Method for providing broadcast service in a CDMA mobile communication system

• US 20030211843A1
• Filed: 05/12/2003
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Song, Jun-Hyuk, Chang, Yong, Lim, Nae-Hyun
• Granted Patent: US 7,099,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/707 using direct sequence modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• 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 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing a broadcast service in a mobile communication system using code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. The novel method controls transmission of broadcast service data according to base station areas by registering a mobile station with a broadcast service. For that purpose, the mobile station requests an authentication server to authenticate a desired broadcast service, and registers the authenticated broadcast service in a packet data serving node via a base station so that the base station and the packet data serving node can set up a transmission path for the broadcast service. The method increases the efficiency of base station resources by controlling transmission times of base stations, and the packet data serving node can perform accounting on the broadcast service of the mobile station. Further, a plurality of registered mobile stations constitute a group, and broadcast service data is transmitted from one mobile station to other mobile stations within the group.

Claims

1. A method for receiving a broadcast service by a mobile station in a wireless broadcast service system comprising said mobile station existing in a service area, a base station capable of connecting a wireless channel to said mobile station, a packet data serving node for connecting said base station to a packet communication network, a broadcast server connected to said packet communication network, and an authentication server connected to said packet communication network, the method comprising:

(a) performing user authentication by setting up a connection with the authentication server, and receiving, if the user authentication is passed, information on available broadcast services from the broadcast server;

(b) registering a desired broadcast service in the packet data serving node based on said received information so that said packet data serving node assigns a network resource for the desired broadcast service;

(c) if the desired broadcast service is authorized by the packet data serving node, registering said desired broadcast service in said base station so that said base station assigns a wireless broadcast channel and a network resource for the desired broadcast service; and

(d) receiving broadcast data for said desired broadcast service over said broadcast channel assigned by said base station.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said information on broadcast services includes broadcast service identifiers, multicast Internet protocol (IP) addresses, and source IP addresses.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of registering in the packet data serving node further comprises transmitting a multicast IP address for the desired broadcast service to the packet data serving node.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of registering in said base station further comprises transmitting a multicast IP address and a broadcast service identifier for the desired broadcast service to the base station.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast server is a broadcast server designated by a common carrier or a mobile station registered in the packet data serving node.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending, if a broadcast service leave request is received from a user, a broadcast service leave request to said base station and the packet data serving node so that said packet data serving node withdraws the network resource and said base station withdraws the network resource and releases said broadcast channel.

7. A method for providing a broadcast service to a mobile station by a base station in a wireless broadcast service system comprising the mobile station existing in a service area, the base station capable of connecting a wireless channel to said mobile station, a packet data serving node for connecting the base station to a packet communication network, a broadcast server connected to the packet communication network, and an authentication server connected to the packet communication network, the method comprising:

(a) upon receiving a broadcast service registration request from the mobile station, determining whether the requested broadcast service is already being provided;

(b) if the requested broadcast service is not being provided, registering the requested broadcast service in the packet data serving node so that the packet data serving node assigns a network resource for the requested broadcast service; and

(c) if the requested broadcast service is authorized by the packet data serving node, assigning a wireless broadcast channel for the broadcast service and transmitting broadcast data for the requested broadcast service received from the packet data serving node to the mobile station over the assigned broadcast channel.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said determining step further comprises receiving a multicast Internet protocol (IP) address and a broadcast service identifier for the requested broadcast service from the mobile station, and determining whether a broadcast channel for the requested broadcast service has already been assigned, based on the multicast IP address and the broadcast service identifier.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said registering step further comprises transmitting a multicast IP address and a broadcast service identifier for the broadcast service to the packet data serving node.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the broadcast server is a broadcast server designated by a common carrier or a mobile station registered in the packet data serving node.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining, if the broadcast service of the mobile station is left, whether the mobile station is a unique mobile station that uses the broadcast service within a service area of the base station, and releasing, if the mobile station is the unique mobile station, the assigned broadcast channel and then withdrawing the network resource assigned for the broadcast service.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein said registering step further comprises transmitting information on a time when the mobile station requested registration of the broadcast service, to the packet data serving node so that the packet data serving node can start accounting on the broadcast service.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising transmitting, if the broadcast service of the mobile station is left, information on a time when the broadcast service is left, to the packet data serving node so that the packet data serving node can complete accounting on the broadcast service.

14. A method for providing a broadcast service to a mobile station by a packet data serving node in a wireless broadcast service system comprising the mobile station existing in a service area, a base station capable of connecting a wireless channel to said mobile station, the packet data serving node for connecting the base station to a packet communication network, a broadcast server connected to the packet communication network, and an authentication server connected to the packet data communication network, the method comprising:

(a) receiving information on broadcast services available for the mobile station from the authentication server;

(b) upon receiving a registration request for a broadcast service desired by the mobile station, assigning a network resource for the requested broadcast service based on the received information on the available broadcast services; and

(c) upon receiving a registration request for the requested broadcast service from the base station, transmitting broadcast data for the requested broadcast service received from the broadcast server to the mobile station through the base station, using the assigned network resource.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said information on the broadcast services includes broadcast service identifiers, multicast Internet protocol (IP) addresses and source IP addresses, or includes a table identifier by which the broadcast service identifiers, the multicast Internet protocol (IP) addresses and the source IP addresses can be searched from an internal database.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said assigning step further comprises:

receiving a multicast IP address for the requested broadcast service from the mobile station, and determining whether the received multicast IP address is identical to a multicast IP address previously received from the broadcast server;

if the multicast IP addresses are identical to each other and the requested broadcast service is not being provided, registering the multicast IP address for the requested broadcast service in a multicast IP routing table in order to receive broadcast data for the requested broadcast service from the broadcast server;

if the multicast IP addresses are not identical to each other, inquiring of the authentication server about whether the multicast IP address for the requested broadcast service is available; and

if the multicast IP address for the requested broadcast service is available, registering the multicast IP address for the requested broadcast service in the multicast IP routing table in order to receive broadcast data for the requested broadcast service from the broadcast server.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein said transmitting step further comprises:

receiving a multicast IP address and a broadcast service identifier for the requested broadcast service from the base station;

determining whether the requested broadcast service is available, based on the multicast IP address and the broadcast service identifier; and

transmitting broadcast data received from the broadcast server to the mobile station via the base station, if the requested broadcast service is available.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the broadcast server is a broadcast server designated by a common carrier or a mobile station registered in the packet data serving node.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising starting accounting on the broadcast service of the mobile station upon receiving a registration request for the broadcast service of the mobile station.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising generating, if the broadcast service of the mobile station is left, accounting information for the broadcast service of the mobile station and transmitting the generated accounting information to the authentication server.