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Mobile communication method and radio base station

US8548477B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 2009
Grant dateOct 1, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps: transmitting, from an exchange (MME) to a first radio base station (eNB), a location information reporting instruction which provides an instruction to report location information on a mobile station (UE); reporting, the first radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction; transmitting, the location information reporting instruction to a second radio base station (eNB), in a handover procedure of the mobile station (UE) from the first radio base station (eNB) to the second radio base station (eNB); and reporting, from the second radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction.

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