IP Library Granted Patent US 10,873,898
Granted Patent B2
US 10,873,898 · App. 16/392,688 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Radio terminal and base station

Inventor: Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W48/10H04W48/14H04W72/005H04W88/02H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 10,873,898
App. No.
16/392,688
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment for a mobile communication system, includes: a receiver configured to receive first system information which is broadcast from a base station and includes information necessary for accessing a cell of the base station; a transmitter configured to transmit a request signal including an identifier indicating a type of system information requested by the user equipment from among second system information other than the first system information; and a controller configured to acquire, from the base station, the system information indicated by the identifier.

Claims (18)

1. A user equipment for a mobile communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first system information block which is broadcast from a cell of a base station and includes information necessary for accessing the cell, the receiver further configured to receive a second system information block other than the first system information block from the cell in response to a request transmitted by the user equipment, the request including an identifier indicating a type of the second system information block being requested;

a controller configured to acquire area information indicating an area where the user equipment can apply the second system information block, the area comprising a plurality of cells including the cell; and

a transmitter configured to, in response to a determination that the user equipment moves to another cell out of the area, transmit a request signal to the another cell, the request signal including the identifier indicating the type of the second system information block requested by the user equipment from among system information blocks other than the first system information block that are available in the another cell.

2. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

the receiver is configured to receive a system information block from the another cell, and

the controller is configured to determine whether the second system information block is available in the another cell based on the system information block received from the another cell.

3. The user equipment according to claim 2 , wherein the system information block received from the another cell further comprises a value tag of the second system information block.

4. An apparatus for controlling a user equipment, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the processor configured to perform processes of:

receiving a first system information block which is broadcast from a cell of a base station and includes information necessary for accessing the cell;

receiving a second system information block other than the first system information block from the cell in response to a request transmitted by the user equipment, the request including an identifier indicating a type of the second system information block being requested;

acquiring area information indicating an area where the user equipment can apply the second system information block, the area comprising a plurality of cells including the cell; and

in response to a determination that the user equipment moves to another cell out of the area, transmitting a request signal to the another cell, the request signal including the identifier indicating the type of the second system information block requested by the user equipment from among system information blocks other than the first system information block that are available in the another cell.

5. A control method for a user equipment of a mobile communication system, the control method comprising:

receiving a first system information block which is broadcast from a cell of a base station and includes information necessary for accessing the cell;

receiving a second system information block other than the first system information block from the cell in response to a request transmitted by the user equipment, the request including an identifier indicating a type of the second system information block being requested;

acquiring area information indicating an area where the user equipment can apply the second system information block, the area comprising a plurality of cells including the cell; and

in response to a determination that the user equipment moves to another cell out of the area, transmitting a request signal to the another cell, the request signal including the identifier indicating the type of the second system information block requested by the user equipment from among system information blocks other than the first system information block that are available in the another cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2019
From: FUJISHIRO, MASATO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048977/0483 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-216661 · Nov 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017039615 · Nov 1, 2017
Related Publication 20190253956A1 · Aug 15, 2019