IP Library Granted Patent US 9,578,562
Granted Patent B2
US 9,578,562 · App. 14/167,823 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Mobile communication system, base station device, mobile station device and mobile communication method

Inventors: Katsunari Uemura (Osaka, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W36/0083H04W48/14
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Patent No.
US 9,578,562
App. No.
14/167,823
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile station device that communicates with a base station device, the mobile station device including: a determination unit which determines whether to request the base station device to provide control information of a small base station device accessed by the mobile station device or not; a first transmission unit, when the determination unit determines that the control information is to be requested, which sets information of the small base station device in a control information request message and transmits the control information request message to the base station device; a first reception unit which receives a response message transmitted from the base station device; and a measurement control execution unit which executes measurement control according to control information set in the response message received by the first reception unit.

Claims (26)

1. A mobile station apparatus communicating with a first base station apparatus, the mobile station apparatus comprising:

first circuitry configured and/or programmed to detect that the mobile station apparatus is entering an area of a cell of a second base station apparatus based on a list including the cell of the second base station apparatus previously stored in the mobile station apparatus;

second circuitry configured and/or programmed to transmit, to the first base station apparatus, information of the cell of the second base station apparatus in a case where the first circuitry detects that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the second base station apparatus and in a case where a gap for a measurement of the second base station apparatus is necessary, the information indicating frequency information for the cell of the second base station apparatus, and the information indicating that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the second base station apparatus; and

third circuitry configured and/or programmed to perform the measurement associated with the cell of the second base station apparatus, the measurement being based on control information required for the mobile station apparatus to perform the measurement on a frequency of the second base station apparatus,

wherein the second circuitry is configured and/or programmed not to transmit, to the first base station apparatus, the information in a case where the first circuitry does not detect that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the second base station apparatus included in the list.

2. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a determination that the gap is necessary is performed in a case that the frequency of the second base station apparatus is not same as a frequency of the first base station apparatus.

3. A processing method performed in a mobile station apparatus communicating with a first base station apparatus, the processing method comprising:

detecting whether or not the mobile station apparatus is entering an area of a cell of a second base station apparatus based on a list including the cell of the second base station apparatus previously stored in the mobile station apparatus;

transmitting to the first base station apparatus, information of the cell of the second base station apparatus in a case where the mobile station apparatus detects that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the second base station apparatus and in a case where a gap for a measurement of the second base station apparatus is necessary, the information indicating frequency information for the cell of the second base station apparatus, and the information indicating that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the second base station apparatus;

performing the measurement associated with the cell of the second base station apparatus, the measurement being based on control information required for the mobile station apparatus to perform the measurement on a frequency of the second base station apparatus; and

not transmitting, to the first base station apparatus, the information in a case where the mobile station apparatus does not detect that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the second base station apparatus included in the list.

4. The processing method according to claim 3 , wherein

a determination that the gap is necessary is performed in a case that the frequency of the second base station apparatus is not same as a frequency of the first base station apparatus.

5. A base station apparatus communicating with a mobile station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

first circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive, from the mobile station apparatus, information of a cell of another base station apparatus detected by the mobile station apparatus, the reception being performed in a case where a gap is necessary for a measurement by the mobile station apparatus on a frequency of the another base station apparatus, the information indicating frequency information for the cell of the another base station apparatus, and the information indicating that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the another base station apparatus; and

second circuitry configured and/or programmed to transmit control information to the mobile station apparatus before the measurement,

wherein the first circuitry is configured and/or programmed not to receive, from the mobile station apparatus, the information in a case where the mobile station apparatus is not entering the area of the cell of the another base station apparatus included in a list including the cell of the another base station apparatus previously stored in the mobile station apparatus.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

a determination that the gap is necessary is performed in a case that the frequency of the another base station apparatus is not same as a frequency of the base station apparatus.

7. A processing method performed in a base station apparatus that is configured to communicate with a mobile station apparatus, the processing method comprising:

receiving, from the mobile station apparatus, information of a cell of another base station apparatus detected by the mobile station apparatus, the reception being performed in a case where a gap is necessary for a measurement by the mobile station apparatus on a frequency of the another base station apparatus, the information indicating frequency information for the cell of the another base station apparatus, and the information indicating that the mobile station apparatus is entering the area of the cell of the another base station apparatus;

transmitting control information to the mobile station apparatus before the measurement; and

not receiving, from the mobile station apparatus, the information in a case where the mobile station apparatus is not entering the area of the cell of the another base station apparatus included in a list including the cell of the another base station apparatus previously stored in the mobile station apparatus.

8. The processing method according to claim 7 , wherein

a determination that the gap is necessary is performed in a case that the frequency of the another base station apparatus is not same as a frequency of the base station apparatus.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-072494 · Mar 19, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 12922826
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