Patent ID: 8923845
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile station comprising: an AS (Access Stratum) function corresponding to an AS terminated between the mobile station and a radio base station; and an NAS (Non-Access Stratum) function corresponding to a NAS terminated between the mobile station and a mobile switching center, wherein the AS function is configured to activate a first timer, when a quality deterioration of a radio link established with the radio base station is detected; the AS function is configured to detect, when the quality deterioration in the radio link is not recovered before the first timer expires, the failure in the radio link and to activate a second timer; the AS function is configured to transition, when a specific cell is not discovered during a time that the second timer is activated, to an idle state; the AS function is configured to notify the NAS function that the failure in the radio link is detected; the AS function is configured to notify the NAS function of a cell discovered by cell selection process when the cell is discovered; and the NAS function is configured to transmit, if the NAS function has been notified by the AS function that the failure in the radio link is detected, and when the NAS function is notified by the AS function that the cell is discovered by the cell selection process, a location registration request signal to the mobile switching center, and the NAS function is configured to transmit, even if an Idle state Signal Reduction (ISR) is applied, the location registration request signal in response to the notifications; wherein, when the mobile station is in the idle state and the NAS function has been notified that the failure in the radio link is detected, the radio base station no longer generates downlink data for the mobile station.