MS performs the at least one action according to the received response message.

Abstract: A method of supporting multiple code types in a wireless mobile communication system is disclosed. More specifically, a mobile station (MS) receives a channel descriptor from a base station (BS), wherein the channel descriptor includes at least one burst profile which includes a code type and an interval usage code. Thereafter, the MS, first, recognizes the code type which includes information on coding scheme to be used by the BS or the MS, and recognizes, second, an interval usage code which is used for classifying all data bursts.

Abstract: A method of reconfiguring an internet protocol (IP) address during handover by a mobile station (MS) is disclosed. In the method, the MS transmits a ranging request message to a base station (BS) in a network and then receives a ranging response message which includes a IP address refresh parameter from the BS in the network. Thereafter, the MS transmits an IP address configuration network entity search message via the BS, receives an IP address configuration network entity search result message from the network via the BS, and transmits an IP address configuration request message to the network via the BS. Lastly, the MS receives an IP address configuration response message from the network via the BS.

Abstract: A method for controlling an idle mode in a mobile station comprises transmitting an idle mode request to a serving base station to enter the idle mode, and receiving a decode information transmission frame value and a decode information change status from at least one base station. The method also comprises, if the decode information change status indicates a change in the decode information, maintaining the idle mode, and receiving the decode information from the at least one base station when the transmission frame value is reached. The decode information may comprise at least one of downlink channel descriptor (DCD) information, uplink channel descriptor (UCD) information, and forward error correction (FEC) code type information. The transmission frame value may comprise a frame number or a frame offset. The at least one base station may be in a same paging group.

Abstract: A method of updating channel information by a mobile station (MS) that is in power saving mode is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the MS which receives status information of a first channel descriptor and transmission frame information which includes when the first channel descriptor is to be transmitted. Furthermore, the MS compares status information of the first channel descriptor with status information of a second channel descriptor. Here, the second channel descriptor is stored in the MS. Lastly, if the compared status information are different, the MS receives the first channel descriptor according to the transmission frame information.

Abstract: A method of associating a mobile station to a base station in a wireless communication system comprises transmitting to a serving base station a scanning request message comprising an association indicator. The method also comprises receiving from the serving base station a scanning response message comprising a rendezvous time associated with a neighboring base station for initiating ranging with the neighboring base station, wherein the serving base station communicates an association notification to the neighboring base station, the association notification comprising the rendezvous time.

Abstract: A method of supporting a mobile station that is in an idle mode in a wireless communication system using a paging controller comprises entering an idle mode by a mobile station, receiving a paging command from a base station in the same paging group, the paging command comprising a paging command action code associated with performing ranging while the mobile station is in the idle mode to verify availability of the mobile station with respect to at least one of the base stations in the paging group, wherein the paging command is generated from the base station in response to a paging announcement from the paging controller, and exiting the idle mode and establishing communication with one of the plurality of base stations, wherein the plurality of base stations in the same paging group receive an idle mode exist status from the paging controller.

Abstract: A method uses inter-base station control messages to provide neighbor base station information to mobile subscriber stations in a mobile communication system. The method includes obtaining, at a serving base station, physical channel information of neighbor base stations over a backbone network via, either directly or via a server; periodically transmitting the obtained physical channel information from the serving base station to a mobile subscriber station connected to the serving base station; and measuring, based on the updated physical channel information, signal quality of the at least one neighbor base station at the mobile subscriber station. Thus, the serving base station receives from the neighbor base stations the inter-base station control messages containing the neighbor base station information, updates the information, and provides the updated information to the corresponding mobile subscriber station(s), to be used for a specific purpose such as handover or network entry.