Communications system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10257774-B2
Application number	US-201715699864-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2017
Priority date	Nov 4, 2008
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

A communication apparatus which communicates with a base station, the communication apparatus includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a message from the base station, wherein the message includes at least information identifying if the base station is a hybrid access mode base station; and a transmission circuit configured to transmit a parameter which identifies a user equipment to the base station when the base station is the hybrid access mode base station.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A base station which communicates with a base station gateway, the base station comprising:
a transmission circuit configured to transmit, to the base station gateway, a user equipment(UE) register request message,
wherein the transmission circuit is further configured to transmit, to the base station gateway, a base station register request, wherein the base station register request includes at least information identifying whether the base station operates in one of an open mode, a hybrid mode and a closed mode; and
a receiving circuit configured to receive, a UE register accept message,
wherein the receiving circuit is further configured to receive, from the base station gateway, a base station register accept message.

2. A base station according to claim 1 , wherein the register accept message includes a context ID of a mobile station.

3. A base station gateway which communicates with a base station, the base station gateway comprising:
a receiving circuit configured to receive, from the base station, a user equipment(UE) register request message,
wherein the receiving circuit is further configured to receive, from the base station, a base station register request, wherein the base station register request includes at least information identifying whether the base station operates in one of an open mode, a hybrid mode and a closed mode; and
a transmission circuit configured to transmit, to the base station, a UE register accept message if a registration of a mobile station is accepted,
wherein the transmission circuit configured to transmit, to the base station, a base station register accept message.

4. A base station gateway according to claim 3 , wherein the register accept message includes a context ID of the mobile station.

5. A method performed by a base station which communicates with a base station gateway, the method comprising:
transmitting, to the base station gateway, a user equipment(UE) register request message;
transmitting, to the base station gateway, a base station register request, wherein the base station register request includes at least information identifying whether the base station operates in one of an open mode, a hybrid mode and a closed mode;
receiving, a UE register accept message; and
receiving, from the base station gateway, a base station register accept message.

6. A method according to claim 5 , wherein the register accept message includes a context ID of a mobile station.

7. A method performed by a base station gateway which communicates with a base station, the method comprising:
receiving, from the base station, a user equipment(UE) register request message;
receiving, from the base station, a base station register request, wherein the base station register request includes at least information identifying whether the base station operates in one of an open mode, a hybrid mode and a closed mode;
transmitting, to the base station, a UE register accept message if a registration of a mobile station is accepted; and
transmitting, to the base station, a base station register accept message.

8. A method according to claim 7 , wherein the register accept message includes a context ID of the mobile station.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Jha Vivek
• Arnott Robert
• Ganapathy Suresh

Classifications

• H04L63/101 Primary

  Access control lists [ACL] · CPC title

• H04W8/06

  Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W60/00

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title

• H04W84/045

  using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B · CPC title