Mobile communication system, handover control method, radio base station, and mobile station

• US 9,730,130 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2007
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hayashi, Sadafuku, Ogami, Tadashi, Mustapha, Mazlyn Mona
• Primary Examiner(s): SIVJI, NIZAR N
• Application Number:
  US11/943,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20080153495A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,548 Days
• Field of Search: 370332, 370331, 455436-444
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/302 due to low signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/38 by fixed network equipment

Abstract

A mobile communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the invention is a mobile communication system including a mobile station, a radio base station as a handover source of the mobile station, and a radio base station as a handover target of the mobile station, wherein the mobile station includes a transmission unit for transmitting radio quality information between the mobile station and the radio base station as the handover target to the radio base station as the handover source; and the radio base station as the handover source includes a transmission unit for transmitting the radio quality information to the radio base station as the handover target.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station, a radio base station as a handover source of the mobile station, and a radio base station as a handover target of the mobile station, wherein

the mobile station comprises a first transmission unit that transmits to the base station as the handover source, measurement reports including first radio quality information between the mobile station and the radio base station as the handover target,

the radio base station as the handover source which averages the first radio quality information included in the measurement reports received from the mobile station to provide an averaged radio quality information and comprises a second transmission unit that transmits the averaged radio quality information to the radio base station as the handover target after the radio base station as the handover source determines that the mobile station is to be handed over from the radio base station as the handover source to the radio base station as the handover target, and

the radio base station as the handover target comprises a reception unit that receives the context information from the radio base station as the handover source,

wherein the radio quality information is measured by the mobile station,

wherein the radio base station as the handover source configured to request the mobile station to send a second radio quality information, wherein an accuracy of the second radio quality information is higher than that of the first radio quality information, and

wherein the radio base station as the handover source transmits a context information to the radio base station as the handover target, after the radio base station as the handover source transmits the averaged radio quality information to the radio base station as the handover target.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the radio base station as the handover source transmits, to the radio base station as the handover target, a context information which includes the averaged radio quality information.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first radio quality information includes at least one of RSCP (Received Signal Code Power), CRSP (Common Reference Symbol Power), CRSQ (Common Reference Symbol Quality) or RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator).

4. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station, a radio base station as a handover source of the mobile station, and candidate radio base stations for a handover target of the mobile station, wherein

the mobile station comprises a first transmission unit that transmits, to the radio base station as the handover source, measurement reports including first radio quality information between the mobile station and the candidate radio base stations,

the radio base station as the handover source which averages the first radio quality information included in the measurement reports received from the mobile station to provide an averaged radio quality information and comprises a second transmission unit that transmits the averaged radio quality information to the candidate radio base stations, before the radio base station as the handover source determines a handover of the mobile station from the radio base station as the handover source to any one of the candidate radio base stations as a handover target, and

the candidate radio base stations comprise a reception unit that receives the averaged radio quality information from the radio base station as the handover source,

wherein the radio base station as the handover source configured to request the mobile station to send a second radio quality information, wherein an accuracy of the second radio quality information is higher than that of the first radio quality information, and

wherein the radio base station as the handover source transmits a context information to the candidate radio base stations, after the radio base station as the handover source transmits the averaged radio quality information to the candidate radio base stations.

5. The mobile communication system according to claim 4, wherein the first radio quality information includes at least one of RSCP (Received Signal Code Power), CRSP (Common Reference Symbol Power), CRSQ (Common Reference Symbol Quality) or RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator).

6. A method for radio base station as a handover source of a mobile station, the method comprising:

receiving, from the mobile station, a measurement reports including first radio quality information between the mobile station and a radio base station as the handover target,

averaging the first radio quality information included in the measurement reports received from the mobile station to provide an averaged radio quality information,

transmitting the averaged radio quality information to the radio base station as the handover target, after the radio base station as the handover source determines that the mobile station is to be handed over from the radio base station as the handover source to the radio base station as the handover target,

wherein the method further comprises requesting the mobile station to send a second radio quality information, wherein an accuracy of the second radio quality information is higher than that of the first radio quality information,

wherein the radio base station as the handover source transmits a context information to the radio base station as the handover target, after the radio base station as the handover source transmits the averaged radio quality information to the radio base station as the handover target.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the radio base station as the handover source transmits, to the radio base station as the handover target, a context information which includes the averaged radio quality information.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprises transmitting a context information to the radio base station as the handover target, after transmitting the averaged radio quality information to the radio base station as the handover target.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first radio quality information includes at least one of RSCP (Received Signal Code Power), CRSP (Common Reference Symbol Power), CRSQ (Common Reference Symbol Quality) or RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator).

10. A method for a radio base station as a handover source of the mobile station, the method comprising:

receiving, from the mobile station, measurement reports including first radio quality information between the mobile station and candidate radio base stations for a handover target of the mobile station,

averaging the first radio quality information included in the measurement reports received from the mobile station to provide an averaged radio quality information,

transmitting the averaged radio quality information to the candidate radio base stations, before the radio base station as the handover source determines a handover of the mobile station from the radio base station as the handover source to any one of the candidate radio base stations as a handover target,

wherein the method further comprises requesting the mobile station to send a second radio quality information, wherein an accuracy of the second radio quality information is higher than that of the first radio quality information,

wherein the radio base station as the handover source transmits a context information to the candidate radio base stations, after the radio base station as the handover source transmits the averaged radio quality information to the candidate radio base stations.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first radio quality information includes at least one of RSCP (Received Signal Code Power), CRSP (Common Reference Symbol Power), CRSQ (Common Reference Symbol Quality) or RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator).