COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND PROCESSOR
First Claim
1. A communication control method for allowing a cellular communication system to cooperate with a wireless LAN system, the communication control method comprising:
- a detecting step of detecting, by a user terminal, that the user terminal is present near a small-cell base station;
a recognizing step of recognizing, by the user terminal, that the small-cell base station is of a collocated type where the small-cell base station is disposed at a same location as a wireless LAN access point; and
a scanning starting step of starting, by the user terminal, scanning for discovery of the wireless LAN access point, when the user terminal has recognized that the small-cell base station is of the collocated type and has not discovered the wireless LAN access point.
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Abstract
A communication control method according to the present invention is a method for allowing a cellular communication system to cooperate with a wireless LAN system. The communication control method comprises: a detecting step of detecting, by a user terminal having a cellular communication unit and a wireless LAN communication unit, that the user terminal is present near a small-cell base station; a recognizing step of recognizing, by the user terminal, that the small-cell base station is of a collocated type where the small-cell base station is disposed at a same location as a wireless LAN access point; and a scanning starting step of starting, by the user terminal, scanning for discovery of the wireless LAN access point, when the user terminal has recognized that the small-cell base station is of the collocated type and has not discovered the wireless LAN access point.
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13 Claims
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1. A communication control method for allowing a cellular communication system to cooperate with a wireless LAN system, the communication control method comprising:
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a detecting step of detecting, by a user terminal, that the user terminal is present near a small-cell base station; a recognizing step of recognizing, by the user terminal, that the small-cell base station is of a collocated type where the small-cell base station is disposed at a same location as a wireless LAN access point; and a scanning starting step of starting, by the user terminal, scanning for discovery of the wireless LAN access point, when the user terminal has recognized that the small-cell base station is of the collocated type and has not discovered the wireless LAN access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A user terminal, the user terminal comprising a controller configured to perform control to detect that the user terminal is present near a small-cell base station, wherein
the controller performs control to recognize that the small-cell base station is of a collocated type where the small-cell base station is disposed at a same location as a wireless LAN access point, and the controller performs control to start scanning for discovery of the wireless LAN access point, when the controller has recognized that the small-cell base station is of the collocated type and has not discovered the wireless LAN access point.
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12. A processor for controlling a user terminal, the processor performing:
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a process of detecting that the user terminal is present near a small-cell base station; a process of recognizing that the small-cell base station is of a collocated type where the small-cell base station is disposed at a same location as a wireless LAN access point; and a process of starting scanning for discovery of the wireless LAN access point, when the processor has recognized that the small-cell base station is of the collocated type and has not discovered the wireless LAN access point.
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13. A base station comprising:
a controller configured to transmit at least one of identifiers of base stations which is collocated with a wireless LAN access point to at least one of user terminals.
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