Patent ID: 6108563
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A communication control apparatus which controls each of a plurality of radio base stations that are distributed in a specific service area and communicate by radio with mobile stations located in each communication area covered by the corresponding base station in the service area and which enables said mobile stations to make mobile radio communication, said communication control apparatus comprising:first storage means for storing communication permit/inhibit information that indicates whether the mobile radio communication is permitted or inhibited for each radio zone which is set for one of said communication areas or for a set of some of said communication areas; andcall processing means that, when a call request related to a mobile station located in said service area has been made, judges whether or not communication is permitted in the radio zone where the mobile station related to the call request is located, on the basis of the communication permit/inhibit information stored in said first storage means, and that carries out the call process corresponding to said call request only when communication is permitted, and that disconnects the call related to the mobile station when the communication permit/inhibit information stored in said first storage means is changed and a communicating mobile station is located in the radio zone where communication is inhibited by the changed communication permit/inhibit information.