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

• US 9,094,935 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Uemura, Katsunari, Tsuboi, Hidekazu
• Primary Examiner(s): SIVJI, NIZAR N
• Application Number:
  US14/448,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20140342737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 362 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: 1/1
• 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 mobile station receives, from the base station, a connection release message instructing release of a connection with the base station. The message including cell information of another cell. And, the cell information includes cell ID information and frequency information for specifying the another cell, broadcast information of the another cell where the broadcast information is applied to the another cell in case where the another cell is detected by performing cell search, and preamble information used for a random access procedure on the another cell. Furthermore, the mobile station applies the broadcast information to the another cell in case where the another cell is detected by the cell search after release of the connection.

Claims

1. A mobile station apparatus having a memory and a processor, the mobile station apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus, the mobile station apparatus comprising:

a receiving circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive, from the base station apparatus, a connection release message instructing release of a connection with the base station apparatus,

wherein the connection release message is notified by using a cell for the connection,

the connection release message including cell information of another cell,

wherein the another cell is different from the cell used for the connection,

wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information, frequency information, another cell broadcast information of the another cell and preamble information,

wherein the another cell broadcast information is applied to the another cell in a case where the another cell is detected by performing cell search after release of the connection, and

the preamble information used for a random access procedure on the another cell; and

a setting circuitry configured and/or programmed to apply the another cell broadcast information in a case where the another cell is detected by the cell search after release of the connection,

the another cell broadcast information obtained not on the another cell but on the cell used for the connection,

wherein the mobile station apparatus is not configured to be a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) user equipment for the cell of the base station apparatus.

2. A base station apparatus having a memory and a processor, the base station apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a mobile station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

a generating circuitry configured and/or programmed to generate a connection release message instructing the mobile station apparatus to release of a connection with the base station apparatus; and

a transmitting circuitry configured and/or programmed to transmit, to the mobile station apparatus, the connection release message,

wherein the connection release message is notified by using a cell for the connection,

the connection release message including cell information of another cell,

wherein the another cell is different from the cell used for the connection,

wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information, frequency information, another cell broadcast information of the another cell and preamble information,

wherein the another cell broadcast information is applied to the another cell in a case where the another cell is detected by performing cell search after release of the connection, and

the preamble information used for a random access procedure on the another cell,

the another cell broadcast information obtained by the mobile station not on the another cell but on the cell used for the connection,

wherein the mobile station apparatus is not configured to be a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) user equipment for the cell of the base station apparatus.

3. A communication method for a mobile station apparatus that has a memory and a processor, the mobile station apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus, the communication method comprising:

receiving, from the base station apparatus, a connection release message instructing release of a connection with the base station apparatus,

wherein the connection release message is notified by using a cell for the connection,

the connection release message including cell information of another cell,

wherein the another cell is different from the cell used for the connection,

wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information, frequency information, another cell broadcast information of the another cell and preamble information,

wherein the another cell broadcast information is applied to the another cell in a case where the another cell is detected by performing cell search after release of the connection, and

the preamble information used for a random access procedure on the another cell; and

setting the another cell broadcast information in a case where the another cell is detected by the cell search after release of the connection,

the another cell broadcast information obtained not on the another cell but on the cell used for the connection,

wherein the mobile station apparatus is not configured to be a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) user equipment for the cell of the base station apparatus.

4. A communication method for a base station apparatus that has a memory and a processor, the base station apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a mobile station apparatus, the communication method comprising:

generating a connection release message instructing the mobile station apparatus to release of a connection with the base station apparatus; and

transmitting, to the mobile station apparatus, the connection release message,

wherein the connection release message is notified by using a cell for the connection,

the connection release message including cell information of another cell,

wherein the another cell is different from the cell used for the connection,

wherein the cell information includes

cell ID information, frequency information, another cell broadcast information of the another cell and preamble information,

wherein the another cell broadcast information is applied to the another cell in a case where the another cell is detected by performing cell search after release of the connection, and

the preamble information used for a random access procedure on the another cell,

the another cell broadcast information obtained by the mobile station not on the another cell but on the cell used for the connection,

wherein the mobile station apparatus is not configured to be a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) user equipment for the cell of the base station apparatus.