Patent ID: 9629188
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A mobile communication method comprising: broadcasting, by a radio base station, a first band indicator indicating only a first band and a second band indicator indicating a plurality of second bands which overlap the first band; performing, by a mobile station, a connection process in the first band when the mobile station is compatible with the first band indicated by the received first band indicator; and performing, by the mobile station, a connection process in one of the plurality of second bands, which are first indicated by the received second band indicator, when the mobile station is not compatible with the first band indicated by the received first band indicator but is compatible with one of the plurality of second bands indicated by the received second band indicator, wherein the mobile station performs the connection process in the one of the plurality of second bands when the mobile station determines that a band number indicated at an i-th by the second band indicator is equal to a band number with which the mobile station is compatible, the band number indicating a prescribed frequency band.