Patent ID: 9686090
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication control method comprising: transmitting load information on load of a second radio communication apparatus, by a first radio communication apparatus supporting PTM (Point-to-Multipoint) transmission of MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) data, wherein the second radio communication apparatus does not support PTM transmission of MBMS data; receiving the MBMS data from the first radio communication apparatus, by a user terminal in an idle mode with the first radio communication apparatus selected as a communication target of the user terminal; receiving, from the first radio communication apparatus, the load information on the load of the second radio communication apparatus, by the user terminal; storing a list of identifiers on the second radio communication apparatus, by the user terminal; controlling a reselection of the communication target from the first radio communication apparatus to the second radio communication apparatus by the user terminal, based on the list of identifiers and the load information on the load of the second radio communication apparatus, the load information received from the first radio communication apparatus; and continuing a reception of the MBMS data by setting a highest priority for the first radio communication apparatus regardless of the load information, in response to desiring a contiguous reception of the MBMS data, by the user terminal.