Call service providing system, method thereof, and mobile terminal paging method

• US 20070082683A1
• Filed: 10/12/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Hanaro Telecom., Inc., KT Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Hanaro Telecom., Inc., KT Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ahn, Jee-Hwan, Lee, Sang-Ho, Na, Jee-Hyeon, Chung, Yun-Won
• Application Number:
  US11/546,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20070082683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

The present invention discloses a system for providing a call service for a mobile terminal to an application server. The system includes a location server that manages a location of the mobile terminal in an idle state by a paging group identifier. A paging controller detects a state and a location of the mobile terminal from the location server. When the mobile terminal is in the idle state, the paging controller requests a paging operation from at least one paging controller corresponding to the paging group having the mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal receives a network address when in the idle state, and provides the network address to the application server.

Claims

1. A method for providing a call service for a mobile terminal to an application server in cooperation with a location server and a base station controller, the method comprising:

receiving, from the application server, a request for the call service for the mobile terminal;

detecting, from the location server, state information and location information of the mobile terminal;

transmitting, when the mobile terminal is in an idle state, a paging request message to the base station controller so that the mobile terminal interfaces with a network and receives a network address;

receiving, from the base station controller, a paging response message including the network address; and

transmitting, to the application server, a call service response message including the network address.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request for the call service further comprises receiving, from the application server, a call service request message including an identifier of the mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein detecting the state and location information further comprises:

detecting a physical address of the mobile terminal that corresponds to the identifier of the mobile terminal; and

detecting the state and location information of the mobile terminal from the location server through the physical address.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein detecting the state and location information further comprises detecting the state and location information of the mobile terminal from the location server through the identifier of the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the call service further comprises receiving, from the application server, a call service request message including a physical address of the mobile terminal, and detecting the state and location information comprises detecting the state and location information of the mobile terminal from the location server through a physical address of the mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting the paging request message further comprises:

determining a paging group including the mobile terminal from the location information of the mobile terminal; and

transmitting the paging request message to at least one base station controller corresponding to the paging group including the mobile terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting the paging request message further comprises transmitting, to the base station controller, the paging request message including an identifier of the paging group that includes the mobile terminal, so that the base station transmits a paging notification message to at least one base station corresponding to the paging group of the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the call service request message further comprises service-type information, which is transmitted with the paging request message to the base station controller so that the base station controller establishes a connection for supporting a Quality of Service (QoS) according to the service-type information.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining, when the mobile terminal is in a normal operation state, the network address of the mobile terminal from the location information of the mobile terminal to transmit the call service response message including the network address to the application server.

10. A method for paging a mobile terminal in cooperation with a base station, a paging controller and a location server, the method comprising:

receiving, from the paging controller, a paging request message having a physical address of the mobile terminal and an identifier of a paging group including the mobile terminal;

transmitting a paging notification message including the physical address of the mobile terminal to at least one base station corresponding to the identifier of the paging group so that the at least one base station transmits a paging message including the physical address of the mobile terminal to a channel link;

providing a network address to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal interfaces with a network;

registering a location of the mobile terminal to the location server by network address and a location registration message including an identifier of an access point to which the mobile terminal is accessed; and

transmitting to the paging controller a paging response message including a physical address of the mobile terminal and the network address.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the paging request message further comprises service-type information, and further comprises establishing a connection for supporting a Quality of Service (QoS) according to the service-type information when the mobile terminal interfaces with the network.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

changing a state of the mobile terminal to an idle state when the mobile terminal in a normal operation state does not transmit/receive a packet for a predetermined time;

registering the location of the mobile terminal to the location server by the location registration message including the state of the mobile terminal and the identifier of the paging group that includes the mobile terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

changing the state of the mobile terminal to a power-off state when the mobile terminal in the idle state does not transmit/receive a packet for a predetermined time; and

transmitting the location registration message including the state of the mobile terminal to the location server so that the location server deletes location data for the mobile terminal.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising registering, when the mobile terminal in the normal operation state performs handoff, the location of the mobile terminal to the location server by the location registration message having an address of the base station to which the mobile terminal is accessed.

15. A system for providing a call service for a mobile terminal to an application server, the system comprising:

a location server for managing a location of the mobile terminal in an idle state by an identifier of a paging group; and

a paging controller for detecting a state of the mobile terminal and the location of the mobile terminal from the location server when receiving the call service for the mobile terminal from the application server, requesting a paging operation from at least one paging controller corresponding to the paging group including the mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal receives a network address when the mobile terminal is in the idle state, and providing the network address to the application server.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the location server manages the location of the mobile terminal in the idle state by a physical address, and the paging controller detects the state and the location of the mobile terminal by the physical address.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the paging controller receives a request for the call service through the physical address.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the paging controller detects the physical address corresponding to the network access identifier when receiving the request for the call service through a network access identifier, and detects the state and the location of the mobile terminal through the detected physical address.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the location server manages the location of the mobile terminal in the idle state by a network access identifier, and the paging controller detects the state and the location of the mobile terminal by the network access identifier.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the location server manages the location of the mobile terminal in a normal operation state by the physical address and the network address.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the location server manages the location of the mobile terminal in a normal operation state by a network access identifier and the network address.