Mobile communication system and communication method

• US 9,832,690 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2015
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hayashi, Sadafuku
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jung-Jen
• Application Number:
  US14/798,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20150319654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1435 volume-based
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/73 Validating charges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8038 Roaming or handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/204 UMTS; GPRS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/7072 Validate charges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/7442 Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0072 of resource information of target access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/02 Buffering or recovering information during reselection ; Modification of the traffic flow during hand-off
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

A mobile communication system which can transfer information on the number of packets counted up until then by a base station of a mobile source, to a base station of a mobile target, even when a terminal performs a handover. UE moves to a Target eNode B, but a Source eNode B decides to perform a handover, and the Source eNode B includes information on the number of packets counted up until then in a Handover Request message to the Target eNode B, so as to notify the Target eNode B. After receiving a Handover Confirm message from the UE, the Target eNode B includes information on the number of packets received from the Source eNode B in a Handover Complete message transmitted to a CN Node, so as to notify the CN Node.

Claims

1. A base station for communicating with a wireless terminal, the base station comprising:

a transmitter which is configured to transmit to a second base station information that indicates unsuccessfully transmitted downlink data volume, if the wireless terminal performs a handover from the base station to the second base station,

wherein the second base station accumulates the information indicating a data volume for a report on a resource release, and transmits a total amount of the data volume to a core network, when the second base station receives, from the core network, a request message related to the resource release.

2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter transmits the information by a message relating to committing the handover.

3. A wireless terminal, comprising:

hardware;

means implemented at least by the hardware for communicating with a first base station; and

means implemented at least by the hardware for performing a handover from the first base station to a second base station, wherein the first base station comprises;

a transmitter which is configured to transmit to the second base station information that indicates unsuccessfully transmitted downlink data volume, if the wireless terminal performs the handover from the first base station to the second base station,

wherein the second base station accumulates the information indicating a data volume for a report on a resource release, and transmits a total amount of the data volume to a core network, when the second base station receives, from the core network, a request message related to the resource release.

4. The wireless terminal according to claim 3, wherein the transmitter transmits the information by a message relating to committing the handover.

5. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a first base station;

a second base station; and

a wireless terminal, wherein

the first base station communicates with the wireless terminal, and

the first base station comprises a transmitter which is configured to transmit to the second base station information that indicates unsuccessfully transmitted downlink data volume, if the wireless terminal performs a handover from the first base station to the second base station,

wherein the second base station accumulates the information indicating a data volume for a report on a resource release, and transmits a total amount of the data volume to a core network, when the second base station receives, from the core network, a request message related to the resource release.

6. The wireless communication system according to claim 5, wherein the transmitter transmits the information by a message relating to committing the handover.

7. A base station for communicating with a wireless terminal, the base station comprising:

a receiver for receiving from a second base station information that indicates unsuccessfully transmitted downlink data volume, if the wireless terminal performs a handover from the second base station to the base station,

wherein the base station accumulates the information indicating a data volume for a report on a resource release, and transmits a total amount of the data volume to a core network, when the base station receives, from the core network, a request message related to the resource release.

8. The base station according to claim 7, wherein the receiver receives the information by a message relating to committing the handover.