RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20130188573A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Shinichiro
• Application Number:
  US13/737,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20130188573A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A radio communication apparatus includes a first access unit and a second access unit. The first access unit accesses a first radio network. The second access unit accesses a second radio network that performs higher-speed communication than the first radio network. When a packet connection request is made while the radio communication apparatus is in a service area of the first radio network, the second access unit accesses the second radio network, and attempts to make a connection to the second radio network.

Claims

1. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a first access unit that accesses a first radio network;

a second access unit that accesses a second radio network that performs higher-speed communication than the first radio network, wherein

when a packet connection request is made while the radio communication apparatus is located in a service area of the first radio network, the second access unit accesses the second radio network.

2. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, at the time of the packet connection request, the first access unit holds the packet connection request to the currently serving first radio network, and the second access unit forcibly accesses the second radio network.

3. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when a voice call origination request is made while the radio communication apparatus is in a service area of the second radio network, the first access unit accesses the first radio network, and makes a voice call through circuit switching of the first radio network, and the second access unit accesses the second radio network at the time of the packet connection request after the voice call is disconnected.

4. A radio communication method, wherein

when a voice call origination request is made while a radio communication apparatus is connected to a second radio network that performs higher-speed communication than a first radio network,

the radio communication apparatus accesses the first radio network, and makes a voice call through circuit switching of the first radio network, and wherein

when a packet connection request is made after the voice call is disconnected,

the radio communication apparatus holds the packet connection request to the first radio network, and forcibly accesses the second radio network.