Emergency-information receiving method, mobile station, and radio base station

1. An emergency-information receiving method in which a plurality of mobile stations receives emergency information in a mobile communication system in which a radio base station is configured to transmit a plurality of types of system information repeatedly within a modification period to the mobile stations via a broadcast channel, and to notify the mobile stations of a predetermined trigger via the broadcast channel regardless of the modification period, the method comprising the steps of:

(A) starting, at the mobile stations, receiving scheduling-information-notification system information at a current modification period without waiting until a next modification period starts, when detecting the predetermined trigger; and

(B) receiving, at the mobile stations, emergency-information-notification system information on the basis of scheduling information notified by the received scheduling-information-notification system information,

wherein, when an emergency-information-notification system information receiver unit of the mobile station detects a predetermined indicator included in a paging message, as the predetermined trigger, the mobile station starts receiving the scheduling-information-notification system information at the current modification period.

2. The emergency-information receiving method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of:

(C) performing, at the mobile stations, processing corresponding to the emergency information notified by the received emergency-information-notification system information.

3. A mobile station configured to receive emergency information in a mobile communication system in which a radio base station is configured to transmit a plurality of types of system information repeatedly within a modification period to a plurality of mobile stations via a broadcast channel, and to notify the mobile stations of a predetermined trigger via the broadcast channel regardless of the modification period, the mobile station comprising:

a scheduling-information-notification system information receiver unit configured to start receiving scheduling-information-notification system information at a current modification period without waiting until a next modification period starts, when detecting the predetermined trigger; and

an emergency-information-notification system information receiver unit configured to receive emergency-information-notification system information on the basis of scheduling information notified by the received scheduling-information-notification system information,

wherein, when the emergency-information-notification system information receiver unit detects a predetermined indicator included in a paging message, as the predetermined trigger, the mobile station starts receiving the scheduling-information-notification system information at the current modification period.

4. The mobile station according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a processor unit configured to perform processing corresponding to the emergency information notified by the received emergency-information-notification system information.

5. The mobile station according to claim 3 , wherein

the emergency-information-notification system information receiver unit is configured to receive no system information except the emergency-information-notification system information.

6. The mobile station according to claim 3 , wherein

the scheduling-information-notification system information receiver unit is configured to start receiving the scheduling-information-notification system information at the current modification period without waiting until the next modification period starts, when the mobile station is in an idle state or a communicating state, and when the scheduling-information-notification system information receiver unit detects a predetermined indicator included in a paging message as the predetermined trigger.

7. The mobile station according to claim 3 , wherein

the scheduling-information-notification system information receiver unit is configured to start receiving the scheduling-information-notification system information at the current modification period without waiting until the next modification period starts, when the mobile station is in an idle state or a communicating state, and when the scheduling-information-notification system information receiver unit receives a predetermined indicator as the predetermined trigger via a physical downlink control channel including a paging identifier.

8. The mobile station according to claim 3 , wherein

the scheduling-information-notification system information receiver is configured to start receiving the scheduling-information-notification system information at the current modification period without waiting until the next modification period starts, when receiving a predetermined indicator as the predetermined trigger via a physical downlink control channel.

9. A radio base station configured to transmit emergency information in a mobile communication system in which the radio base station is configured to transmit a plurality of types of system information repeatedly within a modification period to a plurality of mobile stations via a broadcast channel, and to notify the mobile stations of a predetermined trigger via the broadcast channel regardless of the modification period, the radio base station comprising:

a scheduling-information-notification system information transmitter unit configured to notify, to the plurality of mobile stations, a predetermined trigger, and to start transmitting, to the plurality of mobile stations, scheduling-information-notification system information for notifying scheduling information which specifies a downlink resource for transmitting emergency-information-notification system information at a current modification period without waiting until a next modification period starts, when generation of the emergency information is detected; and

an emergency-information-notification system information transmitter unit configured to transmit emergency-information-notification system information by using the downlink resource specified by the scheduling information,

wherein, when an emergency-information-notification system information receiver unit of the mobile station detects a predetermined indicator included in a paging message, as the predetermined trigger, the mobile station starts receiving the scheduling-information-notification system information at the current modification period.

10. The radio base station according to claim 9 , wherein

the scheduling-information-notification system information transmitter unit is configured to start transmitting, as the predetermined trigger, a predetermined indicator included in a paging message, to the mobile stations in an idle state or a communicating state.

11. The radio base station according to claim 9 , wherein

the scheduling-information-notification system information transmitter unit is configured to transmit, as the predetermined trigger, a predetermined indicator via a physical downlink control channel including a paging identifier, to the mobile stations in an idle state or a communicating state.

12. The radio base station according to claim 9 , wherein

the scheduling-information-notification system information transmitter unit is configured to transmit, as the predetermined trigger, a predetermined indicator via a physical downlink control channel including a predetermined identifier.