IP Library Granted Patent US 11,737,128
Granted Patent B2
US 11,737,128 · App. 16/373,307 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Wireless communications system, base station, mobile station, and processing method

Inventors: Yoshiaki Ohta (Yokohama, JP); Shinichiro Aikawa (Yokohama, JP); Takayoshi Ode (Yokohama, JP); Junichi Suga (Ota, JP); Ryuichi Takechi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W72/542H04L12/14H04L12/141H04L12/1403H04L12/4633H04L45/302H04L47/34H04L47/41H04M15/41H04M15/8214H04W4/24H04W28/06H04W76/12H04W76/16H04W76/27H04W88/06H04W88/10H04W80/02H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,737,128
App. No.
16/373,307
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication system includes: a first communication apparatus configured to control a first wireless communication and a second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication; a second communication apparatus configured to communicate using the second communication; and a third communication apparatus configured to perform data communication with the first communication apparatus via the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication, wherein the third communication apparatus transmits to the first communication apparatus a control message that includes an available address of the third wireless communications apparatus used in the second wireless communication, the first communication apparatus notifies the second communication apparatus of the available address of the third communication apparatus, and the second communication apparatus communicate with the third communication apparatus using the address.

Claims (35)

1. A communication system comprising:

a first communication apparatus configured to control a first wireless communication and a second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication;

a second communication apparatus configured to perform the second wireless communication; and

a third communication apparatus configured to perform data communication with the first communication apparatus via the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication, wherein

the first communication apparatus transfers data to the second communication apparatus, and

the second communication apparatus forwards the data from the first communication apparatus to the third communication apparatus by using EtherType information that specifies LTE as an upper layer, and wherein

the first communication apparatus transfers data to the second communication apparatus through an adaptation sublayer that includes a process of adding a header to the data,

before the process of the adaptation sublayer, the data is processed in a convergence layer that includes a process of routing the data between the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication, and

the convergence layer is an upper layer of the adaptation sublayer, and

wherein a transmission path between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus is formed by an IP network where a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) is used as a u-plane protocol.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication apparatus further includes:

a controller configured to control the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication.

3. A communication apparatus configured to communicate via a first wireless communication or a second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication, the communication apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit data to a first communication apparatus via the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication; and

a receiver configured to receive data transmitted by a second communication apparatus by using EtherType information that specifies LTE as an upper layer, the second communication apparatus communicating with the communication apparatus via the second wireless communication, wherein

the data is transferred to the second communication apparatus by the first communication apparatus through an adaptation sublayer that includes a process of adding a header to the data,

before the process of the adaptation sublayer, the data is processed in a convergence layer that includes a process of routing the data between the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication, and

the convergence layer is an upper layer of the adaptation sublayer, and

wherein a transmission path between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus is formed by an IP network where a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) is used as a u-plane protocol.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the receiver receives from the first communication apparatus, a request signal requesting the address available in the second wireless communication, and

the transmitter transmits the control message according to the request signal.

5. A communication apparatus configured to communicate via a first wireless communication or a second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication, the communication apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive data from a first communication apparatus via the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication; and

a transmitter configured to transfer data to a second communication apparatus that forwards the data from the transmitter to the first communication apparatus by using EtherType information that specifies LTE as an upper layer, through an adaptation sublayer that includes a process of adding a header to the data, wherein

before the process of the adaptation sublayer, the data is processed in a convergence layer that includes a process of routing the data between the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication, and

the convergence layer is an upper layer than the adaptation sublayer, and

wherein a transmission path between the communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus is formed by an IP network where a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) is used as a u-plane protocol.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a controller configured to control the data to be transferred from the transmitter to the second communication apparatus via the adaptation sublayer.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller controls the data, to which a sequence number is added through the process of the convergence layer, to be transferred via the adaptation sublayer.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a controller configured to control the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication.

9. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the u-plane protocol is processed at a gateway, and the gateway accommodates both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 072423/0322 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: OHTA, YOSHIAKI; AIKAWA, SHINICHIRO; ODE, TAKAYOSHI; SUGA, JUNICHI; TAKECHI, RYUICHI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048786/0970 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/JP2015/061293 · Apr 10, 2015 · international
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15725890 · Oct 5, 2017
Continuation PCTJP2015063953 · May 14, 2015
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