MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION LINE SWITCHING METHOD IN THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile terminal and a management server apparatus that controls a base station communicating with said mobile terminal,wherein, when there is a communication-possible range with a better condition than the communication-possible range of a communication carrier that currently provides a communication line to said mobile terminal, said management server apparatus selects a communication carrier that provides a communication line to the communication-possible range, and, under management of said communication carrier, enables communication.
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Abstract
A mobile communication system and communication line switching method in the mobile communication system capable of selecting the communication line, if there is a communication line with a better condition than the current communication line. If there is a communication-possible range with a better condition than a communication-possible range of a communication carrier that currently provides a communication line to mobile telephone 102, a communication carrier that provides a communication line to the communication-possible range is selected to enable communication under management of this communication carrier. By this means, it is possible to select a carrier or service area with a better condition than the currently used carrier or service area in terms of usage rate or service and achieve improvement of user convenience.
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10 Claims
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1. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile terminal and a management server apparatus that controls a base station communicating with said mobile terminal,
wherein, when there is a communication-possible range with a better condition than the communication-possible range of a communication carrier that currently provides a communication line to said mobile terminal, said management server apparatus selects a communication carrier that provides a communication line to the communication-possible range, and, under management of said communication carrier, enables communication.
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10. A communication line switching method in a mobile communication system that switches a communication line at a management server apparatus that controls a base station communicating with a mobile terminal, the communication line switching method comprising,
when there is a communication-possible range with a better condition than the communication-possible range of a communication carrier that currently provides a communication line to said mobile terminal, selecting a communication carrier that provides the communication line to the communication-possible range, and, under management of said communication carrier, enabling communication.
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