Cell selection method and mobile station

• US 8,670,768 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2008
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwamura, Mikio, Nakamura, Takehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hong, Dung
• Application Number:
  US12/742,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20100267385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,943 Days
• Field of Search: 455436-444, 455/453, 370331-334
• US Class Current: 455/444
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events

Abstract

A cell selection method includes steps of: (A) determining, at a mobile station (UE), whether or not a first CSG cell satisfies a predetermined condition, when using a first macro cell as a camped cell; and (B) changing, at the mobile station (UE), the camped cell from the first macro cell to a first CSG cell, when determined that the first CSG cell satisfies the predetermined condition.

Claims

1. A cell selection method in which a mobile station selects a camped cell among one or more CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell only by a specific mobile station and one or more non-CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell by any mobile station, wherein the non-CSG cells and CSG cells have a different priority level;

the mobile station uses a first non-CSG cell as the camped cell;

a first carrier frequency is used by a plurality of cells including a first CSG cell that regards the mobile station as the specific mobile station;

the first carrier frequency is different from a second carrier frequency used in the first non-CSG cell; and

the cell selection method comprising;

changing, at the mobile station, the camped cell from the first non-CSG cell to a first CSG cell, when it is determined that the first CSG cell has best radio quality among cells using the first carrier frequency, when the radio quality of the first CSG cell is greater than a threshold, and

changing, at the mobile station, from the camped cell to another cell having the same priority level, when a sum of radio quality in the first CSG cell and a predetermined offset is larger than a sum of radio quality in the first non-CSG and a predetermined parameter.

2. The cell selection method according to claim 1, wherein in the step, the mobile station perform the determination, when the non-CSG cell at least partially overlaps the first CSG cell.

3. A cell selection method in which a mobile station selects a camped cell among one or more CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell only by a specific mobile station and one or more non-CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell by any mobile station, wherein

the mobile station uses a first non-CSG cell as the camped cell;

the non-CSG cells and CSG cells having a different priority level;

a first carrier frequency is used by a plurality of cells including a first CSG cell that regards the mobile station as the specific mobile station;

the first carrier frequency is different from a second carrier frequency used in the first non-CSG cell; and

the cell selection method comprising;

changing, at the mobile station, the camped cell from the first non-CSG cell to a first CSG cell, when it is determined that a difference between radio quality in the first CSG cell and best radio quality among cells using the second carrier frequency is within a predetermined offset, when the radio quality of the first CSG cell is greater than a threshold, and

changing, at the mobile station, from the camped cell to another cell having the same priority level, a sum of radio quality in the first CSG cell and a predetermined offset is larger than a sum of radio quality in the first non-CSG and a predetermined parameter.

4. The cell selection method according to claim 3, wherein in the step, the mobile station perform the determination, when the non-CSG cell at least partially overlaps the first CSG cell.

5. A mobile station configured to select a camped cell among one or more CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell only by a specific mobile station and one or more non-CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell by any mobile station, wherein

the non-CSG cells and CSG cells having a different priority level;

the mobile station uses a first non-CSG cell as the camped cell;

a first carrier frequency is used by a plurality of cells including a first CSG cell that regards the mobile station as the specific mobile station;

the first carrier frequency is different from a second carrier frequency used in the first non-CSG cell; and

the mobile station comprising;

a processor and a cell selector unit configured to change the camped cell from the first non-CSG cell to a first CSG cell using the processor, when it is determined that the first CSG cell has best radio quality among cells using the first carrier frequency, when the radio quality of the first CSG cell is greater than a threshold, and

changing, at the mobile station, from the camped cell to another cell having the same priority level, when a sum of radio quality in the first CSG cell and a predetermined offset is larger than a sum of radio quality in the first non-CSG and a predetermined parameter.

6. The mobile station according to claim 5, wherein the cell selector unit is configured to perform the determination, when the non-CSG cell at least partially overlaps the first CSG cell.

7. A mobile station configured to select a camped cell among one or more CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell only by a specific mobile station and one or more non-CSG cell(s) selectable as a camped cell by any mobile station, wherein

the non-CSG cells and CSG cells having a different priority level;

the mobile station uses a first non-CSG cell as the camped cell;

a first carrier frequency is used by a plurality of cells including a first CSG cell that regards the mobile station as the specific mobile station;

the first carrier frequency is different from a second carrier frequency used in the first non-CSG cell; and

the mobile station comprising;

a processor and a cell selector unit configured to change the camped cell from the first non-CSG cell to a first CSG cell using the processor, when it is determined that a difference between radio quality in the first CSG cell and best radio quality among cells using the first carrier frequency is within a predetermined offset, when the radio quality of the first CSG cell is greater than a threshold, and

changing, at the mobile station, from the camped cell to another cell having the same priority level, a sum of radio quality in the first CSG cell and a predetermined offset is larger than a sum of radio quality in the first non-CSG and a predetermined parameter.

8. The mobile station according to claim 7, wherein the cell selector unit is configured to perform the determination, when the non-CSG cell at least partially overlaps the first CSG cell.