Handover the plurality of mobile stations from a first base station to a second base station

Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the optimization of the handover or location update of a relay station in a wireless network (108). According to an exemplary embodiment, the first request to handover a plurality of mobile stations (112, 114) the base station from (104) to a second base station (106) may be transmitted. For each of a plurality of mobile stations (112, 114), an identifier associated with the second base station (106) may be received. In another exemplary embodiment, each of the identifiers may be forwarded to the mobile station corresponding to the connection identifier (112, 114). In another exemplary embodiment, in order to provide location update information for a plurality of mobile stations (112, 114), by sending a message to a network device, such as a target base station (104), executes the location update it may be. Thus, in order to facilitate a handover or location update for a plurality of mobile stations (112, 114) may transmit one message over the wireless link. .Field