Communication apparatus and communication method
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKaichiro Saito
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
Claims8
A radio communication apparatus in a mobile communication system, the radio communication apparatus comprising:
- one or more memories configured to store instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
- perform radio transmission and reception functions,
- transfer data from a plurality of mobile stations towards a core network,
- adopt license information indicating a license period and a license function representing settings of the radio transmission and reception functions, and
- apply a limitation on the license function due to expiration of the license period.
A method for a radio communication apparatus in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
- performing radio transmission and reception functions;
- transferring data from a plurality of mobile stations towards a core network;
- adopting license information indicating a license period and a license function representing at least settings of the radio transmission and reception functions;
- and
- applying a limitation on the license function due to expiration of the license period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.