IP Library Granted Patent US 7,310,528
Granted Patent B2
US 7,310,528 · App. 11/092,670 · Granted Dec 18, 2007

Mobile station, radio communication establishing method and its radio communication system

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Patent No.
US 7,310,528
App. No.
11/092,670
Granted
Dec 18, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a mobile station, a radio section is adapted to communicate with a plurality of base stations, and a control section is connected to the radio section. The control section is adapted to search for cells of the base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of the base stations received by the radio section, select a serving cell of a specified one of the base stations and neighbor cells of other ones of the base stations neighbor to the serving cell in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of the base stations, and to set the serving cell and the neighbor cells in a communication connection preparing state.

Claims (73)

1. A mobile station comprising:

a radio section adapted to communicate with a plurality of base stations; and

a control section connected to said radio section, said control section being adapted to search for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section, select a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and at least one neighbor cell of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations, transmit at least one communication connection request to said serving cell, and select an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request to said optimum neighbor cell, when said control section receives no response from said serving cell to said communication connection request transmitted thereto.

2. The mobile station as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

3. The mobile station as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first memory adapted to sequentially store the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time; and

a second memory adapted to store sequentially reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time;

wherein said control section is adapted to select said optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells by comparing the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said first memory with the reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said second memory.

4. A mobile station comprising:

a radio section adapted to communicate with a plurality of base stations; and

a control section connected to said radio section, said control section being adapted to search for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section, select a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and neighbor cells of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations, transmit at least one communication connection request to said serving cell, and select an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request to said serving cell and said optimum neighbor cell, when said control section receives no response from said serving cell to said communication connection request transmitted thereto.

5. The mobile station as set forth in claim 4 , further comprising:

a first memory adapted to sequentially store the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time; and

a second memory adapted to sequentially store reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time;

wherein said control section is adapted to select said optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells by comparing the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said first memory with the reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said second memory.

6. The mobile station as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

7. A mobile station comprising:

a radio section adapted to communicate with a plurality of base stations; and

a control section connected to said radio section, said control section being adapted to search for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section, select a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and neighbor cells of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations, transmit at least one communication connection request to said serving cell and one of said neighbor cells, and to select an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request to said optimum neighbor cell, when said control section receives no response from said serving cell and the one of said neighbor cells to said communication connection request transmitted hereto.

8. The mobile station as set forth in claim 7 , further comprising:

a first memory adapted to sequentially store the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time; and

a second memory adapted to sequentially store reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time;

wherein said control section is adapted to select said optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells by comparing the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said first memory with the reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said second memory.

9. The mobile station as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

10. A method for establishing a radio communication connection between a mobile station a plurality of base stations, comprising:

searching for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by a radio section;

selecting a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and at least one neighbor cell of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations;

transmitting at least one communication connection request to said serving cell; and

selecting an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request to said optimum neighbor cell, when said control section receives no response to said communication connection request from said serving sell.

11. The method as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

12. The method as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said optimum neighbor cell is selected from said neighbor cells by comparing communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time with reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time.

13. A method for establishing a radio communication connection between a mobile station a plurality of base stations, comprising:

searching for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by a radio section;

selecting a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and neighbor cells of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations;

transmitting at least one communication connection request to said serving cell; and

selecting an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request to said serving cell and said optimum neighbor cell, when said control section receives no response to said communication connection request from said serving cell.

14. The method as set forth in claim 13 , wherein said optimum neighbor cell is selected from said neighbor cells by comparing communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time with reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time.

15. The mobile station as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

16. A method for establishing a radio communication connection between a mobile station plurality of base stations, comprising:

searching for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by a radio section;

selecting a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and neighbor cells of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations;

transmitting at least one communication connection request to said serving cell and one of said neighbor cells; and

selecting an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request to said optimum neighbor cell, when said control section receives no response to said communication connection request from said serving cell and the one of said neighbor cells.

17. The method as set forth in claim 16 , wherein said optimum neighbor cell is selected from said neighbor cells by comparing communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time with reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time.

18. The mobile station as set forth in claim 16 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

19. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station, a plurality of base stations and a base station control station connected to said base stations, said mobile station comprising:

a radio section adapted to communicate with said base stations; and

a control section connected to said radio section, said control section being adapted to search for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section, select a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and at least one neighbor cell of other ones of said base stations station neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations, transmit at least one communication connection request to said serving cell, and select an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request via said optimum neighbor cell to said base station control station, when said control section receives no response to said communication connection request via said serving cell from said base station control station.

20. The mobile communication system as set forth in claim 19 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

21. The mobile communication system as set forth in claim 19 , further comprising:

a first memory adapted to sequentially store the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time; and

a second memory adapted to sequentially store reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time;

wherein said control section is adapted to select said optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells by comparing the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said first memory with the reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said second memory.

22. A method for establishing a radio communication connection between a mobile station a plurality of base stations, comprising:

searching for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by a radio section;

selecting a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and neighbor cells of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations;

transmitting at least one communication request to said serving cell;

selecting an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection request via said serving cell and said optimum neighbor cell to said base station control station, when said control section receives no response to said communication connection request via said serving cell from said base control station.

23. The mobile communication system as set forth in claim 22 , further comprising:

a first memory adapted to sequentially store the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time; and

a second memory adapted to sequentially store reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time;

wherein said control section is adapted to select said optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells by comparing the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said first memory with the reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said second memory.

24. The mobile station as set forth in claim 22 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

25. A method for establishing a radio communication connection between a mobile station a plurality of base stations, comprising:

searching for cells of said base stations to obtain broadcast information of radio signals of said base stations received by a radio section;

selecting a serving cell of a specified one of said base stations and neighbor cells of other ones of said base stations neighbor to said serving cell in accordance with broadcast information of the radio signals of said base stations;

transmitting at least one communication connection request to said serving cell and one of said neighbor cells; and

selecting an optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells in accordance with communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time to transmit at least one communication connection recluses via said optimum neighbor cell to said base station control stations, when said control section receives no response to said communication connection request via said serving cell and the one of said neighbor cells from said base station control station.

26. The mobile communication system as set forth in claim 25 , further comprising:

a first memory adapted to sequentially store the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time; and

a second memory adapted to sequentially store reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations on the basis of time;

wherein said control section is adapted to select said optimum neighbor cell from said neighbor cells by comparing the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said first memory with the reference communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations stored in said second memory.

27. The mobile station as set forth in claim 25 , wherein the communication qualities of the radio signals of said base stations received by said radio section are electric field strengths of the radio signals thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2005
From: NATSUME, KOUHEI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016441/0789 →