Abstract: A terminal device having a relay function of relaying a signal received from a first peripheral terminal among peripheral terminals, which are other terminal devices available for direct communication with the terminal device, to a second peripheral terminal among the peripheral terminals, the terminal device including: a detection unit that detects the peripheral terminals; a storage unit that holds peripheral terminal information that is information on each of the peripheral terminals detected by the detection unit; and an information notification unit that transmits a notification message for notifying the other terminal devices of information on the terminal device, the notification message including the peripheral terminal information held by the storage unit.

Abstract: User equipment includes an antenna, a controller, a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter sends a first radio frequency signal for communication with a primary cell to the antenna according to a first timing advance set by the controller, and sends a second radio frequency signal for communication with a secondary cell to the antenna according to a second timing advance set by the controller. The receiver sends received data to the controller including information regarding at least one of the first timing advance and the second timing advance. The first timing advance indicating a first uplink transmission timing alignment value and the second timing advance indicating a second uplink transmission timing alignment value.

Abstract: A centerline correction apparatus according to one embodiment corrects a centerline of a path that is acquired from shape information about an indoor space or road shape information about an outdoor space and that is a travelable region in the indoor space or the outdoor space. This centerline correction apparatus includes a centerline correction unit that performs: a center point extraction process that extracts a center point of an individual side of the centerline; a centerline correction process that moves the centerline to be at a center with respect to a distance to a boundary of an original shape based on the extracted center point; and an unnecessary centerline deletion process that deletes an unnecessary one of the moved centerlines.

Abstract: In the SL communication, the QoS required for each service is maintained, and the reliability of the service is enhanced. A communication system includes a base station, and a plurality of communication terminals configured to perform communication with the base station and perform Device-to-Device communication. A first communication terminal transmits, to a third communication terminal, a scheduling request for performing the Device-to-Device communication with a second communication terminal. The third communication terminal transmits, to the base station, the scheduling request received from the first communication terminal. In response to the scheduling request received from the third communication terminal, the base station generates scheduling information on the Device-to-Device communication between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal, and transmits the scheduling information to the third communication terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a communication system, etc. with low latency and high reliability, under New Radio (NR). A communication system includes a communication terminal device, and a plurality of nodes configured to be connected to the communication terminal device for radio communication and to provide a split bearer for the communication terminal device. The communication terminal device is configured to perform uplink transmission to an uplink transmission node among the plurality of nodes. The uplink transmission node is determined by an uplink transmission node determination process in which a node that provides the uplink transmission from the communication terminal device with lower latency among the plurality of nodes is determined as the uplink transmission node.

Abstract: A mobile communication system capable of reducing energy consumption of a network node in a local area range. When judging that there is a shift trigger, a local eNB shifts from a normal operation to an energy saving operation. In the energy saving operation, the local eNB stops the operation of transmitting at least a part of downlink transmission signals to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) and performs the operation of receiving an uplink transmission signal transmitted from the UE. When judging that it has received the uplink transmission signal (RACH) in the energy saving operation, the local eNB shifts to the normal operation.

Abstract: A highly reliable communication system is provided, for example. A communication system includes a communication terminal device, and a plurality of base stations configured to perform radio communication with the communication terminal device. The plurality of base stations include a master base station and a secondary base station configuring dual connectivity with respect to the communication terminal device. When failure occurs in a secondary cell group (SCG) used for communication between the communication terminal device and the secondary base station, the master base station acquires latest SCG configuration.

Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a plurality of eNBs that perform radio communication with an UE and an MCE that controls the eNBs. The MCE indicates an MBSFN subframe (MCE) serving as radio resources that transmit a reference signal for power measurement to the UE less frequently than normal to the eNB, the eNB, in addition to the MBSFN subframe (MCE) indicated by the MCE, designates the MBSFN subframe (eNB) serving as the radio resources that transmit a reference signal to the UE less frequently than normal, and in the MBSFN subframe (MCE) and the MBSFN subframe (eNB) the reference signal is transmitted to the UE. In this manner, the reference signal for measuring a power can be transmitted less frequently than normal, and a power consumption of the infrastructure can be reduced.

Abstract: When being connected to a macro cell (S-MeNB) and a small cell (SeNB), a user equipment device performs a pre-handover process of disconnecting the connection with the SeNB before a handover process of switching a macro cell connected with the UE from the macro cell (S-MeNB) that is a moving source to a macro cell (T-MeNB) that is a moving destination along with moving of the UE, and after the handover process, performs a post-handover process of reestablishing the connection with the SeNB.

Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing decrease in a transmission rate. An eNB communicates with a UE using a self-contained subframe. The self-contained subframe includes a downlink signal to be transmitted from the eNB to the UE, and an uplink signal to be transmitted from the UE to the eNB in response to the downlink signal. The uplink signal has a structure including an uplink control signal indicating information for controlling transmission of the uplink signal, and uplink user data to be transmitted before and after the uplink control signal. The eNB notifies the UE of a structure of the uplink signal. The eNB may predetermine scheduling for retransmission to retransmit the downlink signal, before performing initial transmission of the downlink signal.

Abstract: Provided is a technology for implementing a service using Device-to-Device communication such as the V2X communication. A communication system includes: a base station configured to perform communication with a core network; and a communication terminal configured to perform radio communication with the base station. The base station supports a Non-Public Network. The communication terminal is configured to implement a service using Device-to-Device Communication. The communication terminal determines whether the base station is accessible, based on information indicating in which Non-Public Network various services using the Device-to-Device Communication are available.

Abstract: A technology that enables prompt NW connection is provided. A communication system includes: a communication terminal; and a plurality of networks configured to perform radio communication with the communication terminal. The communication terminal determines whether or not there is paging causing collision among a plurality of pagings respectively transmitted to the communication terminal from the plurality of networks. When the communication terminal detects the collision of the paging, the communication terminal notifies at least one of the plurality of networks that transmits the paging causing the collision of the paging about the collision of the paging.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a communication system capable of avoiding congestion in downlink communication or uplink communication and a shortage of radio resources arising therefrom. In the present invention, in a communication system including a normal user equipment (normal UE) that performs human to human communication and a machine type communication device (MTCD) that performs machine to machine communication, a base station device transmits a paging message to the normal UE and the MTCD for calling the normal UE and the MTCD. The paging message contains, for example, an equipment identity (UE-ID). A maximum number of equipment identities (UE-IDs) that can be accommodated within this paging message is set individually for the normal UE and the MTCD. Alternatively, the paging message contains a calling indicator in place of the equipment identity of the MTCD (UE-ID of MTCD).

Abstract: Provided is a technology that can increase the robustness of a communication system. A communication system includes: a communication terminal; a first network configured to perform radio communication with the communication terminal; and at least one second network configured to perform communication with the first network. When the first network determines to release connection between the first network and the communication terminal with the communication terminal being connected to the first network and to the at least one second network through the first network, the communication terminal or the first network instructs the at least one second network to release the connection with the communication terminal.

Abstract: A closed subscriber group (CSG) cell is a cell that allows use of subscribers. In order to receive the service by the CSG cell, a CSG-ID is required to be notified to a user equipment, which cannot be obtained in a situation outside the reach of radio waves from a non-CSG cell. In a mobile communication system including base stations respectively provided to a CSG cell and a non-CSG cell in which access is made to the CSG cell with the use of a CSG-ID issued in a case where use of the CSG cell is allowed, the base station provided in the CSG cell refers to the notified identification information of a user equipment and then transmits a tracking area update request from the user equipment to a core network, and the core network determines whether the user equipment is allowed to use the CSG cell and, in the case where the use is allowed, transmits a signal for allowing assignment of radio resources to the user equipment and the CSG-ID. The user equipment accesses the CSG cell with the use of the CSG-ID.

Abstract: In a communication system, a plurality of base stations includes an MeNB being a first base station, and a plurality of SeNBs to be connected to the MeNB. At least one of control plane data about control of communication and user plane data about a user is transmitted to and received from a user equipment (UE) via the first base station being the MeNB. The control plane data and the user plane data are contained in information provided by a core network about communication with the UE. The communication system can simplify processing of at least one of control plane data and user plane data when a communication terminal device communicates with a plurality of base station devices.

Abstract: A mobile communication system capable of reducing energy consumption of a network node in a local area range. When judging that there is a shift trigger, a local eNB shifts from a normal operation to an energy saving operation. In the energy saving operation, the local eNB stops the operation of transmitting at least a part of downlink transmission signals to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) and performs the operation of receiving an uplink transmission signal transmitted from the UE. When judging that it has received the uplink transmission signal (RACH) in the energy saving operation, the local eNB shifts to the normal operation.

Abstract: A communication system capable of a stable communication operation between a base station device and a communication terminal device. A UE is configured to communicate with an MeNB directly or through a SeNB. The UE is set to transmit, to the MeNB and the SeNB, transmission data addressed to the MeNB when an amount of the transmission data exceeds a predetermined threshold. The UE is set to transmit the transmission data not to the SeNB but to the MeNB when the amount is smaller than or equal to the threshold. The threshold is changed so that the transmission data is transmitted to the MeNB and the SeNB, when the SeNB is set to communicate with the UE with radio resources periodically allocated and the amount of the transmission data is smaller than or equal to the threshold.

Abstract: Routes can be found while improving the convenience of guidance for users. A route-searching device includes a search-condition acquisition unit that acquires search conditions for searching a route including a starting point and a destination; a route-data storage unit that stores a link ID, the node IDs of the starting point and the end point of a link, and road network information concerning a road network and including a link length; an instruction-data storage unit that stores instruction data including a type associated with the node ID, a value for the type, and a coefficient for the value; and a route generation unit that generates route candidates including the shortest route based on the search conditions and the road network information, calculating, for each of the route candidates, an index value based on information included in the instruction data, and outputting, as a search route, the route candidate with the index value improved from the index value of the shortest route.

Abstract: It is possible to display the state of the current route even with a large change in visual field in an easy-to-understand manner. A grouping unit (102) groups a plurality of nodes included in a route on a map into groups having no change in line-of-sight in an order of travel direction on the route. A point generation unit (103) generates, for each of the groups grouped by the route grouping unit, a plurality of points included in a route of the group so that the route is divided into smaller sections by the points from a start point of the group toward an end point of the group. A viewpoint determination unit (104) determines, for each of the plurality of points, a viewpoint in accordance with a condition of the point. A walk-through display unit (105) performs walk-through display for displaying a scenery corresponding to the determined viewpoint.