Abstract: A relay node RN according to the present invention includes an MBSFN subframe setting information acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire setting information from a radio base station DeNB in an RRC connection setting process with the radio base station DeNB, a reception unit 14 configured to receive an uplink signal from the mobile station UE in a first period, and to receive a downlink signal from the radio base station DeNB in an MBSFN subframe based on the acquired setting information, and a transmission unit 13 configured to transmit a downlink signal to the mobile station UE in a second period, wherein the transmission unit 13 and the reception unit 14 are configured such that the first period and the second period are alternately switched to be a half of RTT of synchronous HARQ control.

Abstract: Provided is a radio base station eNB including a transmission timing decision unit and a system information transmission unit. The transmission timing decision unit decides a transmission radio frame according to an offset Xk from a transmission timing of a first system information SI-1 and a transmission cycle Tk for other system information k and decides a transmission sub-frame in a decided transmission radio frame according to scheduling information contained in the first system information SI-1. The system information transmission unit transmits other system information k in the decided transmission sub-frame. The offset Xk is defined so as to be different for each transmission cycle Tk.

Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: when a gateway apparatus (S-GW) is switched from a first state where downlink data is transmitted to a first radio access apparatus to a second state where the downlink data is transmitted to a second radio access apparatus, transferring, from the first radio access apparatus to the second radio access apparatus, the downlink data which is received from the gateway apparatus and to which specific information is added; and transmitting, from the second radio access apparatus to a mobile station (UE), transfer downlink data which is transferred from the first radio access apparatus and to which the specific information is added, before new downlink data transmitted from the gateway apparatus (S-GW).

Abstract: A mobile station (UE) is configured to establish uplink synchronization with a radio base station (eNB). The mobile station (UE) is configured not to return transmission acknowledgment information for downlink data until receiving a command for adjusting uplink transmission timing, when the radio base station (eNB) allocates a radio resource for transmission of the downlink data to the mobile station (UE).

Abstract: Provided is a mobile communication system wherein a radio base station eNB in E-UTRAN is configured to transmit a downlink carrier frequency (EARFCN) and a physical cell ID (PCI) of a blacklisted cell, which is a cell to which access is forbidden in the downlink carrier frequency, to a radio network controller RNC in UTRAN.

Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, from a higher-level node to a macro radio base station, an “INIT(SCTP)”, when the higher-level node detects that no SCTP connection is established with the macro radio base station; and transmitting, from a home radio base station to a higher-level node, an “INIT(SCTP)”, when the home radio base station detects that no SCTP connection is established with the higher-level node. The higher-level node does not transmit “INIT(SCTP)” to the home radio base station, even when detecting that no SCTP connection is established with the home radio base station.

Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes: transmitting, from a mobile station (100) to an access node (200) in a first radio access technology, a connection request signal including a desired call type for communication and a radio access capability of the mobile station (100); determining, at the access node (200) in the first radio access technology, whether or not to perform handover to a second radio access technology on the basis of the desired call type for communication and the radio access capability of the mobile station included in the connection request signal; and transmitting, from the mobile station (100) to an access node in the second radio access technology, a connection request signal, when it is determined that the handover to the second radio access technology is to be performed.

Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of instructing a target mobile station UE, by a radio base station eNB, to perform “MDT” based on an “MDT policy”, a step of acquiring, by the target mobile station UE, from a positioning server E-SMLC, the location information of the target mobile station UE, and a step of transmitting, by the target mobile station UE, to the radio base station eNB, the measurement result of the desired radio quality and the location information of the target mobile station UE.

Abstract: A cell redirection process in accordance with load balancing and user terminal conditions, and a prompt cell reverting at the time of redirection failure are provided. A cell redirection control method under a situation where a base station controls two or more cells, the method comprising steps of: transmitting a response acknowledgement for a connection set-up to a redirected cell in accordance with a redirection instruction that instructs a redirection to another cell controlled by a base station and is transmitted from the base station at the time of an RRC connection in a user terminal; determining in the user terminal whether a connection to the redirected cell is successful within a range of a maximum number of retransmissions; and performing a reverting process for reverting back to an originating cell when the connection to the redirected cell fails, in the user terminal.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a notification signal comprises a step in which each of a plurality of mobile stations (UE) compares first security information which each of the mobile stations manages with second security information included in a received first notification signal to thereby verify the validity of the first notification signal and a step in which each of the mobile stations (UE) performs the output corresponding to the first notification signal in the case of successfully verifying the validity of the first notification signal.

Abstract: A transmitter apparatus includes an MAC-PDU generator section configured to generate an MAC-PDU by multiplexing information elements in an MAC layer and a first data unit transmitter section configured to transmit the generated MAC-PDU. Each of the information elements is any of an MAC-SDU received from an RLC layer, an MAC control block and Padding. The MAC-PDU generator section is configured to add an MAC header to the first data unit. The MAC header includes a C/T identifying a type of each of the information elements multiplexed into the MAC-PDU and an LI indicating a size of each of the information elements.

Abstract: A broadcast information notification method according to the present invention includes: starting to repeatedly transmit, at a network node, a broadcast message irrespective of transmission timing of a paging message, when the network node is instructed to notify a mobile station of the broadcast information; receiving, at the mobile station, a broadcast message reception parameter by using a parameter specified by the paging message transmitted by the network node at a predetermined timing; receiving, at the mobile station, a receivable broadcast message by using the received broadcast message reception parameter; and performing, at the mobile station, processing corresponding to the broadcast information.

Abstract: A radio base station managing a handover source cell decides a method for achieving a handover in consideration of CSG-ID and Access Mode of a handover destination cell. A mobile communication method comprises: a step of notifying, by a radio base station HeNB#1, a radio base station HeNB#2 of CSG-ID and Access Mode of cell subordinate to a radio base station HeNB#1, when establishing an X2 connection with the radio base stations HeNB#2; the radio base station HeNB#2 managing the CSG-ID and the Access Mode of the cell subordinate to the radio base station HeNB#1; a step of deciding the method for performing the handover of the mobile station UE from the cell subordinate to the radio base station HeNB#2 to the cell subordinate to the radio base station HeNB#1 on the basis of the managed CSG-ID and Access Mode of the cell subordinate to the radio base station HeNB#1.

Abstract: A radio base station includes a radio communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a mobile station being capable of communicating in first and second mobile communication systems; a network communication unit that communicates with a switching center; and a determination unit that determines whether the mobile station measures radio quality in the second mobile communication system, wherein, when the mobile station requests a service not being provided in the first mobile communication system, but being provided in the second mobile communication system, necessity of the measurement of the radio quality by the mobile station is determined by confirming presence of coverage of the second mobile communication system in a cell of the radio base station, and wherein, when the measurement of the radio quality is unnecessary, the mobile station is allowed to switch to the second mobile communication system, without requesting the mobile station to measure the radio quality.

Abstract: A user apparatus which performs, when there is a change in a cell visited, a re-selection of a cell to camp on is disclosed. The user apparatus includes a tracking area ID determining unit which determines whether a new ID of a tracking area that is transmitted from one or more base station apparatuses matches a tracking area ID of a cell visited immediately before the cell re-selection; and a paging reception unit which conducts a paging reception using a paging parameter in the cell visited immediately before the cell re-selection when it is determined that the new ID of the tracking area matches the tracking area ID of the cell visited immediately before the cell re-selection.

Abstract: A mobile station transmits mobile station capability information to a first radio communication system via a first radio connection set between the mobile station and the first radio communication system, before a disconnection of the first radio connection. The first radio communication system transmits the mobile station capability information to a second radio communication system, before the disconnection of the first radio connection. The second radio communication system transmits a parameter to the first radio communication system, before the disconnection of the first radio connection. The parameter is used in a second radio connection to be set between the mobile station and the second radio communication system. The first radio communication system transmits the parameter to the mobile station via the first radio connection, before the disconnection of the first radio connection.

Abstract: Abase station includes a radio communication unit (82, 85) configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile apparatus capable of communicating in both a first mobile communication system and a second mobile communication system and a network communication unit (83, 84) configured to communicate with a switching station in the first mobile communication system, and if a line setup instruction signal (Initial Context Setup Request) received at the network communication unit from the switching station is not due to initial access to the switching station by the mobile apparatus, the radio communication unit receives mobile apparatus capability information in the second mobile communication system (UE-UTRA-Capability) from the mobile apparatus after transmitting a line setup response signal (Initial Context Setup Response) to the switching station.

Abstract: A base station (eNodeB) performing a radio communication with a user equipment (UE) includes: a transmission format determining unit (16) configured to determine a transmission format of a downlink data channel not to be associated by a control channel, based on a downlink reception signal quality measured by the user equipment; a notification unit (18) configured to notify, to the user equipment, the transmission format determined by the transmission format determining unit; a transmission power controlling unit (19) configured to control a transmission power of the downlink data channel; and a transmitting unit (18) configured to transmit downlink data to the user equipment via the downlink data channel, by using the transmission format determined by the transmission format determining unit.

Abstract: In a procedure for a mobile station (UE) to perform handover from a cell under the control of a radio base station (NB) of an UTRAN scheme to a cell under the control of a radio base station (eNB) of an E-UTRA scheme, a switching center (MME) of the E-UTRA scheme receives, from and the radio base station (eNB) of the E-UTRA scheme, a handover request acknowledge message including a transparent container including a security algorithm of an AS used in a communication between the mobile station (UE) and the radio base station (eNB) of the E-UTRA scheme; and the switching center (MME) of the E-UTRA scheme transmits, to a switching center (SGSN) of the UTRA scheme, a NAS PDU including the transparent container, a security algorithm of a NAS and a security processing parameter of the NAS.

Abstract: A mobile station includes: means that performs discontinuous reception only for a signaling control channel, means that determines presence or absence of traffic data addressed to the own mobile station, and means that, when it is determined that there is traffic data addressed to the own mobile station, receives corresponding shared data channel. A radio access network apparatus includes: means that determines a discontinuous reception state, means that determines a discontinuous reception channel, means that reports the determined discontinuous reception channel to the mobile station, and means that, when transmission data arises, transmits a control signal using the determined discontinuous reception channel and that transmits traffic data using a corresponding shared data channel.