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Granted Patent B2
US 10,111,083 · App. 13/845,267 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Communication system, operation control method, and location management server

Inventor: Toshiyuki Tamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W8/04H04W8/06H04W80/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,111,083
App. No.
13/845,267
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention is a communication system including a location management server for managing the location of a mobile station, a base station for deciding an exchange which accommodates the mobile station via the base station in response to a location registration request from the mobile station and making the location registration request to the exchange decided, and an exchange for making the location registration request to the location management server in response to the location registration request from the base station, wherein the location management server designates an exchange for accommodating the mobile station in response to the location registration request.

Claims (18)

1. A method for a mobile communication, the method comprising:

a mobile station (UE) sending to a base station a signal relating to a location of the UE;

the base station selecting a first exchange for the UE and sending the signal to the first exchange; and

the base station resending the signal sent to the first exchange to a second exchange based on subscription information of the UE provided by a home subscriber server (HSS).

2. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a mobile station (UE);

a base station;

a plurality of exchanges; and

a home subscriber server (HSS),

wherein the UE sends a signal to the base station relating to a location of the UE,

wherein the base station selects a first exchange for the UE and sends the signal to the first exchange, and

wherein the base station resends the signal sent to the first exchange to a second exchange based on subscription information of the UE provided by the HSS.

3. A method for a mobile station used in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

sending a signal to a base station relating to a location of the mobile station; and

updating the location of the mobile station,

wherein the base station selects a first exchange for the mobile station upon receiving the signal and sends the signal to the first exchange,

wherein the base station resends the signal sent to the first exchange to a second exchange based on subscription information of the mobile station provided by a home subscriber server (HSS), and

wherein the mobile station updates the location of the mobile station through the second exchange.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-164144 · Jun 14, 2006 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 13457034 · Apr 26, 2012
Division 12902975 · Oct 12, 2010
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