Patent ID: 8583085

Claim:
A Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, comprising: a plurality of base station apparatuses including a first base station apparatus and a second base station apparatus; and a mobile equipment configured to make a connection setting by setting a connection to the first base station apparatus, and after a communication with the first base station apparatus is disconnected, to make a re-connect request to the second base station apparatus that is capable of continuing the communication, wherein the mobile equipment is allocated with a mobile equipment identifier for identifying the mobile equipment when making the connection setting, and is notified of the mobile equipment identifier and an address of a network layer allocated to the first base station apparatus to which the connection setting is made; wherein the second base station apparatus acquires mobile equipment information related to the connection setting from the first base station when an address of a network layer allocated to the second base station apparatus does not match an address of the network layer allocated to the first base station apparatus; said mobile equipment comprising: a connection re-establishment message processor configured to generate a re-connect request that includes the address of the network layer allocated to the first base station apparatus and the mobile equipment identifier, and to send the re-connect request to the second base station apparatus; and a connection control unit configured to re-establish the connection to the second base station apparatus, wherein said connection control unit re-establishes the connection according to the mobile equipment information related to the connection setting acquired by the second base station apparatus, based on the address of the network layer allocated to the first base station apparatus and the mobile equipment identifier.