Timing adjustment method, user equipment, base station, and mobile communication system

A user equipment in a mobile communication system having the user equipment and a base station that receives a signal sent from the user equipment, the user equipment comprising:

• a transmitter configured to perform a transmission processing on the base station based on a transmission timing adjustment information;
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• a controller configured to, in response to receiving a second transmission timing adjustment information during a connection processing by the transmitter while the user equipment is performing the connection processing to the base station based on a first transmission timing adjustment information, apply the first transmission timing adjustment information to the transmission timing adjustment for the transmission processing until a timer being expired, wherein the timer has been started when the first transmission timing adjustment information being received and the timer is to be expired when a predetermined time associated with the timer elapses, and when the timer expires before receipt of a signal indicating whether or not the connection processing is completed, apply the second transmission timing adjustment information to the transmission timing adjustment for the transmission processing by the transmitter after the expiry of the timer.

A mobile communication system having a user equipment that performs a transmission processing based on a transmission timing adjustment information and a base station that receives a signal sent from the user equipment, wherein the system comprising:

• in response to receiving a second transmission timing adjustment information during a connection processing while the user equipment is performing the connection processing to the base station based on a first transmission timing adjustment information, applies the first transmission timing adjustment information to the transmission timing adjustment for the transmission processing until a timer being expired, wherein the timer has been started when the first transmission timing adjustment information being received and the timer is to be expired when a predetermined time associated with the timer elapses;
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• when the timer expires before receipt of a signal indicating whether or not the connection processing is completed, applies the second transmission timing adjustment information to the transmission timing adjustment for the transmission processing after the expiry of the timer.