Method of providing communication services from wireless communication system to terminal and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9277392-B2
Application number	US-201013387816-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2010
Priority date	Jul 31, 2009
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

A method and apparatus for a micro Base Station (BS) to provide a terminal with communication service in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes forwarding, in the micro BS, an attach request message received from the terminal to a local Mobility Management Entity (MME), determining, at the local MME, whether the terminal has performed at least one of authentication and registration processes, transmitting, at the MME, to a local registration processor a service provision check request message asking for whether the terminal is registered with the communication service to a local registration processor, and providing the terminal with the communication service in response to a service provision check acknowledge message accepting the attach request which is received from the local registration processor and no communication service in response to the service provision check acknowledge message rejecting the attach request which is received from the local registration processor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for a small base station to provide a terminal with communication service in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, at a local mobility management entity, an attach request received from the terminal;
transmitting, at the local mobility management entity, a service provision check request message asking for whether the terminal is registered with the communication service to a local registration processor; and
providing the terminal with the communication service in response to a service provision check acknowledge message accepting the attach request which is received from the local registration processor and no communication service in response to the service provision check acknowledge message rejecting the attach request which is received from the local registration processor,
wherein the local mobility management entity and the local registration processor are integrated in the small base station, and
wherein the attach request message comprises, if the terminal is an unauthenticated or unregistered terminal, emergency attach option and identifier of the unauthenticated/unregistered terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attach request message comprises, if the terminal is an authenticated or registered terminal, authentication information and identity information of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing comprises providing, at the local mobility management entity, the unauthenticated or unregistered terminal with emergency service if the service provision check acknowledge message rejecting the attach request is received.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing comprises bypassing, at the local mobility management entity, the attach request message to a core network mobility management entity if the service provision check acknowledge message rejecting the attach request is received.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attach request message comprises an attach service option indicating at least one of un-authentication and un-registration and identifier of the terminal if the terminal is unauthenticated terminal or unregistered.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the local registration processor determines, if the service provision check request message is received, whether to accept or reject service provision according to whether the terminal is registered with a whitelist for permitting service provision.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the local registration processor permits, if a service provision period for the terminal registered with the whitelist has started and not expired, the service provision to the terminal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service provision check acknowledge message accepting the attach request comprises at least one of an identifier of the terminal accepted for attachment, a service option permitted by the small base station, a service provision start time, and a service provision end time.

9. An apparatus for providing a terminal with communication service in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a home base station processor configured to receive an attach request message transmitted by the terminal;
a local mobility management entity configured to transmit a service provision check request message asking for whether the terminal is registered with the communication service to a local registration processor, to provide the terminal with the service in response to a reply accepting the attach request, and to reject service provision in response to a reply rejecting the attach request; and
a local registration processor configured to generate and output, if the service provision check request message is received from the local mobility management entity, a service provision check acknowledge accepting or rejecting the attach request according to whether the service is to be provided to the terminal,
wherein the local mobility management entity and the local registration processor are integrated in a small base station, and
wherein the local mobility management entity judges, if the attach request message includes an emergency attach option and terminal identifier, the terminal as unauthenticated or unregistered terminal.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the local mobility management entity judges, if the attach request message includes at least one of authentication information and identity information of the terminal, the terminal as authenticated or registered terminal.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the local mobility management entity provides, if a replay rejecting the attach request from the local registration processor, the unauthenticated or unregistered terminal with emergency service.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the local mobility management entity bypasses, if a replay rejecting the attach request from the local registration processor, the attach request message to a core network mobility management entity.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the local mobility management entity judges, if the attach request message includes an attach service option indicating at least one of un-authentication and un-registration and identifier of the terminal, the terminal as unauthenticated or unregistered terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the local registration processor accepts or rejects, if the service provision check request message is received, service provision depending on whether the terminal is registered with a whitelist for permitting service provision.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the local registration processor permits, if a service provision period for the terminal registered with the whitelist has started and not expired, the service provision to the terminal.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the service provision check acknowledge message accepting the attach request comprises at least one of an identifier of the terminal accepted for attachment, a service option permitted by the small base station, a service provision start time, and a service provision end time.

17. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the local registration processor comprises an interface for communication with at least one of authentication server and registration server of the core network.

Assignees

• Lee Sung Won
• Lim Han Na
• Bae Beom Sik
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Kyung Hee University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation

Inventors

• Lee Sung Won
• Lim Han Na
• Bae Beom Sik

Classifications

• H04W8/02 Primary

  Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks · CPC title

• H04W84/045

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

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title