Base station and radio terminal

A radio terminal configured to perform communication with a base station and a wireless wide area network (WWAN) system, comprising:

• a controller configured to receive first configuration information with which the radio terminal configures a measurement report from the base station in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connected mode,
• the measurement report is a report of a measurement result on a signal transmitted by a wireless local area network (WLAN) system from an access point, wherein
• the controller configured to configure a measurement of a signal transmitted by a WLAN system from an access point based on the first configuration information, and
• if the controller transitions from the RRC connected mode to an RRC idle mode, the controller holds the first configuration information in the RRC idle mode, wherein
• the first configuration information includes a predetermined identifier associated with a group of access points of measurement objects,
• the controller is configured to perform measurement on the access points included in the group of access points of the measurement objects in the RRC idle mode based on the first configuration information, and
• in the RRC idle mode, the controller is configured to transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode based on a discover or a measurement result of the access points included in the group, wherein
• the controller is configured to transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode based on the discover or the measurement result of the access points included in the group as long as the controller is receiving, from the base station, third configuration information indicating that the controller need to transition to the RRC connected mode.

An apparatus used in a radio terminal configured to perform communication with a base station and a wireless wide area network (WWAN) system, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the processer configured to perform processes of:
• receiving first configuration information with which the radio terminal configures a measurement report, from the base station, in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connected mode, the measurement report being a report of a measurement result on a signal transmitted by a wireless local area network (WLAN) system from an access point;
• configuring a measurement of a signal transmitted by a WLAN system from an access point based on the first configuration information;
• holding the first configuration information in an RRC idle mode, when transitioning from the RRC connected mode to the RRC idle mode;
• and
• when control for performing communication with the access point is started in response to a steering command from the base station,
• transitioning from the RRC connected mode to the RRC idle mode, and
• holding the first configuration information in the RRC idle mode.

A communication method used in a radio terminal configured to perform communication with a base station and a wireless wide area network (WWAN) system, the communication method comprising:

• receiving first configuration information with which the radio terminal configures a measurement report, from the base station, in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connected mode, the measurement report being a report of a measurement result on a signal transmitted by a wireless local area network (WLAN) system from an access point;
• configuring a measurement of a signal transmitted by a WLAN system from an access point based on the first configuration information;
• holding the first configuration information in an RRC idle mode, when transitioning from the RRC connected mode to the RRC idle mode;
• and
• when control for performing communication with the access point is started in response to a steering command from the base station,
• transitioning from the RRC connected mode to the RRC idle mode, and
• holding the first configuration information in the RRC idle mode.