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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Tadashi Uchiyama, Miura, JP;

Kazunori Obata, Yokosuka, JP;

Seigo Harano, Yokohama, JP;

Shogo Yabuki, Yokosuka, JP;

Mikio Iwamura, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Tadashi Uchiyama, Miura, JP;

Kazunori Obata, Yokosuka, JP;

Seigo Harano, Yokohama, JP;

Shogo Yabuki, Yokosuka, JP;

Mikio Iwamura, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A base station apparatus including a reconnection request signal receiving unit configured to receive a reconnection request signal transmitted from a mobile apparatus, the reconnection request signal being for the mobile apparatus requesting reconnection to the base station apparatus, a status detection unit configured to detect whether a status of the mobile apparatus immediately before transmitting the reconnection request signal corresponds to a status where a frequency band measurement period is activated, the frequency band measurement period causing the mobile apparatus to measure a frequency band different from a frequency band for a radio access technology for use in radio communication between the mobile apparatus and the base station apparatus, a response signal generation unit configured to generate a response signal to the reconnection request signal, the response signal generation unit generating, if the status detection unit determines that the frequency band measurement period is activated, the response signal including an indication signal for causing the mobile apparatus to activate the frequency band measurement period and a response signal transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated response signal to the mobile apparatus is disclosed.


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