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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 88/14 (2009.01); H04W 40/18 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 40/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an anchor point control device and an anchor point control method that make it possible to select a more suitable anchor point when dynamically changing an anchor point (route switching point). An ME () acquires user information indicating at least either an attribute or a state of UE (), and selects an anchor point out of an anchor point AL and an anchor point AC based on the acquired user information. In addition, the ME () notifies the UEof the selected anchor point.