APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION UPDATE REGISTRATION PROCESS IN MACHINE TO MACHINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20120058764A1
• Filed: 09/06/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: TAORI, Rakesh, LEE, Ji-Cheol, KANG, Hyun-Jeong
• Granted Patent: US 9,119,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/02 by periodical registration

Abstract

An apparatus and method for supporting a location update registration process used for an idle mode operation of a Mobile Station (MS) in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication are provided. The method includes determining whether a system global location update registration timer is applied to the MS, when it is determined that the global location update registration timer is not applied, determining a timer for updating a location when the MS operates in an idle mode, and transmitting a message including the timer to the MS.

Claims

1. A method for an operation of a system controller in a system supporting Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, the method comprising:

determining whether a system global location update registration timer is applied to a Mobile Station (MS);

when it is determined that the global location update registration timer is not applied, determining a device-specific timer for updating a location when the MS operates in an idle mode; and

transmitting a message comprising the device-specific timer to the MS.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a message instructing to enter the idle mode.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a De-Registration Response (DREG-RSP) message or a De-Registration Command (DREG-CMD) message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the system global location update registration timer is applied to the MS comprises:

determining whether the MS supports a paging cycle greater than a reference value; and

when it is determined that the MS supports a paging cycle greater than a reference value, determining that the system global location update registration timer is not applied.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the device-specific timer comprises:

receiving a message, comprising device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, from one of the MS and a Base Station (BS);

transmitting a message, comprising the device class information and requesting a timer value for the MS, to a paging controller; and

receiving a message, comprising the timer value for the MS, from the paging controller.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the device-specific timer comprises:

transmitting a message, requesting device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, to a server which manages the M2M communication;

receiving a message, comprising the device class information, from the server;

transmitting a message, comprising the device class information and requesting a timer value for the MS, to a paging controller; and

receiving a message, comprising the timer value for the MS, from the paging controller.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the device-specific timer comprises:

receiving a message, comprising device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, from one of the MS and a Base Station (BS); and

determining a timer value for the MS by considering the M2M communication characteristics.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the device-specific timer comprises:

transmitting a message, requesting device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, to a server which manages the M2M communication;

receiving a message, comprising the device class information, from the server; and

determining a timer value for the MS by considering the M2M communication characteristics.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether it is necessary to change a timer of the MS;

when it is determined to be necessary to change the timer, determining whether the system global location update registration timer is applicable to the MS;

when it is determined that the system global location update registration timer is applicable, transmitting a message, informing of the system global location update registration timer, to the MS; and

when it is determined that the system global location update registration timer is not applicable, determining a new device-specific timer for the MS and transmitting a message, informing of the new device-specific timer, to the MS.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer comprises one of an indicator indicating the application of the system global location update registration timer and a value of the system global location update registration timer.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer and the message informing of the new timer comprises a location update registration response message transmitted in a downlink during a location update registration process of the MS.

12. A method for an operation of a Mobile Station (MS) in a system supporting Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, the method comprising:

receiving a message comprising a device-specific timer for location update in an idle mode operation of the MS; and

performing a location update registration process according to the device-specific timer.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a message instructing to enter the idle mode.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a De-Registration Response (DREG-RSP) message or a De-Registration Command (DREG-CMD) message.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a message informing of a system global location update registration timer or a new device-specific timer during the location update registration process;

when receiving the message informing of the system global location update registration timer, applying the system global location update registration timer; and

when receiving the message informing of the new device-specific timer, applying the new timer.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer comprises one of an indicator indicating the application of the system global location update registration timer and a value of the system global location update registration timer.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer or the new timer comprises a location update registration response message transmitted in a downlink during the location update registration process of the MS.

18. An apparatus of a system controller in a system supporting Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for determining whether a system global location update registration timer is applied to a Mobile Station (MS) and, for determining a device-specific timer for location update in an idle mode of the MS when it is determined that the global location update registration timer is not applied; and

a transceiver for transmitting a message comprising the device-specific timer to the MS.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a message instructing to enter the idle mode.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a De-Registration Response (DREG-RSP) message or a De-Registration Command (DREG-CMD) message.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, the controller determines whether the MS supports a paging cycle greater than a reference value, and determines that the system global location update registration timer is not applied when it is determined that the MS supports a paging cycle greater than a reference value.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, to determine the device-specific timer, the controller controls to receive a message, comprising device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, from one of the MS and a Base Station (BS), to transmit a message, comprising the device class information and requesting a timer value for the MS, to a paging controller, and to receive a message, comprising the timer value for the MS, from the paging controller.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, to determine the device-specific timer, the controller controls to transmit a message, requesting device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, to a server which manages the M2M communication, to receive a message, comprising the device class information, from the server, to transmit a message, comprising the device class information and requesting a timer value for the MS, to a paging controller, and to receive a message, comprising the timer value for the MS, from the paging controller.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, to determine the device-specific timer, the controller controls to receive a message, comprising device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, from one of the MS and a Base Station (BS), and determines a timer value for the MS by considering the M2M communication characteristics.

25. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, to determine the device-specific timer, the controller controls to transmit a message, requesting device class information indicating M2M communication characteristics of the MS, to a server which manages the M2M communication, controls to receive a message, comprising the device class information, from the server, and determines a timer value for the MS by considering the M2M communication characteristics.

26. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller determines whether it is necessary to change a timer of the MS, and determines whether the system global location update registration timer is applicable to the MS when the controller determines it is necessary to change the timer, and

when the controller determines that the system global location update registration timer is applicable, the transceiver transmits a message, informing of the system global location update registration timer, to the MS, and

when the controller determines that the system global location update registration timer is not applicable, the transceiver transmits a message, informing of a new device-specific timer for the MS, to the MS.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer comprises one of an indicator indicating the application of the system global location update registration timer and a value of the system global location update registration timer.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer and the message informing of the new device-specific timer comprises a location update registration response message transmitted in a downlink during a location update registration process of the MS.

29. An apparatus of a Mobile Station (MS) in a system supporting Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver for receiving a message comprising a device-specific timer for location update in an idle mode operation of the MS; and

a controller for performing a location update registration process according to the device-specific timer.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a message instructing to enter the idle mode.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the message comprising the device-specific timer comprises a De-Registration Response (DREG-RSP) message or a De-Registration Command (DREG-CMD) message.

32. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the transceiver receives a message informing of the system global location update registration timer or a new device-specific timer during the location update registration process, and

when the message informing of the system global location update registration timer is received, the controller applies the system global location update registration timer, and when the message informing of the new device-specific timer is received, the controller applies the new device-specific timer.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer comprises one of an indicator indicating the application of the system global location update registration timer and a value of the system global location update registration timer.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the message informing of the system global location update registration timer or the new timer is a location update registration response message transmitted in a downlink during the location update registration process of the MS.