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There are a wireless access network comprising a radio network gateway apparatus (101), radio access network control apparatus (102a), (102b) and a base stations (103a), (103b) and a terminal (104) accommodated in the wireless access network and when the terminal (104) enters into a new cell B, a pa

There are a wireless access network comprising a radio network gateway apparatus (101), radio access network control apparatus (102a), (102b) and a base stations (103a), (103b) and a terminal (104) accommodated in the wireless access network and when the terminal (104) enters into a new cell B, a packet data is transmitted from the source radio access network control apparatus (102a) to the target radio access network control apparatus (102b). Further, when the terminal (104) switches the radio access network control apparatus (102) with which the terminal (104) communicates, the target radio access network control apparatus (102b) switches a transmission line of a data to be transmitted to the terminal (104) from a wireless data to a packet data in the source radio access network control apparatus (102a), and from the source packet data to a target packet data in a synchronized manner at each timing. This reduces traffic which occurs when switching a radio access network control apparatus to be communicated while the terminal moves between cells and prevent packet interruption in a wireless access network providing packet transmission service.

대표청구항 ▼

The invention claimed is: 1. A method for controlling a radio access network comprising a radio access network control apparatus for transforming a data packet received from a core network to a wireless data and transmitting the wireless data to a portable terminal, and the portable terminal for re

The invention claimed is: 1. A method for controlling a radio access network comprising a radio access network control apparatus for transforming a data packet received from a core network to a wireless data and transmitting the wireless data to a portable terminal, and the portable terminal for receiving the wireless data from the radio access network control apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an entrance of the portable terminal which is receiving the wireless data from the radio access network control apparatus into an area in which the portable terminal can communicate with another radio access network control apparatus, wherein the another radio access network control apparatus is different from the radio access network control apparatus; transmitting the wireless data from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus, wherein the wireless data is transformed at the radio access network control apparatus; transmitting the wireless data from the another radio access network control apparatus to the portable terminal, wherein the wireless data is received at the another radio access network control apparatus from the radio access network control apparatus; transmitting the data packet from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus, wherein the data packet is received at the radio access network control apparatus from the core network; identifying a correspondence between (i) the wireless data transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus and (ii) the data packet transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus; transforming the data packet to the wireless data at the another radio access network control apparatus, wherein the data packet is received from the radio access network control apparatus; switching at the another radio access network control apparatus, based on the identified correspondence between (i) the wireless data transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus and (ii) the data packet transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus, from the wireless data received from the radio access network control apparatus to the wireless data obtained from the transformation, as the wireless data to be transmitted to the portable terminal; receiving a data packet at the another radio access network control apparatus from the core network; acquiring, at the another radio access network control apparatus, packet sequence information from the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus and the data packet received from the core network; and switching at the another radio access network control apparatus, based on the acquired packet sequence information, from the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus to the data packet received from the core network with synchronizing both data packets, as the data packet to be used in the transformation. 2. The radio access network control method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting a message from the another radio access network control apparatus to a data packet gateway apparatus, wherein the message indicates that a data packet is being received from the radio access network control apparatus. 3. The radio access network control method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of stopping transmission of the data packet from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus, after the another radio access network control apparatus has started transmitting the wireless data to the portable terminal using the data packet from the core network. 4. A radio access network control system comprising a radio access network control apparatus for transforming a data packet received from a core network to a wireless data and transmitting the wireless data to a portable terminal, and the portable terminal for receiving the wireless data from the radio access network control apparatus, wherein: when the portable terminal which is receiving the wireless data from radio access network control apparatus enters into an area in which the portable terminal can communicate with another radio access network control apparatus being different from the radio access network control apparatus, the radio access network control apparatus transmits the wireless data transformed by the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus, the another radio access network control apparatus transmits the data received from the radio access network control apparatus to the portable terminal, the radio access network control apparatus transmits the data packet received from the core network to the another radio access network control apparatus, the radio access network control apparatus identifies a correspondence between (i) the wireless data transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus and (ii) the data packet transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus, the another radio access network control apparatus transforms the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus to the wireless data, the another radio access network control apparatus switches, based on the identified correspondence between (i) the wireless data transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus and (ii) the data packet transmitted from the radio access network control apparatus to the another radio access network control apparatus, from the wireless data received from the radio access network control apparatus to the wireless data obtained from the transformation, as the wireless data to be transmitted to the portable terminal, the another radio access network control apparatus receives a data packet from the core network, the another radio access network control apparatus acquires packet sequence information from the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus and the data packet received from the core network, and the another radio access network control apparatus switches, based on the acquired packet sequence information, from the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus to the data packet received from the core network with synchronizing both data packets, as the data packet to be used in the transformation. 5. A radio access network control system comprising a radio access network control apparatus and another radio access network control apparatus, wherein the radio access network control apparatus comprises: means for receiving a data packet from a core network, means for transforming the data packet received from the core network to a wireless data, means for transmitting the wireless data obtained from transforming the data packet to a portable terminal, means for determining whether or not the portable terminal to which the wireless data is transmitted is in an area in which the portable terminal can communicate with the another radio access network control apparatus, means for transmitting the wireless data to the another radio access network control apparatus when it is determined that the portable terminal to which the wireless data is transmitted is in an area in which the portable terminal can communicate with the another radio access network control apparatus, means for transmitting the data packet received from the core network to the another radio access network control apparatus, and means for identifying a correspondence between (i) the wireless data transmitted to the another radio access network control apparatus and (ii) the data packet transmitted to the another radio access network control apparatus; and wherein the another radio access network control apparatus comprises: means for transforming the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus to the wireless data, means for switching, based on the identified correspondence between (i) the wireless data transmitted to the another radio access network control apparatus and (ii) the data packet transmitted to the another radio access network control apparatus, from the wireless data received from the radio access network control apparatus to the wireless data obtained from transforming the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus, as the wireless data to be transmitted to the portable terminal, means for receiving a data packet from the core network, means for acquiring packet sequence information from the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus and the data packet received from the core network, and means for switching, based on the acquired packet sequence information, from the data packet received from the radio access network control apparatus to the data packet received from the core network as the data packet to be transformed by the another radio access network control apparatus with synchronizing both data packets.