IP Library Granted Patent US 9,060,370
Granted Patent B2
US 9,060,370 · App. 13/671,707 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Inter base station handover method, radio communication system, DRX control method, base station, and communication terminal

Inventors: Hisashi Futaki (Minato-ku, JP); Jinsock Lee (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W76/048H04W36/0055H04W76/04H04W52/0216H04W52/02H04W36/165Y02B60/50
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Patent No.
US 9,060,370
App. No.
13/671,707
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a DRX control method and system in which power consumption of a mobile station can be reduced and an increase in the load of a network can be suppressed. A source base station forwards Dormancy Context, which is information for controlling the activity level of a mobile station that performs inter base station handover, to a target base station and, immediately after the mobile station completes handover, the target base station performs DRX control of the mobile station using the Dormancy Context.

Claims (12)

1. A base station which is a first base station of a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system, the first base station comprising:

a transmission unit which transmits, when a mobile station performs a handover from the first base station to a second base station, information to the second base station, wherein the information comprises first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration information and time that the mobile station stays in RRC Connected state at the first base station; and

a reception unit which receives, from the second base station, second DRX configuration information in response to receiving the first DRX configuration information at the second base station from the first base station.

2. A method of controlling a base station which is a first base station of a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system, the first base station comprising:

transmitting, when a mobile station performs a handover from the first base station to a second base station, information to the second base station, wherein the information comprises first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration information and time that the mobile station stays in RRC Connected state at the first base station; and

receiving, from the second base station, second DRX configuration information in response to receiving the first DRX configuration information at the second base station from the first base station.

3. A mobile station in a wireless communication system including a plurality of base stations, comprising:

a control unit which performs a handover from a first base station to a second base station, wherein the first base station transmits first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration information and time that the mobile station stays in RRC Connected state at the first base station to the second base station; and

a radio unit which receives a second DRX configuration information via the first base station, wherein the second base station transmits the second DRX configuration information to the first base station in response to receiving the first DRX configuration information.

4. A method of controlling a mobile station in a wireless communication system including a plurality of base stations, comprising:

performing a handover from a first base station to a second base station, wherein the first base station transmits first Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration information and time that the mobile station stays in RRC Connected state at the first base station to the second base station; and

receiving a second DRX configuration information via the first base station, wherein the second base station transmits the second DRX configuration information to the first base station in response to receiving the first DRX configuration information.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-025873 · Feb 5, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12525950
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