NETWORK SERVER, MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110086637A1
• Filed: 07/07/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kim, Tae Jong, Han, Kun Wook
• Application Number:
  US12/831,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20110086637A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal may include a reception unit to receive a message from a network server in accordance with an entrance of the mobile communication terminal to coverage area of a small-sized base station, a message definition unit to verify that an expiration time is included in the received message defining the message as a driving command message, and a terminal control unit to extract the expiration time from the defined driving command message and to drive a terminal timer to reduce the extracted expiration time.

Claims

1. A network server, comprising:

a verification unit to determine if a mobile communication terminal entering a coverage area of a small-sized base station is a temporary closed subscriber group (CSG) member, and to verify an expiration time offered to the mobile communication terminal if the mobile communication terminal is the temporary CSG member;

a determination unit to compare the expiration time to a first threshold time value; and

a message transmission unit to transmit to the mobile communication terminal a driving command message including the expiration time if the expiration time is less than the first threshold time value to drive a terminal timer of the mobile communication terminal to reduce the expiration time

2. The network server of claim 1, further comprising:

a server control unit to receive a service completion signal from the mobile communication terminal, and to cancel a registration of terminal information of the mobile communication terminal from a member database if the driving of the terminal timer is completed.

3. The network server of claim 1, further comprising:

a server control unit to determine if the driving of the terminal timer of the mobile communication terminal is possible according to the driving command message and to drive a server timer to reduce the expiration time if the driving of the terminal timer of the mobile communication terminal is not possible.

4. The network server of claim 1, wherein:

the determination unit compares the verified expiration time to a second threshold time value, the second threshold time value being greater than the first threshold time value, and

if the expiration time exceeds the second threshold time value, the message transmission unit transmits to the mobile communication terminal a report command message including the expiration time and a report cycle to drive the terminal timer of the mobile communication terminal to reduce the expiration time, and the message transmission unit receives the reduced expiration time transmitted from the mobile communication terminal if the report cycle is repeated.

5. The network server of claim 4, further comprising:

a server control unit to drive a server timer according to the reduced expiration time,

wherein the server control unit drives the server timer if the reduced expiration time received from the mobile communication terminal is less than the second threshold time value.

6. The network server of claim 4, further comprising:

a server control unit to drive a server timer to reduce the expiration time,

wherein the server control unit drives the server timer if the verified expiration time is greater than or equal to the first threshold time value and less than or equal to the second threshold time value.

7. The network server of claim 1, further comprising:

a server control unit to cancel a registration of terminal information of the mobile communication terminal upon the expiration of the reduced expiration time.

8. A network server, comprising:

a verification unit to determine if a mobile communication terminal entering a coverage area of a small-sized base station is a temporary closed subscriber group (CSG) member, and to verify an expiration time offered to the mobile communication terminal if the mobile communication terminal is the temporary CSG member;

a determination unit to compare the verified expiration time with a threshold time value; and

a message transmission unit to transmit to the mobile communication terminal a report command message including the expiration time and a report cycle if the expiration time exceeds the threshold time value to drive a terminal timer of the mobile communication terminal to reduce the expiration time, and to receive the reduced expiration time transmitted from the mobile communication terminal.

9. The network server of claim 8, further comprising:

a server control unit to drive a server timer according to the reduced expiration time,

wherein the server control unit drives the server timer if the reduced expiration time received from the mobile communication terminal is determined to be less than or equal to the threshold time value by the determination unit.

10. The network server of claim 8, wherein the message transmission unit receives the reduced expiration time transmitted from the mobile communication terminal if the report cycle is repeated.

11. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a reception unit to receive a message from a network server in accordance with an entrance of the mobile communication terminal into a coverage area of a small-sized base station connected to the network server;

a message definition unit to define the message as a driving command message if an expiration time is included in the received message; and

a terminal control unit to extract the expiration time from the defined driving command message, and to drive a terminal timer to reduce the extracted expiration time.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the terminal control unit determines the mobile communication terminal to be in a usable state with respect to services related to the small-sized base station if the terminal timer is driven, sends a service completion signal to the network server if the driving of the terminal timer is completed, and determines the mobile communication terminal to be in an unusable state with respect to services related to a femtocell if the driving of the terminal timer is completed.

13. The mobile communication terminal of claim 12, wherein:

the message definition unit verifies that a report cycle is included in the received message defining the message as a report command message, and

the terminal control unit extracts the report cycle from the defined report command message, and transmits to the network server the reduced expiration time if the report cycle expires.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the terminal control unit transmits to the network server the reduced expiration time if the report cycle is repeated.

15. The mobile communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the terminal control unit calculates a report frequency according to the expiration time and the report cycle, reduces the report frequency if the report cycle is completed, and completes the driving of the terminal timer if the report frequency is reduced to a reference value.

16. The mobile communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the terminal control unit calculates a report frequency according to the expiration time and the report cycle, reduces the report frequency if the report cycle is repeated, and completes the driving of the terminal timer if the report frequency is reduced to a reference value.

17. A method for operating a network server, the method comprising:

verifying if a mobile communication terminal entering a coverage area of a small-sized base station is a temporary closed subscriber group (CSG) member, and verifying an expiration time offered to the mobile communication terminal if the mobile communication terminal is the temporary CSG member;

comparing the expiration time with a first threshold time value; and

transmitting to the mobile communication terminal a driving command message including the expiration time if the expiration time is less than the first threshold time value to drive a terminal timer of the mobile communication terminal to reduce the expiration time.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising

canceling a registration of terminal information of the mobile communication terminal if the driving of the terminal timer is completed.

19. A method for operating a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a network server in accordance with an entrance of the mobile communication terminal into a coverage area of a small-sized base station connected to the network server;

defining the received message as a driving command message if an expiration time is included in the received message;

extracting the expiration time from the defined driving command message; and

driving a terminal timer of the mobile communication terminal to reduce the extracted expiration time.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising

extracting a report cycle from the received message and transmitting the reduced expiration time to the network server if the report cycle expires.