Access gateway apparatus, base station apparatus, communication control system and communication control method

A base station apparatus comprising:

• a receiving section that receives a paging request message directed to a radio terminal apparatus transmitted from an access gateway apparatus;
• a paging reply section that generates a paging reply message indicating that the base station apparatus accommodates the radio terminal apparatus;
• a position registration requesting section that registers the IP address indicating the access gateway apparatus, the sender of the paging request message and generates a position registration request message for requesting the registration of the IP address of the base station apparatus;
• a packet combining section that generates a combined packet by combining the paging reply message and the position registration request message;
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• a transmitting section that transmits the combined packet to the access gateway apparatus.

A communication control system comprising a plurality of base station apparatuses and an access gateway apparatus that accommodates the base station apparatuses, for controlling communication with a radio terminal apparatus accommodated in one of the plurality of base station apparatuses,

• the access gateway apparatus comprising:
• a transmitting section that transmits a paging request message directed to the radio terminal apparatus to the base station apparatus;
• a separation section that separates a combined packet in which a paging reply message transmitted from the base station apparatus and indicating that the base station apparatus accommodates the radio terminal apparatus in response to the paging request message and a position registration request message for requesting the registration of an IP address indicating the base station apparatus of the paging reply message are combined, into the respective messages;
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• a position registration section that registers the IP address indicating the base station apparatus based on the position registration request message, wherein:
• the base station apparatus comprising:
• a receiving section that receives the paging request message transmitted from the access gateway apparatus;
• a paging reply section that generates a paging reply message indicating that the base station apparatus accommodates the radio terminal apparatus;
• a position registration requesting section that registers the IP address indicating the access gateway apparatus of the paging request message and generates a position registration request message for requesting the registration of the IP address of the base station apparatus;
• a packet combining section that generates a combined packet by combining the paging reply message and the position registration request message;
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• a transmitting section that transmits the combined packet to the access gateway apparatus.

A communication control method for a communication control system comprising a plurality of base station apparatuses and an access gateway apparatus that accommodates the base station apparatuses, for controlling communication with a radio terminal apparatus accommodated in one of the plurality of base station apparatuses, the method comprising:

• in the access gateway apparatus:
• transmitting a paging request message to the base station apparatus;
• in the base station apparatus:
• receiving the paging request message and generating a paging reply message indicating that the base station apparatus accommodates the radio terminal apparatus;
• registering the IP address indicating the access gateway apparatus of the paging request message and generating a position registration request message for requesting the registration of the IP address of the base station apparatus;
• generating a combined packet by combining the paging reply message and the position registration request message and transmitting the combined packet to the access gateway apparatus;
• in the access gateway apparatus:
• separating the combined packet transmitted from the base station apparatus into the paging reply message and the position registration request message;
• and
• registering the IP address indicating the base station apparatus based on the position registration request message.