System and method for controlling an operational mode of a MAC layer in a broadband wireless access communication system

• US 20050197125A1
• Filed: 03/04/2005
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Yong, Song, Bong-Gee, Shim, Jae-Jeong, Son, Yeong-Moon, Kim, So-Hyun, Park, Jung-Shin, Lim, Geun-Hwi, Kim, Tae-Won, Chang, Hong-Sung, Kang, Hyon-Goo, Yoon, Seung-Il, Hong, Seung-Eun, Eom, Kwang-Seop
• Granted Patent: US 7,039,430 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/439
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/287 when the channel is in stand-by
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/02 by periodical registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station is provided. The method includes the steps of: mode-transiting into an idle mode when there is no data transmission between the serving base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined first time interval in an awake mode; detecting movement of the mobile subscriber station in the idle mode into another paging zone covering a target base station, which is different from a paging zone covering the serving base station; and mode-transiting into the awake mode and performing location update together with the target base station when the movement of the mobile subscriber station is detected.

Claims

1. A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station, the method comprising the steps of:

mode-transiting into an idle mode when the mobile subscriber station is in an inactive state to conserve power and operational resources;

detecting movement of the mobile subscriber station in the idle mode into another paging zone to which a target base station belongs, which is different from a paging zone to which the serving base station belongs; and

mode-transiting into the awake mode and performing location update together with the target base station when the movement of the mobile subscriber station is detected.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of mode-transiting from the idle mode into the awake mode when the mobile subscribe station detects a paging targeting the mobile subscribe station itself.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step of detecting the paging comprises the steps of:

receiving paging information broadcasted from the serving base station in accordance with a paging cycle; and

recognizing existence of the paging when the paging information contains the mobile subscriber station identifier of the mobile subscriber station.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the paging information is broadcasted based on the paging cycle and an offset value determined in order to differently set time points at which mobile subscriber stations mode-transit from the awake mode into the idle mode from among mobile subscriber stations to which the serving base station provides service.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the mobile subscriber station identifier is a medium access control layer address of the mobile subscriber station.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the paging zone is a zone grouping a plurality of base stations and the base stations in a same paging zone use a same paging zone identifier.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step of performing the location update comprises the steps of:

requesting the location update by transmitting to the target base station a location update request; and

mode-transiting into the idle mode in response to a location update response which is transmitted from the target base station in response to the location update request.

8. A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station, the method comprising the steps of:

mode-transiting into an idle mode when there is no data transmission between the serving base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined first time interval in an awake mode; and

mode-transiting into the awake mode and performing location update of the mobile subscriber station itself at each predetermined interval in the idle mode.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the predetermined interval is determined in consideration of a selected paging cycle determined by the mobile subscriber station and a counting value set in order to update the location of the mobile subscriber station in accordance with the selected paging cycle.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising the step of mode-transiting into a sleep mode when there is no data transmission between the serving base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined second time interval in the awake mode, the predetermined second time interval being shorter than the predetermined first time interval.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising the step of mode-transiting from the idle mode into the awake mode when the mobile subscribe station detects a paging targeting the mobile subscribe station itself.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the step of detecting the paging comprises:

receiving paging information broadcasted from the serving base station in accordance with a paging cycle set in advance in the idle mode; and

recognizing existence of the paging when the paging information contains the mobile subscriber station identifier of the mobile subscriber station.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the mobile subscriber station identifier is a medium access control layer address of the mobile subscriber station.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the paging information is determined based on the paging cycle and an offset value determined in order to differently set time points at which mobile subscriber stations mode-transit from the awake mode into the idle mode from among mobile subscriber stations to which the serving base station provides service.

15. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of performing the location update comprises the steps of:

performing the initial ranging;

requesting the location update by transmitting a location update request to a serving base station selected by the initial ranging, the location update request containing a mobile subscriber station identifier of the mobile subscriber station and an identifier of a paging zone to which the selected serving base station belongs; and

mode-transiting into the idle mode in response to a location update response which is transmitted from the serving base station in response to the location update request,

wherein the paging zone is a zone grouping a plurality of base stations grouped based on each paging unit.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the mobile subscriber station identifier is a medium access control layer address of the mobile subscriber station.

17. A system for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station, the system comprising:

the mobile subscriber station which mode-transits into an idle mode when there is no data transmission between the serving base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined first time interval in an awake mode, mode-transits into the awake mode and transmits a location update request to a target base station when detecting movement of the mobile subscriber station in the idle mode into another paging zone to which the target base station belongs, which is different from a paging zone to which the serving base station belongs, and performs location update in accordance with a location update response from the target base station, which responds to the location update request;

the target base station which, together with a paging controller for performing the paging zones, performs the location update of the mobile subscriber station and transmits the location update response to the mobile subscriber station when the location update request from the mobile subscriber station is detected; and

the paging controller for updating the location of the mobile subscriber station correspondingly to the location update operation of the target base station and the mobile subscriber station.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the mobile subscriber station mode-transits from the idle mode into the awake mode when the mobile subscribe station detects a paging targeting the mobile subscriber station itself.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the mobile subscriber station receives paging information broadcast from the serving base station in accordance with a paging cycle set in advance in the idle mode and recognizes existence of the paging when the paging information contains the mobile subscriber station identifier of the mobile subscriber station.

20. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the mobile subscriber station identifier is a medium access control layer address of the mobile subscriber station.

21. The system as claimed in claim 19;

wherein the paging controller determines the paging cycle, determines an offset value in order to differently set time points at which mobile subscriber stations mode-transit from the awake mode into the idle mode from among mobile subscriber stations to which the serving base station provides service, and determines the paging information based on the paging cycle and the offset value.

22. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the mobile subscriber station mode-transits into a sleep mode when there is no data transmission between the serving base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined second time interval in the awake mode, the predetermined second time interval being shorter than the predetermined first time interval.

23. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the paging zone is a zone grouping a plurality of base stations based on each paging unit and the base stations in a same paging zone use a same paging zone identifier.

24. The system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the mobile subscriber station requests the location update by transmitting to the target base station the location update request containing the mobile subscriber station identifier of the mobile subscriber station and an identifier of the paging zone to which the serving base station belongs, and mode-transits into the idle mode in response to a location update response which is transmitted from the target base station in response to the location update request.

25. The system as claimed in claim 24, wherein the mobile subscriber station identifier is a medium access control layer address of the mobile subscriber station.

26. A system for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer in a broadband wireless access communication system, the system comprising:

a mobile subscriber station which mode-transits into an idle mode when there is no data transmission between a base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined first time interval in an awake mode, mode-transits into the awake mode and transmits a location update request to the base station at each predetermined interval in the idle mode, and performs location update in accordance with a location update response from the base station, which responds to the location update request;

the base station which, together with a paging controller for performing the paging zones, performs the location update of the mobile subscriber station and transmits the location update response to the mobile subscriber station when the location update request from the mobile subscriber station is detected; and

the paging controller for updating the location of the mobile subscriber station correspondingly to the location update operation of the base station and the mobile subscriber station.

27. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the predetermined interval is determined in consideration of a selected paging cycle determined by the mobile subscriber station and a counting value set in order to update the location of the mobile subscriber station in accordance with the selected paging cycle.

28. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the mobile subscriber station mode-transits into a sleep mode when there is no data transmission between the base station and the mobile subscriber station during a predetermined second time interval in the awake mode, the predetermined second time interval being shorter than the predetermined first time interval.

29. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the mobile subscriber station mode-transits from the idle mode into the awake mode when the mobile subscribe station detects a paging targeting the mobile subscribe station itself.

30. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the mobile subscriber station receives paging information broadcast from the base station in accordance with a paging cycle set in advance in the idle mode;

and recognizes existence of the paging when the paging information contains the mobile subscriber station identifier of the mobile subscriber station.

31. The system as claimed in claim 30, wherein the mobile subscriber station identifier is a medium access control layer address of the mobile subscriber station.

32. The system as claimed in claim 30, wherein the paging controller determines the paging cycle, determines an offset value in order to differently set time points at which mobile subscriber stations mode-transit from the awake mode into the idle mode from among mobile subscriber stations to which the serving base station provides service, and determines the paging information based on the paging cycle and the offset value.

33. The system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the mobile subscriber station performs the initial ranging, requests the location update by transmitting a location update request to a base station selected by the initial ranging, the location update request containing a mobile subscriber station identifier of the mobile subscriber station and an identifier of a paging zone to which the selected base station belongs, and mode-transits into the idle mode in response to a location update response which is transmitted from the base station in response to the location update request, and the paging zone is a zone grouping a plurality of base stations grouped based on each paging unit.

34. The system as claimed in claim 33, wherein the mobile subscriber station identifier is a medium access control layer address of the mobile subscriber station.

35. A method for determining paging time points for a plurality of mobile subscriber stations by a paging controller when mobile some subscriber stations mode-transits from an awake mode having transmission of traffic into an idle mode having no transmission of traffic from among the plurality of mobile subscriber stations in a broadband wireless access communication system including a base station, the plurality of mobile subscriber stations in a cell controlled by the base station, and the paging controller connected to the base station, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a paging cycle;

determining an offset value in order to differently set time points at which mobile subscriber stations awake; and

determining based on the paging cycle and the offset value the time points at which mobile subscriber stations awake.

36. A broadband wireless access communication system comprising:

a base station;

a plurality of mobile subscriber stations in a cell controlled by the base station; and

a paging controller for determining paging time points for a plurality of mobile subscriber stations when mobile some subscriber stations mode-transits from an awake mode having transmission of traffic into an idle mode having no transmission of traffic from among the plurality of mobile subscriber stations, determining an offset value in order to differently set time points at which mobile subscriber stations awake, and determining based on a paging cycle and the offset value the time points at which mobile subscriber stations awake.