Communication system, operation control method, and location management server

• US 10,111,083 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Tamura, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang, Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/845,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20130210432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,045 Days
• Field of Search: 4554351, 455433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Abstract

A communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention is a communication system including a location management server for managing the location of a mobile station, a base station for deciding an exchange which accommodates the mobile station via the base station in response to a location registration request from the mobile station and making the location registration request to the exchange decided, and an exchange for making the location registration request to the location management server in response to the location registration request from the base station, wherein the location management server designates an exchange for accommodating the mobile station in response to the location registration request.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile communication, the method comprising:

a mobile station (UE) sending to a base station a signal relating to a location of the UE;

the base station selecting a first exchange for the UE and sending the signal to the first exchange; and

the base station resending the signal sent to the first exchange to a second exchange based on subscription information of the UE provided by a home subscriber server (HSS).

2. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a mobile station (UE);

a base station;

a plurality of exchanges; and

a home subscriber server (HSS),

wherein the UE sends a signal to the base station relating to a location of the UE,

wherein the base station selects a first exchange for the UE and sends the signal to the first exchange, and

wherein the base station resends the signal sent to the first exchange to a second exchange based on subscription information of the UE provided by the HSS.

3. A method for a mobile station used in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

sending a signal to a base station relating to a location of the mobile station; and

updating the location of the mobile station,

wherein the base station selects a first exchange for the mobile station upon receiving the signal and sends the signal to the first exchange,

wherein the base station resends the signal sent to the first exchange to a second exchange based on subscription information of the mobile station provided by a home subscriber server (HSS), and

wherein the mobile station updates the location of the mobile station through the second exchange.