US Patent Application 18330888. COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM simplified abstract
COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
Inventors
COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18330888 Titled 'COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a communication apparatus that acts as a middleman between a User Equipment (UE) and a base station. The apparatus has a decision unit that determines whether to switch the UE's connection from one base station to another while maintaining the connection with the apparatus. If the decision is made to switch, a request is sent to the UE to release its current connection.
Original Abstract Submitted
There is provided a communication apparatus functioning as a node that relays a communication between a User Equipment and a base station. The communication apparatus comprises: decision unit configured to decide, in a state in which the User Equipment and the communication apparatus are Radio Resource Control (RRC)-connected and the communication apparatus is connected to a first base station, whether to switch the base station, to which the User Equipment is connected via the communication apparatus, from the first base station to a second base station; and request unit configured to request, in a case where the decision unit decides to switch the base station connected to the User Equipment to the second base station, the User Equipment to release the RRC connection.
