METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING TERMINAL STATE IN GENERIC ACCESS NETWORK

• US 20100085961A1
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Weng, Wulin, Zhao, Yang
• Application Number:
  US12/634,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20100085961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

Abstract

The present invention relates to wireless communication, and discloses a method, a device, and a system for synchronizing a terminal state in a GAN to ensure that the GAN can know the relevant state context information of the terminal correctly. In the present invention, a network device of the GAN receives CS domain and/or PS domain state information reported by a terminal; and the network device processes the terminal registration information according to the received CS domain and/or PS domain state information. After the connection is reestablished between the terminal and the GAN, the terminal reports the CS domain and/or PS domain state information in the GAN mode to the GANC. The terminal may report the CS domain and/or PS domain state information in the GERAN/UTRAN mode to the GANC in the registration process. The terminal may also initiate a registration update process after the CS domain and/or PS domain state in the GERAN/UTRAN mode changes.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing terminal state in a Generic Access Network, GAN, comprising:

receiving, by a network device of the GAN, Circuit-Switched, CS, domain state information and Packet-Switched, PS, domain state information reported by a terminal; and

updating, by the network device, state information of the terminal according to the received CS domain state information and PS domain state information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network device is a Generic Access Network Controller, GANC.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, after a connection is reestablished between the terminal and the GAN, the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in a GAN mode reported by the terminal; and

updating, by the network device, registration information of the terminal and registration relevant context according to the received CS domain state information and PS domain state information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in the GAN mode comprises one of:

information indicating that the terminal is in at least one of idle state of the CS domain in the GAN, and standby state in the PS domain of the GAN;

information indicating that the terminal is in a dedicated state of the CS domain in the GAN;

information indicating that the terminal is in an active state of the PS domain in the GAN;

information indicating that the terminal is in a dedicated state of the CS domain in the GAN and is in an active state of the PS domain in the GAN; and

information indicating that the terminal is in one of a Global System for Mobile communications, GSM, Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution, EDGE, Radio Access Network, GERAN, mode and a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, UTRAN, mode and the terminal is registered in the GAN.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in one of a GERAN mode and a UTRAN mode reported by the terminal in a registration process; and

updating, by the network device, registration information of the terminal and registration relevant context, according to the received CS domain state information and PS domain state information, if the network device accepts the registration of the terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in one of the GERAN mode and UTRAN mode comprise one of:

information indicating that the terminal is in at least one of idle state when the terminal is located at of the GSM RR Radio Resource Control, RRC, layer in the GERAN mode and standby state when the terminal is located at General Packet Radio Service, GPRS, side in the GERAN mode;

information indicating that the terminal is in a dedicated state when the terminal is located at the GSM RRC layer in the GERAN mode;

information indicating that the terminal is in an idle state when the terminal is located at the RRC layer in the UTRAN mode;

information indicating that the terminal is in a cell dedicated channel, CELL_DCH, state of the RRC layer when the terminal is located at the RRC side in the UTRAN mode;

information indicating that the terminal is in a cell forward channel, CELL_FACH, state of the RRC layer when the terminal is located at the RRC layer in the UTRAN mode;

information indicating that the terminal is in a cell paging channel, CELL_PCH, state of the RRC layer when the terminal is located at the RRC layer in the UTRAN mode;

information indicating that the terminal is in a routing area paging channel, URA_PCH, state of the RRC layer when the terminal is located at the RRC layer in the UTRAN mode;

information indicating that the terminal is in an active state of the GPRS layer;

information indicating that the terminal is in a dedicated state when the terminal is located at the RRC layer in the GERAN mode and is in an active state at the GPRS RR layer; and

information indicating that the terminal state is unknown.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in one of a GERAN mode and a UTRAN mode reported by the terminal in a registration update process; and

updating, by the network device, registration information of the terminal and registration relevant context, according to the received CS domain state information and PS domain state information, if the network device accepts the registration update of the terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

initiating, by the terminal, the registration update process if one of the following conditions is fulfilled;

location area of the terminal in one of the GERAN and UTRAN changes;

access point of the terminal in one of the GERAN and UTRAN changes;

the CS domain state of the terminal in one of the GERAN mode and UTRAN mode changes; and

the PS domain state of the terminal in one of the GERAN mode and UTRAN mode changes.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the network device, a registration request carrying the CS domain state information and PS domain state information of the terminal in one of GERAN mode and UTRAN mode sent from the terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the CS domain state information and PS domain state information of the terminal comprise GSM Radio Resource, RR, state information, UTRAN Radio Resource Control, RRC, state information, and GPRS state information of the terminal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the CS domain state information and PS domain state information of the terminal are contained in a GRS information element, IE.

12. A Generic Access Network, GAN, network device, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive Circuit-Switched, CS, domain state information and Packet-Switched, PS, domain state information from a terminal; and

a processing unit, configured to process the terminal according to the CS domain state information and PS domain state information received by the receiving unit;

wherein the processing unit comprises a first updating subunit, configured to update registration information of the terminal and registration relevant context according to the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in a GAN mode received by the receiving unit.

13. The GAN network device of claim 12, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive state information in one of registration procedure and registration update procedure of the terminal, and the state information received by the receiving unit comprises CS domain state information and PS domain state information in one of Global System for Mobile communications, GSM, Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution, EDGE, Radio Access Network, GERAN, mode and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, UTRAN, mode;

and

the processing unit further comprises a second updating subunit, configured to update registration information of the terminal and register relevant context according to the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in the one of the GERAN mode and UTRAN-mode received by the receiving unit; and

the network device further comprises a judging unit, configured to judge whether to accept one of the registration and the registration update of the terminal, and instruct the second updating subunit to update the registration information and registration relevant context if accepting the one of the registration and the registration update request.

14. The GAN network device of claim 12, wherein the CS domain state information and PS domain state information of the terminal comprise GSM Radio Resource, RR, state information, UTRAN Radio Resource Control, RRC, state information, and GPRS state information of the terminal.

15. The GAN network device of claim 12, wherein the CS domain state information and PS domain state information of the terminal are contained in a GRS information element, IE.

16. A terminal device, comprising:

a reporting unit, configured to report Circuit-Switched, CS, domain state information and Packet-Switched, PS, domain state information to a Generic Access Network, GAN, network device.

17. The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the reporting unit further comprises:

a GAN reporting subunit, configured to report CS domain state information and PS domain state information in GAN mode to a network device; and

the terminal device further comprises;

a reestablishing unit, configured to initiate a process of reestablishing a connection between the terminal and the GAN, and notify the GAN reporting subunit to report the CS domain state information and PS domain state information in the GAN mode after the connection is reestablished.

18. The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the terminal device further comprises:

at least one of a registering unit and a registration updating unit, and

the registering unit is configured to initiate a registration process to the GAN network device;

the registration updating unit is configured to initiate a registration update process to the GAN network device; and

the reporting unit further comprises;

a traditional network reporting subunit, configured to report CS domain state information and PS domain state information in one of Global System for Mobile communications, GSM, Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution, EDGE, Radio Access Network, GERAN, mode and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, UTRAN, mode to the network device in one of the registration procedure initiated by the registering unit and in the registration update procedure initiated by the registration updating unit.

19. The terminal device of claim 18, wherein the registration updating unit is configured to initiate the registration update process if one of the following conditions is fulfilled:

a location area of the terminal in one of the GERAN and UTRAN changes;

an access point of the terminal in one of the GERAN and UTRAN changes;

the CS domain state of the terminal in one of the GERAN mode and UTRAN mode changes, and

the PS domain state of the terminal in one of the GERAN mode and UTRAN mode changes.