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Granted Patent B2
US 10,575,228 · App. 14/655,961 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Radio communication system, base station, mobile station, communication control method, and computer readable medium

Inventors: Hiroaki Aminaka (Tokyo, JP); Hisashi Futaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
H04W36/08H04W36/0044H04W36/30H04W76/32H04L65/1063H04W24/10H04W48/20H04W76/10H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 10,575,228
App. No.
14/655,961
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first base station ( 1 ) is configured to send, to a second base station ( 2 ), first configuration information that is necessary to establish a data bearer and a data radio bearer in the second base station ( 2 ) for a C/U-plane split scenario. Further, the first base station ( 1 ) is configured to send, to a third base station ( 3 ), configuration information (e.g., LPN information) regarding the data bearer established in the second base station ( 2 ) when a mobile station ( 4 ) moves from a first cell ( 10 ) to a third cell ( 30 ) (S 103 and S 104 ). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to a reduction in wasted signaling when a UE moves between cells in the C/U-plane split scenario.

Claims (30)

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a source Master base station;

a secondary base station;

a target Master base station; and

a User Equipment (UE); wherein:

the source Master base station is configured to send, to the target Master base station, a request of handover of the UE from the source Master base station to the target Master base station, the request including an identifier of the secondary base station and at least one of: an identifier of the UE provided by the secondary base station and an identifier of an E-UTRAN Radio Access Bearer (E-RAB) of the secondary base station;

the target Master base station is configured to send, to the source Master base station, a response after receiving the request of handover;

the source Master base station is configured to send, to the UE, information for configuration of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection including the identifier of the E-RAB of the secondary base station to perform the handover, wherein the sending of the information for configuration of the RRC connection causes the UE to apply configuration of a cell of the secondary base station, with the identifier of the E-RAB of the secondary base station; and

the UE is configured to synchronize, based on the information for configuration of the RRC connection, to the target Master base station and to establish an RRC connection with the target Master base station.

2. The radio communication system according to the claim 1 , wherein

the target Master base station is configured to send, to the secondary base station, a message regarding to the target Master base station, the message including an information regarding to X2 interface between the target Master base station and the secondary base station; and

the secondary base station is configured to send, to the target Master base station, a response to the message regarding to the target Master base station.

3. A source Master base station comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one hardware processor configured to process the instructions to:

transmit, from the source Master base station to a target Master base station, a request of handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source Master base station to the target Master base station, the request including an identifier of a Secondary base station and at least one of: an identifier of the UE provided by the secondary base station, and an identifier of an E-UTRAN Radio Access Bearer (E-RAB) of the secondary base station; and

transmit, to the UE, information for configuration of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection including the identifier of E-RAB of the secondary base station to perform the handover, wherein the transmission of the information for configuration of the RRC connection causes the UE to apply configuration of a cell of the secondary base station, with the identifier of the E-RAB of the secondary base station.

4. A target Master base station comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one hardware processor configured to process the instructions to:

receive, from a source Master base station, a request of handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source Master base station to the target Master base station, the request including an identifier of a Secondary base station and at least one of: an identifier of the UE provided by the secondary base station and an identifier of an E-UTRAN Radio Access Bearer (E-RAB) of the secondary base station;

synchronize, based on the request, to the UE; and

establish a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the UE.

5. The source Master base station according to the claim 3 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to process the instructions to:

receive, from the target Master base station, a response to the request of handover.

6. The target Master base station according to the claim 4 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to process the instructions to:

send, to the source Master base, a response after receiving the request of handover.

7. The target Master base station according to the claim 4 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to process the instructions to:

send, to the secondary base station, a message regarding to the target Master base station, the message including an information regarding to X2 interface between the target Master base station and the secondary base station; and

receive, from the secondary base station, a response to the message regarding to the target Master base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2015
From: AMINAKA, HIROAKI; FUTAKI, HISASHI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035915/0323 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-288210 · Dec 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150341836A1 · Nov 26, 2015