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Granted Patent B2
US 10,362,624 · App. 15/543,853 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Communication system

Inventors: Mitsuru Mochizuki (Tokyo, JP); Kuniyuki Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Nakazawa (Tokyo, JP); Noriyuki Fukui (Tokyo, JP); Haruka Nozawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H04W76/28H04W8/02H04W48/00H04W48/16H04W48/20H04W52/02H04W88/02H04W88/08Y02D70/00
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Patent No.
US 10,362,624
App. No.
15/543,853
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A narrow-bandwidth terminal device performs radio communication at a bandwidth narrower than a system bandwidth. The narrow-bandwidth terminal device in an idle state camps on a cell, and performs discontinuous reception of a signal transmitted from the cell. The terminal device also determines a reception condition of the signal, for example, whether the signal can be received. When it is determined that the signal cannot be received, the narrow-bandwidth terminal device moves out of a coverage area of the cell while continuing to perform the discontinuous reception. When it is determined that a discontinuous reception timer has been completed, the narrow-bandwidth terminal device continues to perform the discontinuous reception.

Claims (10)

1. A communication system, comprising:

a communication terminal device; and

a base station device configuring at least one cell configured to perform radio communication with said communication terminal device,

wherein said communication terminal device includes a narrow-bandwidth terminal device having a narrower communication bandwidth narrower than a system bandwidth that can be used by said cell,

said narrow-bandwidth terminal device performs discontinuous reception for intermittently receiving a signal transmitted from said cell and determines a reception condition of said signal when said narrow-bandwidth terminal device is in an idle state within a coverage area of said cell, and

said narrow-bandwidth terminal device moves out of said coverage area of said cell while continuing to perform said discontinuous reception, when said reception condition of said signal satisfies a predetermined moving condition.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said moving condition is a determination that said signal cannot be received.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said moving condition is a determination that a reception quality of said signal is lower than or equal to a predetermined moving threshold.

4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said narrow-bandwidth terminal device performs a cell selection process upon completion of a period of said discontinuous reception after moving out of said coverage area of said cell.

5. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said narrow-bandwidth terminal device performs a cell selection process before moving out of said coverage area of said cell, when said reception condition of said signal satisfies a predetermined moving condition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: MOCHIZUKI, MITSURU; SUZUKI, KUNIYUKI; NAKAZAWA, MASAYUKI; FUKUI, NORIYUKI; NOZAWA, HARUKA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043010/0160 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-005900 · Jan 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180007733A1 · Jan 4, 2018
Cited By (1)
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