Abstract:
The method deals with mobility of a wireless terminal for communication through a base station, a local gateway and a local area network, the local gateway having an interface with a serving node of a packet core network. In the local gateway, a request to create a session for the wireless terminal is received from the serving node, the request containing an IP address of the wireless terminal in the local area network. The IP address of the wireless terminal as received in the request is advertized on the local area network in association with a medium access control address of the local gateway.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a mobile communications system, and particularly, to a method for determining whether to keep or deactivate an activated Idle mode Signaling Reduction (ISR) feature for a terminal in a mobile communications system. In case of the UE's intra-SGSN mobility and intra-MME mobility, when deciding, by a mobility management node, ISR activation for a UE in an IMS network environment where heterogeneous mobile communications networks (e.g., E-UTRAN and UTRAN/GERAN) interwork with each other, considered are not only whether the mobility management node can support an ISR feature, and whether the UE can use IMS voice, but also conditions (information) on whether each mobility management can support IMS voice over PS session. This may allow an incoming voice call to the UE from the IMS network to be delivered through a first trial, to a domain (PS domain or CS domain) selected with consideration of access network situations.
Abstract:
A wireless terminal, such as a 3GPP UE, transmits a first message of an Internet key exchange (IKE) protocol to a node of a packet core network for initiating a first authentication procedure between the UE and a first server associated with the packet core network. The outcome of the first authentication procedure is received by the UE which transmits a second IKE message to the packet core node. The outcome of a second authentication procedure between the UE and a second server associated with an external packet data network is finally received by the UE. One of the above-mentioned first and second IKE messages (or both) conveys a protocol configuration options information element including authentication parameters for the second authentication procedure.
Abstract:
The system comprises wireless user equipment (UE) and a core network unit interfaced with the UE through a wireless access network. A first short message relay (SMR) entity and a first short message control entity (SMC) are provided in the core network unit or the UE, the other one having a second SMR entity and a second SMC entity. The method of exchanging SMS data comprises, in the first SMC entity: - transmitting to the second SMC entity first control protocol data (CP_DATA) conveying relay protocol data (RP_DATA) provided by the first SMR entity; - receiving from the second SMC entity second CP_DATA conveying relay protocol acknowledgement information (RP_ACK) from the second SMR entity; and - retransmitting the first CP_DATA unless an acknowledgement is received from the second SMC entity before a timer expires. The second CP_DATA is interpreted as an acknowledgement for deciding whether the first CP_DATA is to be retransmitted.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a mobile communication system and, more particularly, to a method for performing offline indication of a machine type communication (MTC) device in an MTC service. A network entity checks (or searches) whether or not an MTC device is out of monitoring or management because it is in an offline state. A network entity repeatedly transmits a signal for checking whether or not the UE is currently in an offline state to the UE during operation time of a timer, namely, during a detection time, or checks a signal (e.g., a message of an attach procedure, a message of a location registration procedure, and the like) transmitted by the UE during the detection time to check whether or not the UE is in an offline state. When the UE is checked to be in an offline state, the network entity informs an MTC server or an MTC user accordingly, to thus automatically manage a loss, malfunction, or the like, of the MTC device.
Abstract:
MSC server enhanced for rSRVCC from UTRAN/GERAN to E-UTRAN/HSPA, comprising: - a reception block (10) configured to receive an rSRVCC capability indication from a user equipment; - a decision block (11) configured to determine whether rSRVCC is allowed for a given call based on the rSRVCC capability indication received; and - a transmitting block (12) configured to send to a Radio Access Network (RNS/BSS), when rSRVCC has been determined as allowed, an rSRVCC possible indication indicating that a rSRVCC is possible.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for traversing a NAT device residing in a backhaul IP network. A home cellular base station (HeNB) and a collocated local gateway (L-GW) providing access to a local IP network are connected to a mobile operator's packet core network through the NAT device. The method comprises the steps of opening an IPsec tunnel between the home cellular base station (HeNB) and a security gateway (SeGW) via the NAT device, and of tunneling two interfaces through the same IPsec tunnel, wherein a first interface is an interface whose local endpoint is the home cellular base station (HeNB) and whose remote endpoint is a node residing in the operator's packet core network, and a second interface is an interface whose local endpoint is the local gateway (L-GW) and whose remote endpoint is a node residing in the operator's packet core network. The invention also relates to a node comprising a home cellular base station (HeNB) and a collocated local gateway (L-GW).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of controlling a session in a serving server taking charge of the control plane within a mobile communication network. The control method may include receiving, by the serving server, a tracking area update (TAU) request message of a terminal from a target base station; retrieving, by the serving server, a previous server that has taken charge of the control plane for the terminal; receiving, by the serving server and from the retrieved previous server, a context response message comprising information indicating that a session for the terminal had been established to be passed through a path over the nodes within a fixed network different from a mobile communication network; deciding, by the serving server, whether gateway relocation is needed; releasing, by the serving server, the established session; transmitting, by the serving server, an accept message comprising information for the processing result to the terminal through the target base station; and establishing, by the serving server a session passing through a path over the nodes within a fixed network different from a mobile communication network based on the information.
Abstract:
A Mobility Management Entity (MME) having MSC functionality implemented therein, performs a scheme of MTC device triggering has been conceived. A PS and CS combined location update is sent to the HSS/HLR by means of piggybacking of CS domain information over an interface between the MME and the HSS/HLR as part of a "combined" EPS/IMSI attach procedure or a "combined" TA/LA update procedure. The, SMS signaling is received from an SMS-SC (GMSC/IWMSC) to transfer an SMS message for an LTE-only device or a single-mode E-UTRAN device. Here, the SMS signaling is received from the SMS-SC (GMSC/IWMSC) via an interworking function (IWF) that provides interworking between a MAP interface and a Diameter interface. As a result, M2M or MTC devices can be supported for an LTE network or the like.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for controlling traffic congestion of MTC devices in a mobile communication system which provides a machine type communication (MTC) service. The method of the present invention is configured in that a core network node (for example, MME, MSC, SGSN, etc.) performs scheduling and rescheduling procedures on data communication traffic for user equipment (that is, MTC devices) using subscription information and congestion control information of the user equipment; and generates a resultant "recalculated time interval" parameter and transmits the parameter to the user equipment, thereby efficiently distributing the amount of data communication (that is, traffic) concentrated to a specific time slot, and thus controlling traffic congestion or network overload.