Communication apparatus and communication method for extracting notification information from received signal and transmitting notification information

摘要

A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit, an extracting unit, a generating unit and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives a signal from a first network using a first communication method. The extracting unit extracts, from a signal received via a control channel of the first network, notification information that is broadcast to be notified to a communication apparatus belonging to the first network and also used by a communication apparatus belonging to a second network. Here, the second network uses a second communication method different from the first communication method. The generating unit generates a notification frame used to notify the communication apparatus belonging to the second network of the notification information. The transmitting unit transmits the notification frame to the communication apparatus belonging to the second network.

主权项

1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a signal via a control plane of a first network which uses a first protocol, the control plane being used for broadcasting control information; a processor that
classifies frames received from the first network into frames including user data and frames for reporting control information, wherein data received via the control plane is determined as control information,determines a frame including notification information from the frames for reporting control information, wherein the notification information has been broadcast to a communication apparatus belonging to the first network and is to be used by a communication apparatus belonging to a second network which uses a second protocol different from the first protocol,extracts the notification information from the frame which is determined as a frame including the notification information, andgenerates a notification frame to be used to notify the communication apparatus belonging to the second network of the extracted notification information according to a frame format of a user plane which is used for communicating the user data of the communication apparatus belonging to the second network, determines a second frame including the user data and outputting the second frame to a converting unit for converting to a format that can be processed by the communication apparatus belonging to the second network; and a transmitter configured to transmit the generated notification frame or converted second frame to the communication apparatus belonging to the second network via the user plane of the second network.