IP Library Granted Patent US 9,706,464
Granted Patent B2
US 9,706,464 · App. 14/779,747 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Communication control method, user terminal, and processor

Inventors: Noriyoshi Fukuta (Yokohama, JP); Kugo Morita (Yokohama, JP); Henry Chang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W36/16H04L12/189H04W4/06H04W48/18H04W52/0225H04W56/00H04W88/06Y02B60/50
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Patent No.
US 9,706,464
App. No.
14/779,747
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication control method according to the present invention is a method for receiving an MBMS service. a communication control method comprises: a step A of transmitting to the first cell, by a UE 100 in a connected state in cell A belonging to PLMN 1 , information for transitioning from the connected state to an idle state, when it is determined that an MBMS service in which UE 100 is interested is distributed through PLMN 2 ; and a step B of receiving, by UE 100 that has transitioned from connected state to idle state, MBMS service from cell B, after reselecting cell B belonging to PLMN 2.

Claims (27)

1. A communication control method for receiving a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service, comprising:

receiving, by a user terminal in a connected state in a first cell belonging to a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) from the first PLMN, MBMS basis information on an MBMS service distributed through a second PLMN;

receiving, by the user terminal from the second PLMN, MBMS detailed information on the MBMS service distributed through the second PLMN on the basis of the MBMS basis information;

determining, by the user terminal, that an MBMS service in which the user terminal is interested is distributed through the second PLMN, on the basis of the MBMS detailed information;

transmitting, by the user terminal to the first cell, information for transitioning from the connected state to an idle state, in response to determining that an MBMS service in which the user terminal is interested is distributed through the second PLMN;

receiving, by the user terminal that has transitioned from the connected state to the idle state, the MBMS service from a second cell belonging to the second PLMN, after reselecting the second cell.

2. The communication control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the user terminal transmits to the first cell, an RRC connection release request, as the information for transitioning from the connected state to the idle state.

3. The communication control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the user terminal transmits to the first cell, an MBMS interest indication including frequency information and priority information, as the information for transitioning from the connected state to the idle state,

the frequency information indicates that there is no frequency at which an MBMS service which is received by the user terminal or in which the user terminal is interested is distributed, and

the priority information indicates that reception of the MBMS service is preceded over reception of a unicast service.

4. A user terminal that supports Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), comprising:

a controller including at least one processor and at least one memory, the controller configured to:

receive, when the user terminal is in a connected state in a first cell belonging to a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), from the first PLMN, MBMS basis information on an MBMS service distributed through a second PLMN;

receive from the second PLMN, MBMS detailed information on the MBMS service distributed through the second PLMN on the basis of the MBMS basis information;

determine that an MBMS service in which the user terminal is interested is distributed through the second PLMN, on the basis of the MBMS detailed information;

transmits to the first cell, information for transitioning from the connected state to an idle state, in response to determining that an MBMS service in which the user terminal is interested is distributed through the second PLMN;

reselect a second cell belonging to the second PLMN after being transitioned from the connected state to the idle state; and

receive the MBMS service from the second cell.

5. A processor provided in a user terminal that supports Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), executing the processes of:

receiving, when the user terminal is in a connected state in a first cell belonging to a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), from the first PLMN, MBMS basis information on an MBMS service distributed through a second PLMN;

receiving from the second PLMN, MBMS detailed information on the MBMS service distributed through the second PLMN on the basis of the MBMS basis information;

determining that an MBMS service in which the user terminal is interested is distributed through the second PLMN, on the basis of the MBMS detailed information;

transmitting to the first cell, information for transitioning from the connected state to an idle state, in response to determining that an MBMS service in which the user terminal is interested is distributed through a second PLMN;

reselecting a second cell belonging to the second PLMN after being transitioned from the connected state to the idle state; and

receiving the MBMS service from the second cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2015
From: FUKUTA, NORIYOSHI; MORITA, KUGO; CHANG, HENRY
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036648/0115 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61805789 · Mar 27, 2013
Related Publication 20160080996A1 · Mar 17, 2016