IP Library Granted Patent US 11,889,365
Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,365 · App. 18/339,246 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Base station device, program, flying body, and control method

Inventors: Akihiro Baba (Tokyo, JP); Mizuki Funakoshi (Tokyo, JP); Yonghong Tan (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SoftBank Corp.
H04W36/008355H04W36/0085
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Patent No.
US 11,889,365
App. No.
18/339,246
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a base station device including: a scheme selection unit that selects a scheme of HO from a first scheme not using an NRT and a second scheme using the NRT; and an HO control unit that, when the first scheme is selected, causes the UE to measure system information of an HO candidate cell, receives an ECGI, and controls HO by using cell information of the HO candidate cell received from a core network by using the ECGI, and, when the second scheme is selected and the PCI of the HO candidate cell is included in the NRT, controls the HO by using cell information corresponding to the PCI, and when the PCI is not included, causes the UE to measure the system information of the HO candidate cell, receives the ECGI, controls the HO by using the cell information of the HO candidate cell.

Claims (41)

1. A base station device comprising:

a storage unit that stores a neighbor relation table;

a scheme selection unit that selects a scheme of HO from a first scheme not using the neighbor relation table and a second scheme using the neighbor relation table when receiving a measurement report for HO from a user terminal; and

an HO control unit that, when the first scheme is selected, causes the user terminal to measure system information of an HO candidate cell, receives, from the user terminal, a cell global identifier included in the system information, and controls HO of the user terminal by using cell information of the HO candidate cell received from a core network by using the cell global identifier, and

when the second scheme is selected, determines whether a physical cell identifier of the HO candidate cell is included in the neighbor relation table, when the physical cell identifier is included, controls the HO of the user terminal by using cell information corresponding to the physical cell identifier, and when the physical cell identifier is not included, causes the user terminal to measure the system information of the HO candidate cell, receives, from the user terminal, the cell global identifier included in the system information, controls the HO of the user terminal by using the cell information of the HO candidate cell received from the core network by using the cell global identifier, and registers the cell information in the neighbor relation table.

2. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein when the first scheme is selected, the HO control unit discards the cell information received from the core network without registering the cell information in the neighbor relation table.

3. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when a connected business operator of the user terminal is a pre-registered business operator, and selects the second scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is not the pre-registered business operator.

4. The base station device according to claim 2 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when a connected business operator of the user terminal is a pre-registered business operator, and selects the second scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is not the pre-registered business operator.

5. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when a connected business operator of the user terminal is a pre-registered business operator and a frequency of the HO candidate cell is a predetermined frequency, and selects the second scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is not the pre-registered business operator and when the connected business operator of the user terminal is the pre-registered business operator but the frequency of the HO candidate cell is not the predetermined frequency.

6. The base station device according to claim 2 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when a connected business operator of the user terminal is a pre-registered business operator and a frequency of the HO candidate cell is a predetermined frequency, and selects the second scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is not the pre-registered business operator and when the connected business operator of the user terminal is the pre-registered business operator but the frequency of the HO candidate cell is not the predetermined frequency.

7. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when a frequency of the HO candidate cell is a predetermined frequency, and selects the second scheme when the frequency of the HO candidate cell is not the predetermined frequency.

8. The base station device according to claim 2 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when a frequency of the HO candidate cell is a predetermined frequency, and selects the second scheme when the frequency of the HO candidate cell is not the predetermined frequency.

9. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the HO scheme from the first scheme and the second scheme according to a number of registrations of the neighbor relation table.

10. The base station device according to claim 9 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when a number of registrations of the neighbor relation table is larger than a predetermined first threshold, and selects the second scheme when the number of registrations is smaller than the first threshold.

11. The base station device according to claim 10 , wherein the scheme selection unit selects the first scheme when the number of registrations of the neighbor relation table is larger than the first threshold and a connected business operator of the user terminal is a pre-registered business operator, and selects the second scheme when the number of registrations is smaller than the first threshold and when the number of registrations is larger than the first threshold and the connected business operator of the user terminal is not the pre-registered business operator.

12. The base station device according to claim 10 , wherein

the scheme selection unit

in a case where the number of registrations of the neighbor relation table is larger than the first threshold and smaller than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, selects the first scheme when a connected business operator of the user terminal is a pre-registered first business operator, and selects the second scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is not the first business operator, and

in a case where when the number of registrations of the neighbor relation table is larger than the second threshold, selects the first scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is either the first business operator or the second business operator, and selects the second scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is neither the first business operator nor the second business operator.

13. The base station device according to claim 10 , wherein

the scheme selection unit

in a case where the number of registrations of the neighbor relation table is larger than the first threshold and smaller than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, selects the first scheme when a frequency of the HO candidate cell is a predetermined frequency, and selects the second scheme when the frequency of the HO candidate cell is not the predetermined frequency, and

in a case where the number of registrations of the neighbor relation table is larger than the second threshold, selects the first scheme when a connected business operator of the user terminal is a pre-registered business operator, and selects the second scheme when the connected business operator of the user terminal is not the pre-registered business operator.

14. A flight vehicle comprising the base station device according to claim 1 , wherein

the base station device forms a cell on a ground and provides a wireless communication service to the user terminal in the cell.

15. A flight vehicle comprising the base station device according to claim 2 , wherein

the base station device forms a cell on a ground and provides a wireless communication service to the user terminal in the cell.

16. A flight vehicle comprising the base station device according to claim 3 , wherein

the base station device forms a cell on a ground and provides a wireless communication service to the user terminal in the cell.

17. A flight vehicle comprising the base station device according to claim 4 , wherein

the base station device forms a cell on a ground and provides a wireless communication service to the user terminal in the cell.

18. The flight vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the flight vehicle functions as a stratosphere platform.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program which causes a computer to function as:

a storage unit that stores a neighbor relation table;

a scheme selection unit that selects a scheme of HO from a first scheme not using the neighbor relation table and a second scheme using the neighbor relation table when receiving a measurement report for HO from a user terminal; and

an HO control unit that, when the first scheme is selected, causes the user terminal to measure system information of an HO candidate cell, receives, from the user terminal, a cell global identifier included in the system information, and controls HO of the user terminal by using cell information of the HO candidate cell received from a core network by using the cell global identifier, and

when the second scheme is selected, determines whether a physical cell identifier of the HO candidate cell is included in the neighbor relation table, when the physical cell identifier is included, controls the HO of the user terminal by using cell information corresponding to the physical cell identifier, and when the physical cell identifier is not included, causes the user terminal to measure the system information of the HO candidate cell, receives, from the user terminal, the cell global identifier included in the system information, controls the HO of the user terminal by using the cell information of the HO candidate cell received from the core network by using the cell global identifier, and registers the cell information in the neighbor relation table.

20. A control method executed by a base station device, comprising:

selecting a scheme of HO from a first scheme not using a neighbor relation table stored in a storage unit of the base station device and a second scheme using the neighbor relation table when receiving a measurement report for HO from a user terminal; and

controlling the HO by, when the first scheme is selected in the selecting the scheme, causing the user terminal to measure system information of an HO candidate cell, receiving, from the user terminal, a cell global identifier included in the system information, and controlling HO of the user terminal by using cell information of the HO candidate cell received from a core network by using the cell global identifier, and

when the second scheme is selected in the selecting the scheme, determining whether a physical cell identifier of the HO candidate cell is included in the neighbor relation table, when the physical cell identifier is included, controlling the HO of the user terminal by using cell information corresponding to the physical cell identifier, and when the physical cell identifier is not included, causing the user terminal to measure the system information of the HO candidate cell, receiving, from the user terminal, the cell global identifier included in the system information, controlling the HO of the user terminal by using the cell information of the HO candidate cell received from the core network by using the cell global identifier, and registering the cell information in the neighbor relation table.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 18, 2023
From: HAPSMOBILE INC.
To: SOFTBANK CORP.
Reel/Frame 066048/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2023
From: BABA, AKIHIRO; FUNAKOSHI, MIZUKI; TAN, YONGHONG
To: HAPSMOBILE INC.
Reel/Frame 064035/0869 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-215885 · Dec 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
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