Mobile communication method and radio base station

1. A mobile communication method comprising the steps of:

(A) performing, at a mobile station having established a first connection in a first cell, a modification process to modify a configuration of the first connection, in response to a reconfiguration signal from a radio base station managing the first cell;

(B) storing, at the mobile station, transaction identification information included in the reconfiguration signal, and transmitting, from the mobile station to the radio base station managing the first cell, a reconfiguration complete signal including the stored transaction identification information, when succeeding in the modification process;

(C) performing, at the mobile station, a cell selection process when detecting failure in the first connection;

(D) transmitting, from the mobile station to a radio base station managing a second cell selected by the cell selection process, a connection re-establishment request signal including the transaction identification information and a security parameter for specifying the first cell and the mobile station;

(E) determining, at the radio base station managing the second cell, whether or not to have stored context information of the mobile station having transmitted the connection re-establishment request signal;

(F) transmitting, from the radio base station managing the second cell to the radio base station managing the first cell, a context request signal including the transaction identification information and the security parameter, when the radio base station managing the second cell determines that it does not store the context information of the mobile station;

(G) specifying, at the radio base station managing the first cell which has received the context request signal, the context information of the mobile station based on the transaction identification information and the security parameter, and transferring, from the radio base station managing the first cell to the radio base station managing the second cell, the specified context information of the mobile station; and

(H) establishing, at the radio base station managing the second cell and the mobile station, a second connection in the second cell for the mobile station based on the context information of the mobile station.

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

in the step (E), the radio base station managing the second cell determines whether or not the context information of the mobile station is stored based on a combination of the transaction identification information and the security parameter included in the connection re-establishment request signal.

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

the step (D) further comprises the steps of:

(D1) transmitting, from the mobile station to the radio base station managing the second cell, a random access preamble;

(D2) transmitting, from the radio base station managing the second cell to the mobile station, a random access response in response to the received random access preamble;

(D3) transmitting, from the mobile station, the connection re-establishment request signal using a resource designated by the random access response; and

(D4) transmitting, from the radio base station managing the second cell, a contention resolution signal in response to reception of the connection re-establishment request signal; and

in the step (D4), the radio base station managing the second cell transmits the contention resolution signal, separately from a connection re-establishment signal which is a response signal of the connection re-establishment request signal, before a prescribed timer having been activated in the step (D1) is expired.

4. The mobile communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a step of notifying, from the radio base station managing the first cell to the radio base station managing the second cell, latest transaction identification information in the mobile station at an arbitrary timing, even if failure in the first connection is not detected.

5. The mobile communication method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a step of notifying, from the radio base station managing the first cell to the radio base station managing the second cell, latest transaction identification information in the mobile station at an arbitrary timing, even if failure in the first connection is not detected.

6. The mobile communication method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a step of notifying, from the radio base station managing the first cell to the radio base station managing the second cell, latest transaction identification information in the mobile station at an arbitrary timing, even if failure in the first connection is not detected.

7. A radio base station managing a second cell, comprising:

a processor;

a determination unit configured to determine, using the processor, whether or not context information of a mobile station is stored based on a combination of transaction identification information and a security parameter for specifying a first cell and the mobile station, which are included in a connection re-establishment request signal destined to the second cell and received from the mobile station having established a first connection in the first cell;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the context information of the mobile station from a radio base station managing the first cell, when it is determined by the determination unit that the context information of the mobile station is not stored;

an establishment unit configured to establish second connection in the second cell for the mobile station in cooperation with the mobile station based on the context information of the mobile station; and

a connection re-establishment request signal reception unit configured to transmit a random access response to the mobile station in response to a random access preamble received from the mobile station, and to transmit a contention resolution signal in response to reception of the connection re-establishment request signal received from the mobile station using a resource designated by the random access response,

wherein the connection re-establishment request signal reception unit is configured to transmit the contention resolution signal, separately from a connection re-establishment signal which is a response signal of the connection re-establishment request signal, before expiration of a prescribed timer having been activated at a time of transmitting the connection re-establishment request signal by the mobile station, and

wherein the transaction identification information is configured such that the transaction identification information is to be updated in a case of a successful process to modify a configuration of the first connection in the mobile station.

8. The radio base station according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a management unit configured to update the transaction identification information corresponding to the stored context information of the mobile station in response to transaction identification information notified by the radio base station managing the first cell.

9. The radio base station according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a management unit configured to update the transaction identification information corresponding to the stored context information of the mobile station in response to transaction identification information notified by the radio base station managing the first cell.