Base station, mobile communication system, and system information transmission method

A mobile communication system comprising:

• a mobile terminal;
• and
• a plurality of base stations, each base station including a cell that defines an area in which the base station can communicate with the mobile terminal by wireless, the cells of the respective base stations being arranged adjacently to each other, wherein:
• each base station includes:
• a communication unit that communicates with the other base station arranged adjacently to its own base station;
• and
• a system information processing unit that simultaneously broadcasts pieces of emergency information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication in the cell of its own base station;
• and
• when upon receiving, from the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication, information indicating that the mobile terminal is located in an adjacent area of the cell of the base station adjacent to the other cell of the other base station, the system information processing unit acquires, from the other base station via the communication unit, other emergency information currently broadcast in the other cell, and transmits the acquired other emergency information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication,
• and wherein the system information processing unit includes:
• a system information generation unit that generates pieces of emergency information including emergency information and identification information thereof, and that simultaneously broadcasts the pieces of emergency information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication;
• a determination unit that receives, from the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication, communication quality information including a first reception level measuring result measuring a reception level of a signal from the other base station and identification information to identify the other base station, and that determines whether the first reception level measuring result of the communication quality information is equal to or more than a threshold value;
• and
• a system information acquisition unit that transmits, when the determination unit has determined that the first reception level measuring result is equal to or more than the threshold value, a system information acquisition request including identification information to identify emergency information currently broadcast in the cell to the other base station via the communication unit, and that acquires response information of the system information acquisition request from the other base station via the communication unit,
• and wherein when the response information acquired by the system information acquisition unit includes the other emergency information broadcast in the other cell and identification information thereof, the system information generation unit adds the other emergency information and the identification information to the pieces of emergency information.

A system information processing method implemented in a base station that includes a cell that defines an area in which the base station can communicate with a mobile terminal by wireless, the cell being arranged adjacently to the other cell of another base station, the method comprising:

• transmitting emergency information for use in the base station to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication in the cell;
• receiving, from the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication, a signal to determine whether the mobile terminal is located in an adjacent area of the cell adjacent to the other cell;
• and
• when it is determined, based on the received signal, that the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication is located in the adjacent area, acquiring, from the other base station, other emergency information currently broadcast in the other cell, and transmitting the acquired other emergency information together with the emergency information for use in the base station to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication,
• wherein the method further comprises:
• generating pieces of emergency information including emergency information and identification information thereof, and simultaneously broadcasting the pieces of emergency information to the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication;
• receiving, from the mobile terminal currently engaged in communication, communication quality information including a first reception level measuring result measuring a reception level of a signal from the other base station and identification information to identify the other base station, and determining whether the first reception level measuring result of the communication quality information is equal to or more than a threshold value:
• transmitting, when the determination unit has determined that the first reception level measuring result is equal to or more than the threshold value, a system information acquisition request including identification information to identify emergency information currently broadcast in the cell to the other base station, and acquiring response information of the system information acquisition request from the other base station;
• and
• when the response information acquired by the system information acquisition unit includes the other emergency information broadcast in the other cell and identification information thereof, adding the other emergency information and the identification information to the pieces of emergency information.