Mobile radio terminal apparatus

• US 8,463,268 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Kubo, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ajibade Akonai, Olumide T
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLLIDAY, JAIME MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US11/439,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20060270402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,575 Days
• Field of Search: 4554321-4353
• US Class Current: 455/435.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A control unit stores identification information of a cell which has received cell information and identification information of a position registration area to which the cell belongs, in association with each other, in a cell information storage area, and stores identification information of a position registration area where previous position registration has been executed, in a position registration area storage area. Then, the control unit receives, with priority, the cell information relating to the cell stored in the cell information storage area, which has been detected and which belongs to the position registration area where previous position registration has been executed.

Claims

1. A mobile radio terminal apparatus, for use in a mobile radio communications system including a plurality of cells belonging to different position registration areas, to make radio communications through the cells, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver which receives, from the cells, cell information including identification information of the position registration areas to which the cells belong;

a detector which detects identification information of one of the position registration areas where previous position registration has been executed;

a position registration area memory unit which stores said identification information detected by the detector in a position registration area memory;

a cell information memory unit which stores, in a cell information memory, the identification information of the position registration areas included in the cell information and identification information of the cells in association with each other if the cell information is received from the cells; and

a controller which controls the receiver to specify a cell belonging to said one of the position registration areas of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit and receive the cell information from the cell with priority, based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit,

wherein the position registration area memory unit further stores reject information indicating whether a reject signal for rejecting connection has been received from the cell belonging to said position registration area where the previous position registration has been executed, and

the controller is arranged so that, if the reject information is received the cell, the controller controls the receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit and receive the cell information from the cell with non-priority, based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, and if the reject information is not received from the cell, the controller controls the receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit and receive the cell information from the cell with priority based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, wherein, if the cell information is received from the cell with priority, the controller controls the receiver not to execute new position registration with respect to the cell, and if new cell information from another cell is received, the controller controls the receiver to execute new position registration with respect to said another cell.

2. A mobile radio terminal apparatus, for use in a mobile radio communications system including a plurality of cells belonging to different position registration areas, to make radio communications through the cells, the apparatus comprising:

a cell detector which detects the cells;

a receiver which receives, from the detected cells, cell information including identification information of the position registration areas to which the cells belong;

a detector which detects identification information of one of the position registration areas where previous position registration has been executed;

a position registration area memory unit which stores said identification information detected by the detector in a position registration area memory;

a cell information memory unit which stores, in a cell information memory the identification information of the position registration areas included in the cell information and the identification information of the cells in association with each other if the cell information is received from the cells; and

a controller which repeatedly controls the cell detector to detect a cell belonging to said one of the position registration areas of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit, based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, and controls the receiver to (i) receive the cell information from the cell if the cell is detected while the repeated control is executed at a number of times equal to or less than a preset number of times or (ii) receive cell information from any one of the cells other than the cell belonging to said position registration area of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit if the cell is not detected by executing the repeated control at the number of times,

wherein the position registration area memory unit further stores reject information indicating whether a reject signal for rejecting connection has been received from the cell belonging to said position registration area where the previous position registration has been executed, and

the controller is arranged so that, if the reject information is received from the cell, the controller controls the receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit and receive the cell information from the cell with non-priority, based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, and if the reject information is not received from the cell, the controller controls the receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit and receive the cell information from the cell with priority, based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, wherein, if the cell information is received from the cell with priority, the controller controls the receiver not to execute new position registration with respect to the cell, and if new cell information from another cell is received, the controller controls the receiver to execute new position registration with respect to said another cell.

3. A mobile radio terminal apparatus, for use in a mobile radio communications system including a plurality of cells belonging to different position registration areas, to make radio communications through the cells, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver which receives, from the cells, cell information including identification information of the position registration areas to which the cells belong;

a cell detector which detects the cells;

a detector which detects identification information of one of the position registration areas where previous position registration has been executed;

a position registration area memory unit which stores said identification information detected by the detector in a position registration area memory;

a cell information memory unit which stores, in a cell information memory, the identification information of the position registration areas included in the cell information and the identification information of the cells in association with each other if the cell information is received from the cells; and

a controller which controls the receiver to specify a cell belonging to said one of the position registration areas of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, and to receive the cell information from the specified cell if the specified cell is included in the cells detected by the cell detector,

wherein the position registration area memory unit further stores reject information indicating whether a reject signal for rejecting connection has been received from the cell belonging to said position registration area where the previous position registration has been executed, and

the controller is arranged so that, if the reject information is received from the cell, the controller controls the receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit and receive the cell information from the cell with non-priority, based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, and if the reject information is not received from the cell, the controller controls the receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area of said identification information stored by the position registration area memory unit and receive the cell information from the cell with priority, based on the information stored by the position registration area memory unit and the information stored by the cell information memory unit, wherein, if the cell information is received from the cell with priority, the controller controls the receiver not to execute new position registration with respect to the cell, and if new cell information from another cell is received, the controller controls the receiver to execute new position registration with respect to said another cell.

4. The mobile radio terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cell detector detects reception levels of signals from the cells;

and

if the specified cell is not included in the cells detected by the cell detector, the controller receives the cell information from the cell having the highest reception level from among the cells detected by the cell detector.

5. A mobile radio method, for use in a mobile radio communications system including a plurality of cells belonging to different position registration areas, to make radio communications through the cells, the method comprising:

receiving, from the cells, cell information including identification information of the position registration areas to which the cells belong;

detecting identification information of one of the position registration areas where previous position registration has been executed;

storing the detected said identification information;

storing the identification information of the position registration areas included in the cell information and identification information of the cells in association with each other if the cell information is received from the cells;

controlling the receiving to specify a cell belonging to said one of the position registration areas of said identification information and to receive the cell information from the cell with priority, based on the stored information and the stored identification information; and

storing reject information indicating whether a reject signal for rejecting connection has been received and, if reject information to reject connection is received, the receiving is controlled to specify the cell belonging to the said position registration area and to receive the cell information from the cell with non-priority, based on the stored information and the stored identification information, and if the reject information to reject connection is not received, the receiving is controlled to receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area and receives the cell information from the cell with priority, based on the reject information and the identification information of the position registration areas,

wherein, if cell information is received with priority, controlling the receiving not to execute new position registration with respect to the cell, and if new cell information from another cell is received, controlling the receiving to execute new position registration with respect to said another cell.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the controlling comprises controlling the receiving to specify the cell belonging to the stored position registration area and to receive the cell information from the cell with priority when the identification information of the position registration area included in the received cell information is stored.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the controlling comprises controlling the receiving to receive new cell information from the cells including identification information of the position registration areas to which the cells belong when the identification information of the position registration area included in the received cell information is not stored.

8. A mobile radio method, for use in a mobile radio communications system including a plurality of cells belonging to different position registration areas, to make radio communications through the cells, the method comprising:

detecting the cells;

receiving, from the detected cells, cell information including identification information of the position registration areas to which the cells belong;

detecting identification information of one of the position registration areas where previous position registration has been executed;

storing said detected identification information;

storing the identification information of the position registration areas included in the cell information and identification information of the cells in association with each other if the cell information is received from the cells;

repeatedly controlling the detecting to detect a cell belonging to said one of the stored position registration areas of said identification information, based on the stored information and the stored identification information, and (i) controlling the receiving to receive cell information from the cell if the cell is detected while the repeated control is executed at number of times equal to or smaller than a preset number of times, or (ii) controlling the receiving to receive cell information from anyone of the cells other than the cell belonging to said stored position registration area if the cell is not detected by executing the repeated control at the preset number of times; and

storing reject information indicating whether a reject signal for rejecting connection has been received and, if reject information to reject connection is received, the receiving is controlled to specify the cell belonging to the said position registration area and to receive the cell information from the cell with non-priority, based on the stored information and the stored identification information, and if the reject information to reject connection is not received, the receiving is controlled to receiver to specify the cell belonging to said one of the position registration areas and receives the cell information from the cell with priority, based on the reject information and the identification information of the position registration areas,

wherein, if cell information is received with priority, controlling the receiving not to execute new position registration with respect to the cell, and if new cell information from another cell is received, controlling the receiving to execute new position registration with respect to said another cell.

9. A mobile radio method, for use in a mobile radio communications system including a plurality of cells belonging to different position registration areas, to make radio communications through the cells, the method comprising:

receiving, from the cells, cell information including identification information of the position registration areas to which the cells belong;

detecting the cells;

detecting identification information of one of the position registration areas where previous position registration has been executed;

storing said detected identification information ;

storing the identification information of the position registration areas included in the cell information and identification information of the cells in association with each other if the cell information is received from the cells; and

controlling the receiving to (i) specify a cell belonging to the said one of the position registration areas of said identification information based on the stored information and the stored identification information, and (ii) receive cell information from the specified cell if the specified cell is included in the plurality of detected cells; and

storing reject information indicating whether a reject signal for rejecting connection has been received and, if reject information to reject connection is received, the receiving is controlled to specify the cell belonging to the position registration area and to receive the cell information from the cell with non-priority, based on the stored information and the stored identification information, and if the reject information to reject connection is not received, the receiving is controlled to receiver to specify the cell belonging to said position registration area and receives the cell information from the cell with priority, based on the reject information and the identification information of the position registration areas,

wherein, if cell information is received with priority, controlling the receiving not to execute new position registration with respect to the cell, and if new cell information from another cell is received, controlling the receiving to execute new position registration with respect to said another cell.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the detecting comprises detecting reception levels of signals from the cells;

and if the specified cell is not included in the detected cells, the cell information is received from the cell having the highest reception level from among the detected cells.