System and method for applying extended accessing barring in wireless communication system

• US 10,123,252 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2015
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2011
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Jaehyuk, Kim, Soenghun
• Primary Examiner(s): Scheibel, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US14/731,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,250 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0875 with assigned priorities based access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A system and a method that employs Extended Access Barring (EAB) when a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device performs an attempt to access an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system are provided. When User Equipment (UE) supporting MTC, an MTC device, performs an attempt to access a network, the system and method determines whether it can access the network and performs the access procedure. The system and method can control the operations of UE that performs an attempt to access a network, thereby preventing excessive access.

Claims

1. A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

requesting, by a first layer of the UE, a second layer of the UE to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection; and

identifying, if the UE receives an extended access barring (EAB) parameter, whether an EAB is applied to a request for the RRC connection,

transmitting a first random access preamble to a base station, if the EAB is not applied to the request for the RRC connection;

receiving a random access response including a first type backoff and a second type backoff; and

transmitting a second random access preamble based on one of the first type backoff and the second type backoff.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking, by the second layer of the UE, if the first layer of the UE indicates that the EAB is applied to the request for the RRC connection, whether access to a cell is barred by the EAB; and

informing, by the second layer of the UE, if the access to the cell is barred by the EAB, of a failure of the RRC connection to the first layer of the UE.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the checking of whether access to the cell is barred by the EAB comprises:

if the UE belongs to a category of UEs as indicated in an EAB Category contained in the EAB parameter and if an AC of the UE belongs to a range excluding the ACs 11 to 15, considering access to a cell as barred.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing, if a system information block received from the base station includes an AC barring parameter for the ACB, an access barring check.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the performing of the Access barring check comprises:

considering, if the UE has one or more ACs with a value in a first range, which is valid for the UE, access to a cell as not barred;

generating, if the UE does not have the one or more ACs with the value in the first range, a random number uniformly distributed in the range of 0 to 1;

considering, if the random number is lower than a value indicated by the AC barring parameter, access to the cell as not barred; and

considering, if the random number is not lower than the value indicated by the AC barring parameter, access to the cell as barred.

6. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and

a processor configured to;

request, by a first layer of the UE, a second layer of the UE to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection,

identify, if the UE receives an extended access barring (EAB) parameter, whether an EAB is applied to a request for the RRC connection except,

transmit a first random access preamble to a base station, if the EAB is not applied to the request for the RRC connection,

receive a random access response including a first type backoff and a second type backoff, and

transmit a second random access preamble based on one of the first type backoff and the second type backoff.

7. The UE of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

check, if the first layer of the UE indicates that the EAB is applied to the request for the RRC connection, whether access to a cell is barred by the EAB, and

inform, if the access to a cell is barred by the EAB, of a failure of the RRC connection to the first layer of the UE.

8. The UE of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to consider if the UE belongs to a category of UEs as indicated in an EAB Category contained in the EAB parameter and if an AC of the UE belongs to a range excluding the ACs 11 to 15, access to a cell as barred.

9. The UE of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to perform, if a system information block received from the base station includes an AC barring parameter for the ACB, an access barring check.

10. The UE of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

consider, if the UE has one or more ACs with a value in a first range, which is valid for the UE, access to a cell as not barred,

generate, if the UE does not have the one or more ACs with the value in the first range, a random number uniformly distributed in the range of 0 to 1,

consider, if the random number is lower than a value indicated by the AC barring parameter, access to the cell as not barred, and

consider, if the random number is not lower than the value indicated by the AC barring parameter, access to the cell as barred.