Relay station apparatus, mobile communication system, base station apparatus, and method for controlling relay station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10645629-B2
Application number	US-201514886894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2015
Priority date	Aug 3, 2010
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A mobile communication system includes at least one upper radio station (1) and a relay station (2). The relay station (2) performs a radio relay between a lower radio station (3) and the upper radio station (1). The relay station (2) is configured to attach, when an attaching to a first upper radio station included in attaching configuration information indicating an upper radio station to which the relay station (2) should attach is unsuccessful, to a second upper radio station different from the first upper radio station, and to notify a network (4 and 5) of notification information via the second upper radio station, the notification information indicating that the attaching to the first upper radio station is unsuccessful.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A relay node (RN) apparatus comprising:
a transmitter;
an RN operation unit; and
a receiver,
wherein in a first case where the RN is preconfigured to access a first DeNB, the transmitter sends first information related to a first RRC connection to the first DeNB, the first information including a first RN indication which makes the first DeNB perform a first relay configuration, and the RN operation unit starts an operation of a relay cell with the first DeNB after the first relay configuration is performed by the first DeNB; and
wherein in a second case where the RN does not have access information of a DeNB, the transmitter sends second information that does not include a second RN indication and is related to a second RRC connection to an eNB, a receiver receives from the eNB a third information indicating a second DeNB to access, the transmitter sends fourth information related to a third RRC connection to the second DeNB, the fourth information including the second RN indication which makes the second DeNB perform a second relay configuration, and the RN operation unit starts an operation of the relay cell with the second DeNB after the second relay configuration is performed by the second DeNB.

2. The RN apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a third case where the RN is preconfigured to access the first DeNB but receives a negative response from the first DeNB, the transmitter sends the second information to the eNB, the receiver receives the third information from the eNB, the transmitter sends the fourth information, and the RN operation unit starts the operation of the relay cell with the second DeNB after the second relay configuration is performed by the second DeNB.

3. The RN apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the first case the RN switches from a UE mode to an RN mode in response to the first DeNB performing the first relay configuration.

4. The RN apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the second case the RN does not have access information of a DeNB and detects the eNB to which the RN can attach.

5. The RN apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the second case, the RN temporarily attaches to the eNB and does not notify the eNB that an RN mode is supported.

6. A relay node (RN) apparatus comprising:
a transmitter;
an RN operation unit; and
a receiver,
wherein in a first case where the RN is preconfigured and able to access a first DeNB, the transmitter sends first information related to a first RRC connection to the first DeNB, the first information including a first RN indication which makes the first DeNB perform a first relay configuration, and the RN operation unit starts an operation of a relay cell with the first DeNB after the relay configuration is performed by the first DeNB; and
wherein in a second case where the RN is preconfigured and unable to access the first DeNB, the transmitter sends second information that does not include a second RN indication and is related to a second RRC connection to an eNB, a receiver receives from the eNB a third information indicating a second DeNB to access, the transmitter sends fourth information related to a third RRC connection to the second DeNB, the fourth information including the second RN indication which makes the second DeNB perform a second relay configuration, and the RN operation unit starts an operation of the relay cell with the second DeNB after the second relay configuration is performed by the second DeNB.

7. The RN apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein in the second case the RN detects the eNB by search after being unable to access the first DeNB.

8. The RN apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the RN indication indicates that an RN mode is supported in order to temporarily connect to an eNB other than the first DeNB designated in attaching configuration information.

9. A relay node (RN) apparatus comprising:
a transmitter; and
a receiver,
wherein in a first case where the RN is able to connect with a first DeNB designated in attaching configuration information, the RN starts a first operation of a relay cell with the first DeNB after a first relay configuration is performed by the first DeNB; and
wherein in a second case where the RN is unable to connect with the first DeNB designated in the attaching configuration information, the transmitter sends information without an RN indication to an eNB to cause the eNB to send second attaching configuration information designating a second DeNB, and in response to the receiver receiving the second attaching configuration information, the transmitter sends information including the RN indication which makes the second DeNB perform a second relay configuration with the RN, and the RN starts a second operation of the relay cell with the second DeNB after the second relay configuration is performed by the second DeNB.

10. The RN apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first relay configuration is for a first interface between the RN and the first DeNB, and the second relay configuration is for a second interface between the RN and the second DeNB.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Aminaka Hiroaki

Classifications

• H04L41/0816

  the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events · CPC title

• H04W40/24

  Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update · CPC title

• H04W40/22 Primary

  using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point · CPC title

• H04B7/155 Primary

  Ground-based stations (H04B7/204 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title