Mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9603060-B2
Application number	US-201214355989-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2012
Priority date	Nov 4, 2011
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

A mobile communication system capable of continuing communication between a relay device and a base station device if the relay device moves. In a handover process, when it is judged that an establishment cause for RRC connection is attached from an RN, a target eNB judges whether the own device has the DeNB function. In a case of judging that the own device does not have the DeNB function, the target eNB notifies the RN of an RRC connection rejection. When being notified of the RRC connection reject, the RN stops the handover process and then returns to a source eNB.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile communication system comprising:
a movable user equipment device;
a plurality of base station devices configured to perform radio communication with said user equipment device;
a mobility management entity that controls said plurality of base station devices; and
a relay device movably configured to relay radio communications between said user equipment device and said base station devices,
wherein in a handover process of switching a base station device to be connected with said relay device, while said relay device is in a state allowing communication with the movable user equipment device, from a base station device being a moving source to a base station device being a moving destination along with moving of said relay device, said base station device being the moving destination notifies said mobility management entity of an initial message from the movable user equipment device to which an IP address is not mapped in a case where the own base station device does not have a function supporting said relay device, said base station device being the moving destination receives an instruction to reject the connection request from said mobility management entity, and said base station device being the moving destination notifies the relay device that the connection request is rejected after receiving the instruction to reject the connection request from said mobility management entity.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
said handover process is activated by said base station device being a moving source, and
when activating said handover process, said base station device being a moving source notifies said base station device being a moving destination that an object to be subjected to said handover process is the relay device.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of said relay devices,
wherein between said plurality of relay devices, different subframes are used for subframes of a communication frame for use in an access link from said user equipment device to said relay device and for subframes of a communication frame for use in a backhaul link from said relay device to said base station device.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 2 , comprising a plurality of said relay devices,
wherein between said plurality of relay devices, different subframes are used for subframes of a communication frame for use in an access link from said user equipment device to said relay device and for subframes of a communication frame for use in a backhaul link from said relay device to said base station device.

5. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the relay device is in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the movable user equipment device when the relay device is in the state allowing communication with the movable user equipment device.

Assignees

• Maeda Miho
• Mochizuki Mitsuru
• Uga Shinsuke
• Fukui Noriyuki
• Iwane Yasushi
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Maeda Miho
• Mochizuki Mitsuru
• Uga Shinsuke
• Fukui Noriyuki
• Iwane Yasushi

Classifications

• H04W84/047

  using dedicated repeater stations · CPC title

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W16/26

  Cell enhancers {or enhancement}, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow · CPC title

• H04W84/005

  Moving wireless networks · CPC title