Abstract: A communication control method according to one embodiment is used in a mobile communication system. The communication control method comprises a step A of predicting, by a UE, a radio condition within a second period after connection between the UE and a eNB is established, in a first period for which the connection is not established, and a step B of performing, by the UE, a random access procedure for establishing the connection. The step B includes a step of performing notification of information on the predicted radio condition from the UE to the eNB in the random access procedure. The information is used, by the eNB, for controlling communication with the UE.

Abstract: A communication method, a user equipment, and a base station operate in a manner in which the user equipment receives from the base station control information indicating a plurality of frequencies for performing sidelink communication and a resource pool associated with each of the plurality of frequencies, and the user equipment selects a first frequency among the plurality of frequencies.

Abstract: A user equipment, method used in user equipment, and apparatus for controlling a user equipment operate to receiving a connected mode DRX parameter configured by a base station, and transmit to the base station a message including information indicating a connected mode DRX parameter preferred by the user equipment. The connected mode DRX parameter preferred by the user equipment includes at least one of DRX-InactivityTimer, DRX-ShortCycle, and DRX-ShortCycleTimer.

Abstract: A communication method according to one embodiment is a communication method in which a first radio terminal executes a layer 2 relay in which a packet of a second radio terminal is transmitted between the second radio terminal and a base station in a layer higher than a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer in Layer 2. The first radio terminal transmits information indicating that the first radio terminal is capable of executing the layer 2 relay. The second radio terminal transmits a request for the layer 2 relay to the first radio terminal in response to receiving the information.

Abstract: A user equipment, method used in a user equipment, and an apparatus for a user equipment include receiving from a first cell operated in a licensed band, configuration information configuring a second cell operated in an unlicensed band, performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure on the second cell, counting a number of failures of the LBT procedure on the second cell, and transmitting information based on the number of failures of the LBT procedure on the second cell, to the first cell operated in the licensed band, the information indicating the failure of the LBT procedure on the second cell.

Abstract: A plurality of pieces of serial data are supplied to a liquid crystal display device from an outside. An SI signal selection circuit switches processing target data to be captured between one piece of serial data included in the plurality of pieces of serial data and the plurality of pieces of serial data in accordance with a serial data selection signal. The processing target data captured by the SI signal selection circuit is converted into parallel data by a data conversion circuit. In accordance with one clock pulse of a serial clock, serial-parallel conversion processing is performed in parallel on a plurality pieces of serial data.

Abstract: A server device for generating and outputting work management information of at least one carrier. The server device comprises a storage device for storing a program for generating work management information, and a controller for reading the program from the storage device and generating work management information by executing the program. The controller performs: a process of acquiring position information about at least one carrier; a process of generating, based on the position information, work type information indicating whether the carrier is performing a predetermined work or moving; a process of calculating a required time for each work type information item of the carrier; a process of comparing the required time for each work type information item and extracting a work element with low work efficiency based on a first rule concerning required time; and a process of outputting the extracted work element with low work efficiency.

Abstract: A user terminal, method used in a user terminal, and an apparatus for a user terminal include receiving from a base station measurement configuration information configuring measurement of a frequency channel in an unlicensed band, measuring signal strength of radio signals transmitted in the frequency channel, determining occupancy situation of the frequency channel based on the measured signal strength and a threshold, and transmitting to the base station a measurement report including information indicating the occupancy situation of the frequency channel.

Abstract: A metal restraint strap for suppressing a displacement between two parallel disposed structural bodies away from each other includes an elongated metal base member; metal bolt members extending outward in a longitudinal direction of the base member from opposite longitudinal ends of the base member, and each having an external thread at least on an outer periphery of an distal end portion of the bolt member; and fasteners adapted to be screwed onto the external threads of the bolt members.

Abstract: The display device includes, on a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than three) counter electrodes disposed opposite the plurality of pixel electrodes, M counter electrode wiring lines connected with M counter electrodes, and N (N is a natural number and 2?N<M) common voltage wiring lines connected to the M counter electrode wiring lines. Counter electrode wiring lines connected to counter electrodes adjacent to each other are connected to common voltage wiring lines that are different from each other.

Abstract: A user equipment, a method performed by user equipment, and a chipset provided in a user equipment each encompass receiving a paging message including an indication from a current serving cell of the user equipment, the indication triggering a frequency redistribution procedure in which the user equipment reselects a target cell belonging to a frequency different from a frequency of the current serving cell, to be used as a serving cell, and performing the frequency redistribution procedure in response to receiving the paging message including the indication.

Abstract: In a first user equipment, apparatus and method, a first user equipment performs sidelink communication with a second user equipment, receives a first message from the second user equipment, where the first message is periodically transmitted from the second user equipment based on a first timer, starts or restarts a second timer upon receiving the first message, where a value of the second timer is determined based on a value of the first timer, and transmits a second message to a network apparatus upon expiration of the second timer, where the second message indicates that the second user equipment is disconnected from the first user equipment.

Abstract: A base station (200) according to one embodiment uses a specific frequency band shared by a plurality of operators and/or a plurality of communication systems. The base transmit, to a radio terminal (100-1), interference-related information relating to interference detected by the base station in the specific frequency band.

Abstract: A user equipment, apparatus provided in a user equipment, and method are for receiving a Multicast Broadcast Service, and include receiving a system information block (SIB) from a current serving cell of the user equipment, and performing a cell reselection operation where a cell having a highest ranking determined based on a radio quality and an offset is selected as a serving cell of the user equipment from among a plurality of cells. In the cell reselection operation, a determination is made, based on the SIB, whether to use an infinite offset as the offset to be applied to a cell providing the Multicast Broadcast Service.

Abstract: A relay radio terminal according to a first aspect performs a process for relaying communication between a base station and a remote radio terminal in a mobile communication system. In a state in which the relay radio terminal is in an idle mode and an end-to-end radio link between the relay radio terminal and the remote radio terminal is established, the controller is configured to perform a process of receiving, from the base station, a paging message including an identifier of the remote radio terminal as a call destination in a paging reception opportunity of the relay radio terminal, and a process of determining whether not only the remote radio terminal but also the relay radio terminal is called, in response to reception of the paging message.

Abstract: A radio terminal according to one embodiment is configured to perform a relay between another radio terminal and a network. The radio terminal comprises: a transmitter configured to notify the network of first information indicating that the radio terminal is a relay terminal of the another radio terminal; a controller configured to forward data addressed to the another radio terminal to the another radio terminal via a connection between the another radio terminal through the radio terminal and the network; and a receiver configured to receive from the network a message indicating that the data addressed to the another radio terminal exists when at least part of the connection is released. The controller is configured to start control for establishing the connection in order to forward the data addressed to the another radio terminal in response to receiving the message.

Abstract: A data signal line drive circuit includes: a shift register including a plurality of unit circuits; a first latch portion including a plurality of first latch circuits; and a second latch portion including a plurality of second latch circuits. Here, the k-th (k is a natural number) second latch circuit is provided with first latch signals provided to (k+1)-th and subsequent first latch circuits as a second latch signal, so that the capturing of data signals at the second latch portion is split into two or more timings.

Abstract: Realized is a communication terminal which, in a case where a status of communication with a low-earth-orbit satellite becomes poor, notifies a user that the status of the communication with the low-earth-orbit satellite is poor. A communication terminal includes: a determining section which determines whether or not an index satisfies a given condition, the index being calculated based on at least one of communication status information indicative of a status of communication between the communication terminal and a satellite, a status of decoding of a signal received from the satellite, and a status of readiness of voice communication based on the signal received from the satellite; and a notification control section which, in a case where the determining section determines that the index satisfies the given condition, controls a notification to be sent to a user of the communication terminal, the notification indicating that the index satisfies the given condition.

Abstract: A data signal line drive circuit includes: a shift register including a plurality of unit circuits; a first latch portion including a plurality of first latch circuits; and a second latch portion including a plurality of second latch circuits. Here, the k-th (k is a natural number) second latch circuit is provided with first latch signals provided to (k+1)-th and subsequent first latch circuits as a second latch signal, so that the capturing of data signals at the second latch portion is split into two or more timings.

Abstract: A user equipment receives an MBMS service provided using SC-PTM transmission. The user equipment performs a cell reselection operation of selecting a cell to be used as a serving cell of the user equipment while the user equipment is in an RRC idle mode. In the cell reselection operation, the user equipment selects, as the serving cell, a cell having a highest ranking determined based on a radio quality and an offset from among a plurality of cells. In the cell reselection operation, when the user equipment is in an enhanced coverage, the user equipment uses an infinite offset as the offset to be applied to a cell where the MBMS service is provided by the SC-PTM transmission, in response to a predetermined condition for the SC-PTM transmission being satisfied, when the user equipment goes out of the enhanced coverage, stop using the infinite offset.