Method and device for preserving mobility information in terminal state transition and effectively re-accessing in heterogeneous cell network in mobile communication system

• US 10,356,683 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2018
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Woo Seong, Kim, Soeng Hun, Kim, Sang Bum
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US15/894,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20180242217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0055 Transmission or use of information for re-establishing the radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0079 in case of hand-off failure or rejection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/32 by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/324 by mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 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 Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

The present invention pertains to a method and device for preserving mobility information in terminal state transition and effectively re-accessing in a heterogeneous cell network in a mobile communication system. A method for estimating a mobility state of a terminal in a mobile communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving, by the terminal, system information from a serving cell during an idle state; calculating mobility state information by using the received system information; storing the mobility state information; and transmitting the mobility state information to a base station when the terminal is connected to the base station. According to one embodiment of the present invention, when an idle state of a terminal is changed to a connection state in a mobile communication system, a mobility state of the terminal can be more effectively estimated.

Claims

1. A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a first parameter indicating a time duration for determining a mobility state of the terminal and a second parameter indicating a number of cell changes for determining the mobility state of the terminal;

identifying that there is mobility history information available in the terminal;

transmitting, to the base station, a first message to confirm a completion of a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment, wherein;

the first message includes first information determined based on the identification and second information determined based on the first parameter and the second parameter,

the first information indicates that the terminal has the mobility history information, and

the second information indicates the mobility state of the terminal determined in a predetermined time period before the terminal goes into an RRC connected state;

receiving, from the base station, a second message generated based on the first information, the second message requesting a report of the mobility history information; and

transmitting, to the base station, a third message including the mobility history information in response to the second message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobility history information comprises a cell identity of a visited cell and a time spent in the visited cell.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobility history information comprises information on a plurality of cells that the terminal recently visited.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second information indicates a most recently determined mobility state of the terminal before the terminal goes into the RRC connected state.

5. A method by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a first parameter indicating a time duration for determining a mobility state of the terminal and a second parameter indicating a number of cell changes for determining the mobility state of the terminal;

receiving, from the terminal, a first message to confirm a completion of a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment, wherein;

the first message includes first information determined based on an identification that there is mobility history information available in the terminal and second information determined based on the first parameter and the second parameter,

the first information indicates that the terminal has the mobility history information, and

the second information indicates the mobility state of the terminal determined in a predetermined time period before the terminal goes into an RRC connected state;

transmitting, to the terminal, a second message generated based on the first information, the second message requesting a report of the mobility history information; and

receiving, from the terminal, a third message including the mobility history information in response to the second message.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the mobility history information comprises a cell identity of a visited cell and a time spent in the visited cell.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the mobility history information comprises information on a plurality of cells that the terminal recently visited.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the second information indicates a most recently determined mobility state of the terminal before the terminal goes into the RRC connected state.

9. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a processor configured to;

receive, from a base station, a first parameter indicating a time duration for determining a mobility state of the terminal and a second parameter indicating a number of cell changes for determining the mobility state of the terminal,

identify that there is mobility history information available in the terminal,

transmit, to the base station, a first message to confirm a completion of a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment, wherein;

the first message includes first information determined based on the identification and second information determined based on the first parameter and the second parameter,

the first information indicates that the terminal has the mobility history information, and

the second information indicates the mobility state of the terminal determined in a predetermined time period before the terminal goes into an RRC connected state,

receive, from the base station, a second message generated based on the first information, the second message requesting a report of the mobility history information, and

transmit, to the base station, a third message including the mobility history information in response to the second message.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the mobility history information comprises a cell identity of a visited cell and a time spent in the visited cell.

11. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the mobility history information comprises information on a plurality of cells that the terminal recently visited.

12. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the second information indicates a most recently determined mobility state of the terminal before the terminal goes into the RRC connected state.

13. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a processor configured to;

transmit, to a terminal, a first parameter indicating a time duration for determining a mobility state of the terminal and a second parameter indicating a number of cell changes for determining the mobility state of the terminal,

receive, from the terminal, a first message to confirm a completion of a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment, wherein;

the first message includes first information determined based on an identification that there is mobility history information available in the terminal and second information determined based on the first parameter and the second parameter, and

the first information indicates that the terminal has the mobility history information, and

the second information indicates the mobility state of the terminal determined in a predetermined time period before the terminal goes into an RRC connected state,

transmit, to the terminal, a second message generated based on the first information, the second message requesting a report of the mobility history information, and

receive, from the terminal, a third message including the mobility history information in response to the second message.

14. The base station of claim 13, wherein the mobility history information comprises a cell identity of a visited cell and a time spent in the visited cell.

15. The base station of claim 13, wherein the mobility history information comprises information on a plurality of cells that the terminal recently visited.

16. The base station of claim 13, wherein the second information indicates a most recently determined mobility state of the terminal before the terminal goes into the RRC connected state.