MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20150351150A1
• Filed: 01/17/2014
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Ueki, Atsushi, Fujimura, Kota, Moon, Sung Uk, Tanikawa, Hiroaki
• Application Number:
  US14/761,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20150351150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention shortens an out-of-service duration while suppressing an increase of power consumption. A mobile communication terminal UE of the present invention includes a control unit 11 configured to, when the mobile communication terminal UE fails, consecutively a predetermined number of times, to transmit a. “RRC Connection Request” for a camping-on cell #A, add the cell #A to a rejection cell list and perform cell search. In the cell search, the control unit 11 excludes the cell #A included in the rejection cell list from cells of selection targets.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising a control unit configured to, when the mobile communication terminal fails, consecutively a predetermined number of times, to transmit a connection establishment request signal for a camping-on cell, add the cell to a rejection cell list and perform cell search, wherein

in the cell search, the control unit excludes the cell included in the rejection cell list from cells of selection targets.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit starts an internal timer included in the mobile communication terminal when the cell is added to the rejection cell list, and deletes the cell from the rejection cell list when the internal timer expires.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit starts a timer calculated by using a parameter broadcasted by a radio access network device when the cell is added to the rejection cell list, and deletes the cell from the rejection cell list when the timer expires.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit starts a timer broadcasted by a radio access network device when the cell is added to the rejection cell list, and deletes the cell from the rejection cell list when the timer expires.

5. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the mobile communication terminal succeeds to start communication in a cell not included in the rejection cell list, the control unit deletes all cells in the rejection cell list.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines whether or not to perform the cell search depending on a control signal transmitted by the radio access network device.

8. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein, when the mobile communication terminal succeeds to start communication in a cell not included in the rejection cell list, the control unit deletes all cells in the rejection cell list.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein, when the mobile communication terminal succeeds to start communication in a cell not included in the rejection cell list, the control unit deletes all cells in the rejection cell list.

10. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein, when the mobile communication terminal succeeds to start communication in a cell not included in the rejection cell list, the control unit deletes all cells in the rejection cell list.

11. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the control unit determines whether or not to perform the cell search depending on a control signal transmitted by the radio access network device.

12. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control unit determines whether or not to perform the cell search depending on a control signal transmitted by the radio access network device.

13. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein the control unit determines whether or not to perform the cell search depending on a control signal transmitted by the radio access network device.

14. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the control unit determines whether or not to perform the cell search depending on a control signal transmitted by the radio access network device.

7. A radio access network device comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit a control signal to a mobile communication terminal, wherein

when the mobile communication terminal fails, consecutively a predetermined number of times, to transmit a connection establishment request signal for a camping-on cell, the control signal instructs the mobile communication terminal whether or not to add the cell to the rejection cell list and perform cell search.