Mobile communication system

• US 10,383,079 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Mochizuki, Mitsuru, Maeda, Miho, Uga, Shinsuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Khoi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hannan, B M M
• Application Number:
  US15/695,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20180020419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 4554351, 4554561, 4554221, 455439, 3702411, 370315, 370328, 370331
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/26 Cell enhancers or enhancement, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/085 Access point devices with remote components

Abstract

The present invention has an object to provide a mobile communication system capable of performing communication between a user equipment device connected to a relay device and a core network if the relay device moves. An RN (1508) sets a TA of an eNB to be connected with the own device as a TA of the own device. For example, when the RN (1508) moves along an arrow (1500), the TA of the RN (1508) is changed from a first TA (1601) to which a fourth eNB (1525) belongs to a third TA (1602) to which a tenth eNB (1505) belongs. Upon change of the TA of the RN (1508) as described above, a user equipment device (UE; 1509) transmits a TA update request signal of the own device to a target second MME (1501).

Claims

1. A mobile communication system comprising:

a plurality of base station devices to be connected to a core network;

a user equipment device configured to perform radio communications with said plurality of base station devices; and

a mobile relay device movably configured to relay said radio communications between said plurality of base station devices and said user equipment device, wherein

said core network includes a mobility management entity that manages said plurality of base station devices, said user equipment device, and said mobile relay device per predetermined tracking area,

a mobile relay device tracking area of said mobile relay device is not changed as a result of moving of said mobile relay device,

said mobility management entity includes;

a first mobility management entity that manages a mobility of said user equipment device being served by said plurality of base station devices per said predetermined tracking area; and

a second mobility management entity that manages only said mobile relay device tracking area among a plurality of tracking areas and manages a mobility of said user equipment device being served by said mobile relay device without managing the mobility of any user equipment being served by any of said plurality of base station devices.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said second mobility management entity is provided separately from said first mobility management entity.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said second mobility management entity is provided together with said first mobility management entity.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said second mobility management entity is provided together with a specific mobility management entity to which a specific base station device belongs, among a plurality of said first mobility management entities, said specific base station device being a base station device connectable with said mobile relay device.