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Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,387 · App. 16/969,769 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Communication apparatus, distribution apparatus, communication system, transmission method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Naoaki Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Apostolos Papageorgiou (Heidelberg, DE)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W4/06H04W4/90H04W64/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,889,387
App. No.
16/969,769
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication apparatus ( 10 ) according to the present disclosure includes a position information management unit ( 11 ) configured to manage a distribution area used in a mobile communication system and position information indicating a position of a communication terminal connected to an access system different from the mobile communication system while associating the distribution area with the position information, a communication terminal management unit ( 12 ) configured to manage the communication terminal and a distribution area to which the communication terminal belongs while associating the communication terminal with the distribution area based on positional information indicating a current position of the communication terminal, and a communication unit ( 13 ) configured to, when it receives distribution data for which the distribution area is designated as its distribution destination, transmit the distribution data, whose distribution destination has been changed to the communication terminal associated with the distribution area, to the communication terminal.

Claims (9)

1. A method for an AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) apparatus, the method comprising:

connecting to a 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) access network and an N3IWF (Non-3GPP InterWorking Function) node apparatus;

receiving a Write-Replace Warning Request message from a CBC (Cell Broadcast Centre); and

in a case where the Write-Replace Warning Request message does not include a list of TAIs (Tracking Area Identities), forwarding the Write-Replace Warning Request message to an NG-RAN (Next Generation Radio Access Network) node apparatus indicated by information identifying a node apparatus of the 3GPP access network without forwarding the Write-Replace Warning Request message to the N3IWF node apparatus.

2. A communication system comprising:

an AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) apparatus configured to manage access and mobility related to a UE (User Equipment); and

a CBC (Cell Broadcast Centre) configured to distribute emergency information, wherein the CBC sends a Write-Replace Warning Request message to the AMF apparatus, and

wherein the AMF connects to a 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) access network and an N3IWF (Non-3GPP InterWorking Function) node apparatus, and

wherein in a case where the Write-Replace Warning Request message does not include a list of TAIs (Tracking Area Identities), the AMF apparatus forwards the Write-Replace Warning Request message to an NG-RAN (Next Generation Radio Access Network) node apparatus indicated by information identifying a node apparatus of the 3GPP access network without forwarding the Write-Replace Warning Request message to the N3IWF node apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2023
From: SUZUKI, NAOAKI; PAPAGEORGIOU, APOSTOLOS
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065699/0650 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-025795 · Feb 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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