Apparatus and method for providing service in communication system

• US 20110122836A1
• Filed: 11/23/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jai-Dong
• Application Number:
  US12/927,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20110122836A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/36 for reassigning the resources associated with the released connections

Abstract

In a communication system, UE (User Equipment) concurrently provides a plurality of services based on priority. Currently available resources of the UE are confirmed when the UE is required to provide a service that is different from a plurality of services that are currently being provided. Connection of corresponding services are cancelled iteratively, starting from a service with the lowest user preference, until the currently available resources become sufficient to provide the required service if the currently available resources are not sufficient to provide the required service. The priority can be based on user preferences that are managed for a plurality of services that can be provided in the UE.

Claims

1. A method of providing a service through a UE (User Equipment) in a communication system, comprising:

confirming currently available resources of the UE when the UE is required to provide a service that is different from a plurality of services that are currently being provided; and

canceling connection of corresponding services iteratively, starting from a service with the lowest priority, until the currently available resources become sufficient to provide the required service if the currently available resources are not sufficient to provide the required service.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

managing user preferences for the plurality of services that can be provided in the UE.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein canceling connection of the corresponding services iteratively, starting from the service with the lowest priority, comprises taking in consideration of the user preferences of the plurality of services.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising connecting the required service if the currently available resources become sufficient to provide the required service after the connection of the corresponding service is canceled.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of services correspond in a one-to-one manner to dedicated bearers, and wherein canceling the connection of the corresponding service comprises deleting a dedicated bearer of the corresponding service.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the user preferences is determined based on at least one of a use frequency and use time of resources, a data rate measured when the corresponding resources are provided, a user billing system, and parameters remotely controlled by a service provider.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user preferences are stored by services.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein canceling the connection of the corresponding service further comprises requesting a base station for the deletion of the dedicated bearer of the corresponding service.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein if the required service is a voice call while the UE is currently executing an application that includes an audio service and video service, the audio service of the application is muted, and a streaming signal that is received while the voice call is maintained is stored in a memory until the voice call is terminated.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein when the voice call is terminated, the stored streaming signal received during the voice call is made available.

11. A UE (User Equipment) device providing a service in a communication system, comprising:

an application unit that comprises a control block configured to confirm currently available resources of the UE when the UE is required to provide a service that is different from a plurality of services that are currently being provided, and cancels connection of corresponding services iteratively, starting from a service with the lowest priority, until the currently available resources become sufficient to provide the required service if the currently available resources are not sufficient to provide the required service.

12. The UE device of claim 11, further comprising a wireless protocol stack unit comprising a resource management block which manages user preferences for the plurality of services that can be provided in the UE.

13. The UE device of claim 12, wherein the control block, when canceling connection of the corresponding services iteratively, starting from the service with the lowest priority, determines priority based on the user preferences of the plurality of services.

14. The UE device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control block connects the required service if the currently available resources become sufficient to provide the required service after the connection of the corresponding service is canceled.

15. The UE device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the plurality of services correspond in a one-to-one manner to dedicated bearers, and the application unit cancels the connection of the corresponding service by deleting a dedicated bearer of the corresponding service.

16. The UE device as claimed in claim 12, wherein each of the user preferences is determined based on at least one of a use frequency and use time of the resources by services, a data rate measured when the corresponding resources by bearers are provided, a user billing system, and parameters remotely controlled by a service provider.

17. The UE device of claim 13, further comprising a memory configured to store the managed user preferences.

18. The UE device of claim 15, wherein the control block, when canceling the connection of the corresponding service, requests a base station to delete the dedicated bearer of the corresponding service.

19. The UE device of claim 18, wherein if the required service is a voice call while the application unit is currently executing an application that includes an audio service and video service, the control block mutes the audio service of the application, and stores a streaming signal that is received while the voice call is maintained in a memory until the voice call is terminated.

20. The UE device of claim 19, wherein when the voice call is terminated, the control block makes available the streaming signal that was stored during the voice call.