Method for location area update in multi-rat environment and method for transmitting/receiving paging information

• US 10,356,705 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Heejeong, Ko, Hyunsoo, Lee, Eunjong, Kim, Sunam, Choi, Hyeyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Crutchfield, Christopher M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham, Tito Q
• Application Number:
  US14/916,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20160198400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,786 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for updating a TAC in a multi-RAT environment and a method for transmitting/receiving paging information. A terminal, which is capable of establishing a radio connection through a first radio interface by a first radio protocol and a radio connection through a second radio interface by a second radio protocol, may determine the best radio interface on the basis of predetermined conditions, perform a TA update through the best radio connection interface, and transmit/receive paging information through the best radio connection interface.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a tracking area update (TAU) by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving system information (SI) through a cellular interface from a multi-radio access technology radio entity (multi-RAT RE),

wherein the SI includes a tracking area code (TAC) of the multi-RAT RE, and

wherein the TAU is not performed through the cellular interface when a TAC of the UE is different from the TAC of the multi-RAT RE;

receiving wireless local area network (WLAN) type information from an access point (AP);

determining one of a first to third WLAN type on which the UE can perform the TAU based on the WLAN type information,

wherein the WLAN type information for the first WLAN type includes information identifying whether the AP is physically collocated with the multi-RAT RE, wherein the WLAN type information for the second WLAN type includes information identifying whether the AP is physically connected to the multi-RAT RE, and wherein the WLAN type information for the third WLAN type includes information identifying whether the AP is physically collocated with the multi-RAT RE and physically connected to the multi-RAT RE; and

performing the TAU through a WLAN interface based on the determined WLAN type.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an optimal radio access interface based on a predetermined condition, when there exist a radio access network through the cellular interface and the WLAN interface,

wherein the optimal radio access interface is determined to be a radio interface that has a larger cell coverage between the cellular interface and the WLAN interface, when a moving speed of the UE is higher than a predetermined value.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein,

when connection management and mobility management of a core network are available to be performed based on the WLAN interface,

the WLAN interface is determined to be the optimal radio access interface.

4. The method of claim 2,

wherein,

when a downlink coverage and an uplink coverage through the cellular interface are asymmetric,

the WLAN interface is determined to be the optimal radio access interface.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the optimal radio access interface is a radio interface through which a TAU was performed most recently.

6. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting a tracking area update (TAU), the UE comprising:

a transmitter and a receiver; and

a processor, operatively connected to the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive system information (SI) through a cellular interface from a multi-radio access technology radio entity (multi-RAT RE),

wherein the SI includes a tracking area code (TAC) of the multi-RAT RE, and

wherein the TAU is not performed through the cellular interface when a TAC of the UE is different from the TAC of the multi-RAT RE;

receive wireless local area network (WLAN) type information from an access point (AP);

determine one of a first to third WLAN type on which the UE can perform the TAU based on the WLAN type information,

wherein the WLAN type information for the first WLAN type includes information identifying whether the AP is physically collocated with the multi-RAT RE, wherein the WLAN type information for the second WLAN type includes information identifying whether the AP is physically connected to the multi-RAT RE, and wherein the WLAN type information for the third WLAN type includes information identifying whether the AP is physically collocated with the multi-RAT RE and physically connected to the multi-RAT RE; and

perform the TAU through a WLAN interface based on the determined WLAN type.

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

determine an optimal radio access interface based on a predetermined condition, when there exist a radio access network through the cellular interface and the WLAN interface,

wherein the optimal radio access interface is determined to be a radio interface that has a larger cell coverage between the cellular interface and the WLAN interface, when a moving speed of the UE is higher than a predetermined value.

8. The user equipment of claim 7,

wherein,

when connection management and mobility management of a core network are available to be performed based on the WLAN interface,

the WLAN interface is determined to be the optimal radio access interface.

9. The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the optimal radio access interface is a radio interface through which a TAU was performed most recently.