Method and base station for performing paging, and method and network entity for supporting paging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11259269-B2
Application number	US-201816494515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2018
Priority date	Mar 17, 2017
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

In a wireless communication system, when a remote user equipment (UE) accesses a network via a relay UE, a base station provides an identifier of a mobility management entity (MME; relay UE MME) of the relay UE to an MME (remote UE MME) of the remote UE. When paging for the remote UE is required while the remote UE is connected to a network via the relay UE, the remote UE MME transmits a request for paging for the remote UE to the relay UE MME, and the relay UE MME transmits a paging notification to the relay UE or starts a paging process for the relay UE through the base station.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of performing paging by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a first mobility management entity (MME) for a remote user equipment (UE), an identity of a second MME for a relay UE to which the remote UE is linked;
receiving a first paging message from the second MME; and
transmitting a second paging message including the first paging message to the relay UE,
wherein the first paging message includes information indicating that there is paging for the remote UE or includes paging for the remote UE, and
wherein the second paging message causes the relay UE to perform a service request procedure for setting up at least one evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and inform the first MME that the service request procedure is performed for traffic transmission of the remote UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the second MME is transmitted to the first MME upon receiving a registration request message for the remote UE through a radio resource control (RRC) connection established between the relay UE and the BS.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on the second paging message being transmitted while the relay UE is in an idle mode, the second paging message is transmitted on a paging occasion of the relay UE.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving information indicating that the first paging message is related to the remote UE, together with the first paging message, from the second MME; and
transmitting information indicating that the second paging message is related to the remote UE, together with the second paging message, to the relay UE.

5. A base station (BS) for performing paging in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising,
a transmitter and a receiver, and
a processor configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, the processor configured to:
control the Tx/Rx module to transmit, to a first mobility management entity (MME) for a remote user equipment (UE), an identity of a second MME for a relay UE to which a remote UE is linked;
control the receiver to receive a first paging message from the second MME; and
control the transmitter to transmit a second paging message including the first paging message to the relay UE,
wherein the first paging message includes information indicating that there is paging for the remote UE or includes paging for the remote UE, and
wherein the second paging message causes the relay UE to perform a service request procedure for setting up at least one evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and inform the first MME that the service request procedure is performed for traffic transmission of the remote UE.

6. The BS of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transmitter to transmit the identity of the second MME to the first MME upon receiving a registration request message for the remote UE through a radio resource control (RRC) connection established between the relay UE and the BS.

7. The BS of claim 5 , wherein, based on the second paging message being transmitted while the relay UE is in an idle mode, the processor is further configured to control the transmitter to transmit the second paging message on a paging occasion of the relay UE.

8. The BS of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the receiver to receive information indicating that the first paging message is related to the remote UE, together with the first paging message, from the second MME; and
control the transmitter to transmit information indicating that the second paging message is related to the remote UE, together with the second paging message, to the relay UE.

9. A first mobility management entity (MME) for a remote user equipment (UE) for supporting paging in a wireless communication system, the first MME comprising:
a transmitter and a receiver, and
a processor configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the receiver to receive an identity of a second MME for a relay UE and a registration request message for the remote UE from a base station (BS); and
control the transmitter to transmit a paging request message for the remote UE to the second MME, when downlink data for the remote UE is received and when the remote UE is connected to a network through the relay UE,
wherein the paging request message causes the relay UE to perform a service request procedure for setting up at least one evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and inform the first MME that the service request procedure is performed for traffic transmission of the remote UE.

10. The first MME of claim 9 , wherein the paging request message includes information about the relay UE, information about the remote UE, or information about the first MME.

11. A second mobility management entity (MME) for a relay user equipment (UE) for supporting paging in a wireless communication system, the second MME comprising:
a transmitter and a receiver, and
a processor configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the receiver to receive a paging request message for the remote UE from a first MME for a remote UE; and
control the transmitter to transmit a paging message to a base station (BS) serving for the relay UE based on the paging request message,
wherein the paging message includes information indicating that there is paging for the remote UE or includes paging for the remote UE,
wherein the paging message causes the relay UE to perform a service request procedure for setting up at least one evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and inform the first MME that the service request procedure is performed for traffic transmission of the remote UE.

12. The second MME of claim 11 , wherein the paging request message includes information about the relay UE, information about the remote UE, or information about the first MME.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Chun Sungduck

Classifications

• H04W68/02 Primary

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04L67/51

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W60/00

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

• H04W8/08

  Mobility data transfer · CPC title