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US 8,976,748 · App. 13/636,591 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, communication method, integrated circuit, and mobile station apparatus control program

Inventor: Katsunari Uemura (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04W74/0833H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 8,976,748
App. No.
13/636,591
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a mobile station apparatus capable of being connected to a base station apparatus by using a plurality of frequency bands performs an uplink transmission, the mobile station apparatus selects the optimum combination among the combinations of a plurality of frequency bands and uplink transmission methods, and performs the uplink transmission. The mobile station apparatus aggregates a plurality of cells to connect the same to a base station apparatus and requests, from the base station apparatus, an uplink radio resource required to transmit uplink data. The mobile station apparatus selects, based on a first condition, an uplink for making a radio resource request using a random access channel from the plurality of cells, and selects, based on a second condition, either the radio resource request using the random access channel or the transmission of uplink data using an uplink radio resource common to other mobile station apparatuses.

Claims (28)

1. A mobile station apparatus using a plurality of cells aggregated to connect to a base station apparatus, the mobile station apparatus comprising:

a circuitry configured to and/or programmed to determine,

a cell from among the plurality of cells aggregated,

the cell determined based on first information which is transmitted from the base station apparatus to the mobile station apparatus by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message,

the first information including a transmission setting of a random access channel on an uplink of the cell,

 the cell used to transmit a request an uplink radio resource which is required to transmit uplink data, and

the random access channel for the radio resource request based on second information not including an uplink control channel resource for the radio resource request,

the second information being transmitted from the base station apparatus to the mobile station apparatus by the RRC message.

2. A base station apparatus using a plurality of cells aggregated to connect to a mobile station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

a transmission circuitry configured to and/or programmed to transmit to the mobile station apparatus first information and second information by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to make the mobile station apparatus use a physical random access channel for a radio resource request,

the first information and the second information being information for selecting a cell from among the plurality of cells aggregated and a random access channel,

the cell being used for the mobile station apparatus to request an uplink radio resource which is required for the mobile station apparatus to transmit uplink data

the first information including a transmission setting of the random access channel on an uplink of the cell, and

the random access channel for the radio resource request based on second information not including an uplink control channel resource for the radio resource request.

3. An integrated circuit implemented in a mobile station apparatus which is configured to and/or programmed to use a plurality of cells aggregated to connect to a base station apparatus, the integrated circuit configured to and/or programmed to cause the mobile station apparatus to exert a plurality of functions comprising:

a circuitry configured and/or programmed to determine,

a cell from among the plurality of cells aggregated,

the cell determined based on first information which is transmitted from the base station apparatus to the mobile station apparatus by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message,

the first information including a transmission setting of a random access channel on an uplink of the cell,

the cell used to transmit a request an uplink radio resource which is required to transmit uplink data, and

the random access channel for the radio resource request based on second information not including an uplink control channel resource for the radio resource request,

the second information being transmitted from the base station apparatus to the mobile station apparatus by the RRC message.

4. An integrated circuit implemented in a base station apparatus which is configured to and/or programmed to use a plurality of cells aggregated to connect to a mobile station apparatus, the integrated circuit configured to and/or programmed to cause the base station apparatus to exert a plurality of functions comprising:

a transmission circuitry configured to and/or programmed transmit, to the mobile station apparatus, first information and second information by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to make the mobile station apparatus use a physical random access channel for a radio resource request,

the first information and the second information being information for selecting a cell from among the plurality of cells aggregated and a random access channel,

the cell being used for the mobile station apparatus to request an uplink radio resource which is required for the mobile station apparatus to transmit uplink data,

the first information including a transmission setting of the random access channel on an uplink of the cell, and

the random access channel for the radio resource request based on second information not including an uplink control channel resource for the radio resource request.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2012
From: UEMURA, KATSUNARI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 029166/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-068713 · Mar 24, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130034069A1 · Feb 7, 2013