IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,997,749
Granted Patent B2
US 11,997,749 · App. 17/615,101 · Granted May 28, 2024

Wireless communication device and communication control method

Inventor: Shinichiro Tsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W8/04H04W60/00H04W84/042H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 11,997,749
App. No.
17/615,101
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication device ( 100 ) according to the present disclosure includes a control unit ( 140 ). The control unit ( 140 ) acquires a first PLMN list ( 40 ) on the basis of information stored in a first subscriber identity module ( 30 A), selects a home PLMN from the first PLMN list ( 40 ), acquires a second PLMN ID on the basis of information stored in a second subscriber identity module ( 30 B), performs a first registration request to a first management device ( 10 A) which belongs to the home PLMN and manages registration of the wireless communication device ( 100 ) in a case where the second PLMN ID is not included in the first PLMN list ( 40 ), and performs, to the first management device ( 10 A), a second registration request with information regarding the second PLMN included therein in a case where the second PLMN ID is included in the first PLMN list ( 40 ).

Claims (31)

1. A wireless communication device comprising:

a control unit that acquires a first PLMN list on a basis of information stored in a first subscriber identity module,

selects a home PLMN from the first PLMN list,

acquires a second PLMN ID on a basis of information stored in a second subscriber identity module,

perform a first registration request to a first management device which belongs to the home PLMN and manages registration of the wireless communication device in a case where the second PLMN ID is not included in the first PLMN list, and

performs, to the first management device, a second registration request with information regarding the second PLMN included in the second registration request in a case where the second PLMN ID is included in the first PLMN list.

2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit acquires an EHPLMN list and a forbidden PLMN list from the first subscriber identity module, and

sets a list obtained by removing the forbidden PLMN list from the EHPLMN list as the first PLMN list.

3. The wireless communication device according to claim 2 , wherein

the control unit performs a registration deletion request to a second management device which belongs to the second PLMN and manages registration of the wireless communication device, and then performs the first or second registration request to the first management device.

4. The wireless communication device according to claim 3 , wherein

the control unit performs the first or second registration request to the first management device in a case where switching from the second management device to the first management device is determined.

5. The wireless communication device according to claim 4 , wherein

the control unit performs the first or second registration request to the first management device in a case where a switching instruction to the first management device from the second management device is received.

6. The wireless communication device according to claim 5 , wherein

the switching instruction includes a timer period, and

the control unit requests the first management device to perform registration during the timer period.

7. The wireless communication device according to claim 6 , wherein

in a case of requesting the first management device to perform registration during the timer period, the control unit transmits a registration request signal including a registration period in which the registration is performed.

8. The wireless communication device according to claim 7 , wherein

the control unit requests registration in the first management device without requesting deletion of registration in the second management device during the timer period.

9. The wireless communication device according to claim 8 , wherein

the control unit manages a registration/non-registration state in the first and second management devices, and

in a case where the timer period or the registration period ends, causes a registration state in the first management device to transition to a non-registration state.

10. A communication control method comprising:

acquiring a first PLMN list on a basis of information stored in a first subscriber identity module;

selecting a home PLMN from the first PLMN list;

acquiring a second PLMN ID on a basis of information stored in a second subscriber identity module;

performing a first registration request to a first management device which belongs to the home PLMN and manages mobility in a case where the second PLMN ID is not included in the first PLMN list, and

performing, to the first management device, a second registration request with information regarding the second PLMN included in the second registration request in a case where the second PLMN ID is included in the first PLMN list.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: TSUDA, SHINICHIRO
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058236/0147 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-111603 · Jun 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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