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Granted Patent B2
US 12,501,476 · App. 17/911,194 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Node apparatus, control method, and program

Inventors: Masaaki Ootake (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Aminaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W72/566H04W8/18H04W72/51
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Patent No.
US 12,501,476
App. No.
17/911,194
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to appropriately perform, in a mobile communication system including a plurality of mobile communication networks respectively operated by a plurality of mobile communication operators, cooperation among respective mobile communication networks, a core network node apparatus is a core network node apparatus in a first mobile communication network 1 a operated by a mobile communication operator A, the core network node apparatus including an obtaining unit that obtains identification information of terminal apparatuses connected to the first mobile communication network 1 a, a determining unit that determines whether the terminal apparatus is managed by a mobile communication operator B operating a second mobile communication network 1 b different from the first mobile communication network 1 a, based on the identification information, and a control unit that controls communication quality related to a service provided to the terminal apparatus by the first mobile communication network 1 a , based on results of the determination.

Claims (29)

1 . A node apparatus in a first mobile communication network operated by a first mobile communication operator, the node apparatus comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:

obtain identification information of a terminal apparatus connected to the first mobile communication network;

determine whether the terminal apparatus is managed by a second mobile communication operator operating a second mobile communication network different from the first mobile communication network, based on the identification information and association between terminal apparatuses and mobile communication operators;

when it is determined that the terminal apparatus is managed by the second mobile communication operator, perform control for reducing communication quality of the terminal apparatus to be higher than a predetermined value; and

when it is determined that the terminal apparatus is not managed by the second mobile communication operator, perform control for reducing the communication quality of the terminal apparatus to be lower than the predetermined value.

2 . The node apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to, when it is determined that the terminal apparatus is managed by the second mobile communication operator, perform control for enhancing the communication quality for the terminal apparatus to be higher than the communication quality for another terminal apparatus managed by the first mobile communication network.

3 . The node apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the control for enhancing includes priority control for raising order of priority of a packet used for the terminal apparatus to be higher than the order of priority of the packet used for the other terminal apparatus managed by the first mobile communication network.

4 . The node apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the control for enhancing includes band control for restricting a communication band used for the other terminal apparatus managed by the first mobile communication network to a predetermined bandwidth or lower.

5 . The node apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control includes band control for restricting a communication band used for the terminal apparatus to a predetermined bandwidth or lower.

6 . The node apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the node apparatus is a core network node in the first mobile communication network.

7 . The node apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

radio communication in the second mobile communication network is performed using a radio frequency band used for radio communication in the first mobile communication network.

8 . A control method performed by a node apparatus in a first mobile communication network operated by a first mobile communication operator, the control method comprising:

obtaining identification information of a terminal apparatus connected to the first mobile communication network;

determining whether the terminal apparatus is managed by a second mobile communication operator operating a second mobile communication network different from the first mobile communication network, based on the identification information and association between terminal apparatuses and mobile communication operators;

when it is determined that the terminal apparatus is managed by the second mobile communication operator, performing control for reducing communication quality of the terminal apparatus to be higher than a predetermined value; and

when it is determined that the terminal apparatus is not managed by the second mobile communication operator, performing control for reducing the communication quality of the terminal apparatus to be lower than the predetermined value.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing a node apparatus in a first mobile communication network operated by a first mobile communication operator to execute:

obtaining identification information of a terminal apparatus connected to the first mobile communication network;

determining whether the terminal apparatus is managed by a second mobile communication operator operating a second mobile communication network different from the first mobile communication network, based on the identification information and association between terminal apparatuses and mobile communication operators;

when it is determined that the terminal apparatus is managed by the second mobile communication operator, performing control for reducing communication quality of the terminal apparatus to be higher than a predetermined value; and

when it is determined that the terminal apparatus is not managed by the second mobile communication operator, performing control for reducing the communication quality of the terminal apparatus to be lower than the predetermined value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: OOTAKE, MASAAKI; AMINAKA, HIROAKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062575/0637 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-062964 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230107325A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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