Mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10383079-B2
Application number	US-201715695646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	Aug 9, 2011
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

The present invention has an object to provide a mobile communication system capable of performing communication between a user equipment device connected to a relay device and a core network if the relay device moves. An RN (1508) sets a TA of an eNB to be connected with the own device as a TA of the own device. For example, when the RN (1508) moves along an arrow (1500), the TA of the RN (1508) is changed from a first TA (1601) to which a fourth eNB (1525) belongs to a third TA (1602) to which a tenth eNB (1505) belongs. Upon change of the TA of the RN (1508) as described above, a user equipment device (UE; 1509) transmits a TA update request signal of the own device to a target second MME (1501).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile communication system comprising:
a plurality of base station devices to be connected to a core network;
a user equipment device configured to perform radio communications with said plurality of base station devices; and
a mobile relay device movably configured to relay said radio communications between said plurality of base station devices and said user equipment device, wherein
said core network includes a mobility management entity that manages said plurality of base station devices, said user equipment device, and said mobile relay device per predetermined tracking area,
a mobile relay device tracking area of said mobile relay device is not changed as a result of moving of said mobile relay device,
said mobility management entity includes:
a first mobility management entity that manages a mobility of said user equipment device being served by said plurality of base station devices per said predetermined tracking area; and
a second mobility management entity that manages only said mobile relay device tracking area among a plurality of tracking areas and manages a mobility of said user equipment device being served by said mobile relay device without managing the mobility of any user equipment being served by any of said plurality of base station devices.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said second mobility management entity is provided separately from said first mobility management entity.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said second mobility management entity is provided together with said first mobility management entity.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said second mobility management entity is provided together with a specific mobility management entity to which a specific base station device belongs, among a plurality of said first mobility management entities, said specific base station device being a base station device connectable with said mobile relay device.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Mochizuki Mitsuru
• Maeda Miho
• Uga Shinsuke

Classifications

• H04W60/04 Primary

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