Small base station apparatus, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, and mobile communication system

• US 8,805,366 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2009
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tsuboi, Hidekazu, Uemura, Katsunari
• Primary Examiner(s): SIVJI, NIZAR N
• Application Number:
  US13/057,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20110177813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,853 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435.1, 455/443, 455/422.1, 455/436, 455/525, 370/328, 370/330, 370/331, 370/336
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/12 Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/18 Management of setup rejection or failure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A procedure when a mobile station apparatus accesses a CSG cell in which it is unregistered is defined and a procedure based on the definition is performed. A small base station apparatus applied to a mobile communication system, receives a originated call request message including a user identifier and priority information from a camping mobile station apparatus, determines whether or not to permit the originated call request of the mobile station apparatus, based on the user identifier and the priority information, and transmits the determination result to the mobile station apparatus. In addition, the small base station apparatus permits the originated call request, if the user identifier included in the originated call request message of the mobile station apparatus indicates that the mobile station apparatus is registered.

Claims

1. A base station apparatus connected to a mobile station apparatus, the base station comprising:

a releasing unit configured to release a connection to the mobile station apparatus being connected, and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the mobile station apparatus, a connection release message instructing release of the connection, the message including cell information for causing the mobile station apparatus to start an initial access procedure for another preferable cell,

wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information and frequency information for specifying the preferable cell,

broadcast information applied to the preferable cell detected by performing cell search, and

preamble information used for the initial access procedure on the preferable cell, and wherein

the broadcast information includes access restriction information,

in a case where the access restriction information indicates an access restriction associated with Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell, and

the CSG cell is configured to restrict the access of the mobile station apparatus that are not being registered.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the broadcast information includes the access restriction information used for an uplink transmission by the mobile station apparatus on the preferable cell.

3. A mobile station apparatus connected to a base station apparatus, the mobile station comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, a connection release message instructing release of the connection, the message including cell information for causing the mobile station apparatus to start an initial access procedure for another preferable cell,

wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information and frequency information for specifying the preferable cell,

broadcast information applied to the preferable cell detected by performing cell search, and

preamble information used for the initial access procedure on the preferable cell; and

a setting unit configured to apply the broadcast information to the preferable cell specified by the cell ID information and the frequency information in case where the preferable cell is detected by performing the cell search after release of the connection, wherein

the broadcast information includes access restriction information,

in a case where the access restriction information indicates an access restriction associated with Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell, and

the CSG cell is configured to restrict the access of the mobile station apparatus that are not being registered.

4. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the setting unit is further configured to apply the access restriction information used for an uplink transmission on the preferable cell.

5. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the setting unit is further configured to consider a wait time from receiving the connection release message for the initial access procedure.

6. A communication method performed by a base station apparatus, wherein the base station apparatus is connected to a mobile station apparatus, the communication method comprising:

releasing a connection of the mobile station apparatus being wirelessly connected, and

transmitting, to the mobile station apparatus, a connection release message instructing release of the connection, the message including cell information for causing the mobile station apparatus to start an initial access procedure for another preferable cell, wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information and frequency information for specifying the preferable cell,

broadcast information applied to the preferable cell detected by performing cell search, and

preamble information used for the initial access procedure on the preferable cell, and wherein

the broadcast information includes access restriction information,

in a case where the access restriction information indicates an access restriction associated with Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell, and

the CSG cell is configured to restrict the access of the mobile station apparatus that are not being registered.

7. The communication method according to claim 6, wherein

the broadcast information includes the access restriction information used for an uplink transmission by the mobile station apparatus on the preferable cell.

8. A communication method performed by a mobile station apparatus, wherein the mobile station apparatus is connected to a base station apparatus, the communication method comprising:

receiving, from the base station apparatus a connection release message instructing release of the connection, the message including cell information for causing the mobile station apparatus to start an initial access procedure for another preferable cell,

wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information and frequency information for specifying the preferable cell,

broadcast information applied to the preferable cell detected by performing cell search, and

preamble information used for the initial access procedure on the preferable cell; and

applying the broadcast information to the preferable cell specified by the cell ID information and the frequency information in case where the preferable cell is detected by performing the cell search after release of the connection, wherein

the broadcast information includes access restriction information,

in a case where the access restriction information indicates an access restriction associated with Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell, and

the CSG cell is configured to restrict the access of the mobile station apparatus that are not being registered.

9. The communication method according to claim 8, wherein the communication method further comprises applying the access restriction information used for an uplink transmission on the preferable cell.

10. The communication method according to claim 8, further comprising:

considering a wait time from receiving the connection release message for the initial access procedure.