IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,532,389
Granted Patent B2
US 9,532,389 · App. 14/405,228 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Radio base station and radio communication system

Inventor: Yasufumi Morioka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W76/02H04W48/10H04W16/32H04W92/20
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Patent No.
US 9,532,389
App. No.
14/405,228
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio base station provides user equipments with system information regarding a radio base station that does not broadcast the system information. The radio base station wirelessly communicating with user equipments does not have a function to broadcast system information including information necessary for user equipments to connect with the radio base station to user equipments. The radio base station transmits the system information to a neighboring radio base station in order to assist the user equipments to connect with the radio base station. The neighboring radio base station transmits the system information to the user equipments having connected with the neighboring radio base station.

Claims (33)

1. A radio base station wirelessly communicating with user equipments, the radio base station not having a function to broadcast, to the user equipments, system information including information necessary for the user equipments to connect with the radio base station, the radio base station comprising:

a radio communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with the user equipments;

an inter-base station communicator configured to communicate with at least one other broadcasting radio base station having a function to broadcast system information;

a system information forwarder configured to transmit the system information through the inter-base station communicator to the broadcasting radio base station in order to assist the user equipments to connect with the radio base station not having a function to broadcast the system information;

a response request transmitter configured to transmit a response request for requesting a response to other radio base stations through the inter-base station communicator; and

a broadcasting base station detector configured to detect a response from a broadcasting radio base station, the response being a reply to the response request,

wherein the system information forwarder transmits the system information to the broadcasting radio base station, which has sent the response detected by the broadcasting base station detector.

2. The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein the system information forwarder transmits the system information to the broadcasting radio base station notified by a higher node.

3. The radio base station according to claim 1 , further comprising a system information change detector configured to detect change in the system information, wherein the system information forwarder transmits the system information to the broadcasting radio base station in a case in which the system information change detector has detected change in the system information.

4. The radio base station according to claim 1 , further comprising a system information difference detector configured to detect a difference between old system information and new system information in a case in which the system information has been changed, wherein the system information forwarder transmits the difference detected by the system information difference detector to the broadcasting radio base station.

5. A radio base station wirelessly communicating with user equipments, comprising:

a radio communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with the user equipments;

a non-broadcasting-base-station system information receiver configured to receive non-broadcasting-base-station system information, which is system information including information necessary for user equipments to connect with a non-broadcasting radio base station, from the non-broadcasting radio base station not having a function to broadcast system information to user equipments;

a non-broadcasting-base-station system information transmitter configured to transmit the non-broadcasting-base-station system information through the radio communicator to user equipments having connected with the radio base station in order to assist the user equipments to connect with the non-broadcasting radio base station; and

a response transmitter configured to transmit a response to the non-broadcasting radio base station that is a transmission source of a response request for searching a destination of the non-broadcasting-base-station system information.

6. The radio base station according to claim 5 , wherein the non-broadcasting-base-station system information transmitter periodically transmits the non-broadcasting-base-station system information to the user equipments.

7. The radio base station according to claim 5 , further comprising a transmission request detector configured to detect a non-broadcasting-base-station system information transmission request by which a user equipment requests transmission of the non-broadcasting-base-station system information, wherein the non-broadcasting-base-station system information transmitter transmits the non-broadcasting-base-station system information to the user equipment in a case in which the transmission request detector has detected the non-broadcasting-base-station system information transmission request.

8. A radio communication system comprising:

a first radio base station wirelessly communicating with user equipments, the first radio base station not having a function to broadcast, to the user equipments, system information including information necessary for the user equipments to connect with the first radio base station; and

a second radio base station wirelessly communicating with user equipments, the second radio base station having a function to broadcast, to the user equipments, system information including information necessary for the user equipments to connect with the first radio base station,

wherein the first radio base station comprises:

a radio communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with the user equipments;

an inter-base station communicator configured to communicate with at least one other radio base station; and

a system information forwarder configured to transmit the system information through the inter-base station communicator to the second radio base station in order to assist the user equipments to connect with the first radio base station,

wherein the second radio base station comprises:

a radio communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with the user equipments;

a system information receiver configured to receive the system information from the first radio base station; and

a system information transmitter configured to transmit the system information through the radio communicator to the user equipments having connected with the second radio base station in order to assist the user equipments to connect with the first radio base station,

wherein the first radio base station further comprises:

a response request transmitter configured to transmit a response request for requesting a response to the second radio base station through the inter-base station communicator; and

a broadcasting base station detector configured to detect a response from the second radio base station, the response being a reply to the response request,

wherein the system information forwarder transmits the system information to the second radio base station, which has sent the response detected by the broadcasting base station detector, and

wherein the second radio base station further comprises a response transmitter configured to transmit a response to the first radio base station that is a transmission source of the response request for searching a destination of the system information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2014
From: MORIOKA, YASUFUMI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 034362/0564 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-128882 · Jun 6, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150119054A1 · Apr 30, 2015