IP Library Granted Patent US 9,198,132
Granted Patent B2
US 9,198,132 · App. 13/989,951 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Mobile phone terminal and communication state transition method thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,198,132
App. No.
13/989,951
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile phone terminal has a transition request function in which the mobile phone terminal transmits to a network a state transition request that the state of communication with the network be set to a pocket idle state if a packet communication idle state continues for a predetermined time in a state in which the mobile phone terminal is connected to the network in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) state. The mobile phone terminal includes a control section that controls the transition request function based on a communication history of the mobile phone terminal, based on a transmission power value of the mobile phone terminal, or based on a reception electric field value of the mobile phone terminal.

Claims (12)

1. A mobile phone terminal that has a transition request function in which said mobile phone terminal transmits to a network a state transition request that the state of communication with the network be set to a packet idle state when a packet communication idle state continues for a predetermined time in a state in which said mobile phone terminal is connected to said network in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state, said mobile phone terminal comprising:

a controller configured to control said transition request function based on a communication history of said mobile phone terminal, based on a transmission power value of said mobile phone terminal, or based on a reception electric field value of said mobile phone terminal,

wherein the communication states in which said mobile phone terminal communicates with said network include a Cell-DCH state, a Cell-FACH state, and a Cell-PCH state besides said packet idle state, and

wherein the controller includes:

a storage storing communication history information that indicates an idle packet communication time in each of said communication states, and

a setting processor weighting the idle packet communication time in each communication state indicated in said communication history information, and when an average of the idle packet communication times that are weighted in each communication state becomes greater than a reference time, adjusting said predetermined time based on a difference between the average and the reference time.

2. A communication state transition method for a mobile phone terminal that has a transition request function in which said mobile phone terminal transmits to a network a state transition request that the state of communication with the network be set to a packet idle state when a packet communication idle state continues for a predetermined time in a state in which said mobile phone terminal is connected to said network in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state, said communication state transition method comprising:

controlling said transition request function based on a communication history of said mobile phone terminal, based on a transmission power value of said mobile phone terminal, or based on a reception electric field value of said mobile phone terminal,

wherein the communication states in which said mobile phone terminal communicates with said network include a Cell-DCH state, a Cell-FACH state, and a Cell-PCH state besides said packet idle state, and

wherein said controlling includes:

storing communication history information that indicates an idle packet communication time in each of said communication states, and

weighting the idle packet communication time in each communication state indicated in said communication history information and when an average of the idle packet communication times that are weighted in each communication state becomes greater than a reference time, and adjusting said predetermined time based on a difference between the average and the reference time.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2013
From: TADAKI, TAKASHI
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030495/0566 →