Patent ID: 8509784

Claim:
A mobile communication method for a mobile communication system having a configuration in which a cell providing a particular service and a cell not providing the particular service overlay each other in different frequency bands, the mobile communication method comprising: a step A of causing a mobile station in a standby mode in a first cell to transmit a communication start request signal; a step B of judging whether or not to measure communication quality of a second cell on the basis of judgment as to whether or not the particular service is provided in each of the cells and judgment as to whether or not communication quality of the second cell is included in the communication start request signal, the second cell overlaid by the first cell in a different frequency band; and a step C of starting communication of the mobile station in either one of the first cell and the second cell on the basis of the measured communication quality of the second cell, wherein in step C, communication is started in the second cell only when all of the following conditions are determined: (i) the mobile station is equipped with a communication capability for the particular service and the mobile station needs the particular service; (ii) it is not possible to set up communication for the particular service in the first cell and the particular service is provided by the second cell; and (iii) the communication quality of the second cell is above a predetermined threshold, wherein when all of conditions (i)-(iii) are not met, communication will be started in the first cell.