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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2023
Softbank Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Horiba, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Shima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Kanaya, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
SOFTBANK CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention enables flexible connection with a wide variety of core networks even without changing, for example, equipment and/or operating systems related to existing base stations. This invention serves as at least one of (i) an interface via which a base station and a first core network are connected with each other and (ii) an interface via which a terminal device connected with the first core network via the base station and the first core network are connected with each other, and includes: a first stateful communication section () carrying out communication with the base station according to a stateful protocol; and a stateless communication section () carrying out communication with the first core network according to a stateless protocol.