SERVER DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20170111273A1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: KUGE, Yoko, ARAMOTO, Masafumi, ENOMOTO, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US15/128,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20170111273A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/24 Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A server device or a terminal device can perform switching of a path or a communication channel between an infrastructure communication through a network such as an EPC, and a Relay communication through a direct communication with a Relay UE, and can continuously provide a service. A routing information request message includes at least identification information indicating that switching of a communication is required. A third terminal device having a relay function is selected based on the routing information request message. A routing update instruction message which is a response to the routing information request message and includes information of the third terminal device is transmitted to the first terminal device. A direct communication with the third terminal device is performed by using LTE, so as to perform an instruction of communicating with the first terminal device. Thus, a communication channel is switched.

Claims

1. A server device adapted to:

receive a routing-information update request message transmitted by a second terminal device, which performs communication with a first terminal device through a core network, from the first terminal device,

the routing-information update request message including at least identification information indicating that switching of a communication is required;

select a third terminal device having a relay function, based on the identification information; and

transmit a routing update instruction message which is a response to the routing-information update request message, and includes information of the third terminal device, to the first terminal device, and perform an instruction of performing a direct communication with the third terminal device by using LTE, so as to communicate with the first terminal device.

2. The server device according to claim 1, further adapted to:

transmit the routing update instruction message to the second terminal device, and perform an instruction of communicating with the second terminal device which performs the direct communication with the third terminal device by using LTE.

3. A server device adapted to:

lead switching between a first communication in which a communication with a first terminal device is performed through a core network of a second terminal device, and a second communication in which the second terminal device performs a direct communication with a third terminal device so as to communicate with the first terminal device;

select the third terminal device having a relay function; and

transmit a routing update instruction message including information of the third terminal device, to the second terminal device, and perform an instruction of switching to the second communication.

4. The server device according to claim 3, further adapted to:

transmit the routing update instruction message to the first terminal device, and perform an instruction of communicating with the second terminal device which performs a direct communication with the third terminal by using LTE.

5. A first terminal device which performs a communication with a second terminal device through a core network, the device adapted to:

transmit a routing-information update request message including at least identification information, to a server device by detecting a trigger of switching of a path, the identification information indicating that switching of a communication is required;

receive a routing update instruction message including information of a third terminal device which has been selected by the server device and has a relay function, from the server device; and

perform a direct communication with the third terminal device in accordance with the routing update instruction message by using LTE, so as to communicate with the second terminal device.