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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Motohiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 8/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A UEoperates as any one of a plurality of categories according to capability. The UEincludes: an attach processing unitthat performs attaching to a core network; an operation control unitthat causes the UEto operate as a restricted category whose capability is restricted as compared to a normal category; and a category notification unitthat notifies the core network of a category in which the UEis operating at the time of the attaching or after the attaching.