SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EMBMS CHATTING SERVICE AND SERVICE PROVIDER SERVER OF THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING eBM-SC AND USER EQUIPMENT

• US 20120099504A1
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: HYUN, Eun Hee, MOON, Jung Mo, KIM, Dae Ik, YUN, Mi Young, LEE, Sang Ho, CHO, Hochoong
• Granted Patent: US 8,761,056 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for providing an Evolved Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (EMBMS) chatting service for providing a multi-chatting service. The system comprises at least one of a User Equipment (UE) to request establishment of a chatting channel and to transmit and receive a communication message and contents so as to transmit and receive the communication message with a plurality of mobile subscribers participated in the chatting channel, an evolved Broadcast Multicast-Service Center (eBM-SC) to perform control of an EMBMS service so as to transmit the communication message to the at least one of the UE using the EMBMS service, and a service provider server to transmit, to the eBM-SC, user service information, first bearer service information, and contents for each of the chatting channels, so that the UE transmits and receives the communication message with the plurality of the mobile subscribers participated in the chatting channel.

Claims

1. A system for providing an Evolved Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (EMBMS) chatting service for providing a multi-chatting service, the system comprising:

at least one of a User Equipment (UE) to request establishment of a chatting channel and to transmit and receive a communication message and contents so as to transmit and receive the communication message with a plurality of mobile subscribers participated in the chatting channel;

an evolved Broadcast Multicast-Service Center (eBM-SC) to perform control of an EMBMS service so as to transmit the communication message to the at least one of the UE using the EMBMS service; and

a service provider server to transmit, to the eBM-SC, user service information, first bearer service information, and contents for each of the chatting channels, each being required for the control of the EMBMS service, so that the at least one of the UE transmits and receives the communication message with the plurality of the mobile subscribers participated in the chatting channel.

2. The system for providing the EMBMS chatting service of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the UE comprises:

a channel establishment and cancel request module to request the service provider server about establishment and canceling of the chatting channel;

an announcement information processing module to receive, from the eBM-SC, an announcement about an EMBMS bearer service for the chatting channel; and

a message upload module to upload the communication message to the service provider server using the chatting channel selected from a chatting channel list comprised in information acquired through the announcement.

3. The system for providing the EMBMS chatting service of claim 1, wherein the eBM-SC comprises:

a service registration and cancel module to register and cancel an EMBMS user service and an EMBMS bearer service, each desired to be provided to the at least one of the UE using the EMBMS service;

a service announcement module to perform an announcement about the EMBMS service on the UE by generating Service Description Protocol (SDP) files based on information stored through the service registration and cancel module;

a channel establishment and cancel request module to process a registration and cancel request of the EMBMS bearer service received from the service provider server in response to an establishment and cancel request of the chatting channel from the UE;

a resource allocation and collection module for each of channels to generate second bearer service information allocated for setting the EMBMS bearer service, and to allocate a resource for the EMBMS bearer service;

a bearer registration and cancel module for each of channels to perform an EMBMS multicast bearer setting in real-time using the user service information for the EMBMS bearer service, the first bearer service information, and the second bearer service information; and

a content processing module for each of channels to transmit, to the UE, the communication message uploaded from the UE using the EMBMS multicast bearer to which the communication message is transmitted among the EMBMS multicast bearers.

4. The system for providing the EMBMS chatting service of claim 3, wherein the second bearer service information comprises at least one of a bearer service identifier (ID) for the EMBMS bearer service, and information on an IP address and a port for the EMBMS bearer service.

5. The system for providing the EMBMS chatting service of claim 1, wherein the service provider server comprises:

a service establishment and cancel module to request the eBM-SC for establishment and cancelation of the EMBMS bearer service in response to a request for establishment and cancelation of the chatting channel from the UE;

a channel establishment and cancel request processing module to create and delete information required for managing the chatting channel in response to the request for the establishment and cancelation of the chatting channel;

a message receiving module to classify the communication messages uploaded from the UE for each of the chatting channels;

a content production module to produce the classified communication messages as a multicast packet or an unicast packet; and

a content transmission module to transmit, to the eBM-SC, the multicast packet or the unicast packet.

6. A method for controlling a service provider server, comprising:

requesting an eBM-SC to register, as an EMBMS user service, an application service comprising a multi-chatting service in which a mobile subscriber and a wired subscriber participate;

receiving an establishment request for a chatting channel from an UE desiring to use the multi-chatting service;

requesting the eBM-SC to register an EMBMS bearer service to support participation of the mobile subscribers with respect to the chatting channel;

receiving, from the eBM-SC, second bearer service information comprising at least one of a bearer service ID for the EMBMS bearer service, and an IP address and port for the EMBMS bearer service, the second bearer service information allocated for an EMBMS multicast bearer setting for the EMBMS bearer service; and

receiving, from the eBM-SC, a signal informing that usage for the chatting channel is permitted so as to transmit and receive the communication message with the mobile subscriber through the chatting channel selected by the UE.

7. The method for controlling the service provider server of claim 6, wherein the requesting of the eBM-SC to register as the EMBMS user service comprises transmitting, to the eBM-SC, service information comprising at least one of a service name, a type and characteristics of contents transmitted through the EMBMS user service, and a participant list to use a corresponding service.

8. The method for controlling the service provider server of claim 6, further comprising:

determining whether the mobile subscriber is comprised in a participant list in which the communication message is to be transmitted when the communication message is uploaded from the UE according to permission of usage with respect to the chatting channel; and

transmitting, to the eBM-SC, the communication message involved in a corresponding chatting channel so as to transmit the communication message through a mobile communication network when the mobile subscriber is comprised in the participant list.

9. The method for controlling the service provider server of claim 6, wherein the second bearer service information received from the eBM-SC comprises at least one of information on the bearer service ID for the EMBMS bearer service used to transmit the communication message among participants of the chatting channel, and information on an IP multicast address and a port.

10. The method for controlling the service provider server of claim 6, wherein the requesting of the eBM-SC to register the EMBMS bearer service comprises transmitting, to the eBM-SC, first bearer service information comprising at least one of a user service ID for identifying the EMBMS user service, a name of the EMBMS bearer service and a type of data to be transmitted through the EMBMS bearer service, information on service area to which the EMBMS bear service is to be applied, and a service type indicator instructing to perform a real-time EMBMS bearer activation procedure.

11. The method for controlling the service provider server of claim 10, further comprising:

requesting cancelation with respect to a corresponding EMBMS bearer service using the user service ID and an EMBMS bearer service ID when receiving a cancel request with respect to the chatting channel from the UE.

12. A method for controlling an eBM-SC, comprising:

receiving, from a service provider server, first bearer service information for a request for registration of an EMBMS bearer service and the EMBMS bearer service, in response to a request for establishment of a chatting channel from an UE;

generating second bearer service information required for providing the EMBMS bearer service, and allocating a resource for the EMBMS bearer service;

performing an EMBMS activation procedure using EMBMS multicast bearer information in which the user service information, the first bearer service information, and the second bearer service information are integrated so that the UE receives a communication message using the EMBMS bearer service;

immediately performing an EMBMS session procedure based on a service type indicator comprised in the first bearer service information; and

informing the service provider server that usage of the chatting channel is permitted.

13. The method for controlling the eBM-SC of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a request for registration of an EMBMS user service from the service provider server, before the requesting to register the EMBMS bearer service; and

generating a user service ID for identifying the EMBMS user service and transmitting the generated user service ID to the service provider server, before the requesting to register the EMBMS bearer service.

14. The method for controlling the eBM-SC of claim 12, further comprising:

performing announcement for the EMBMS service on the UE;

receiving a multicast join message from an equipment of a user selecting the chatting channel in which the user is to participate, based on information acquired through the announcement for the EMBMS service;

receiving the communication message with respect to the chatting channel in which the user selects, from the service provider server; and

transmitting the communication message to the equipment of the user through an EMBMS multicast bearer set by the EMBMS bearer service.

15. The method for controlling the eBM-SC of claim 14, wherein the performing of the EMBMS activation procedure performs the EMBMS activation procedure in response to the multicast join message received from the UE.

16. The method for controlling the eBM-SC of claim 12, wherein the first bearer service information comprises at least one of a user service ID for identifying an EMBMS user service, a name of the EMBMS bearer service, a type of data transmitted through the EMBMS bearer service, information on a service area to which the EMBMS bearer service is applied, and the service type indicator instructing to perform a real-time EMBMS bearer activation procedure.

17. The method for controlling the eBM-SC of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting the second bearer service information to the service provider server,

wherein the second bearer service information comprises at least one of a bearer service ID for the EMBMS bearer service used to transmit the communication message among participants of the chatting channel, and information on an IP multicast address and a port.

18. The method for controlling the eBM-SC of claim 12, further comprising:

designating the service type indicator with respect to the user service information, and storing the designated service type indicator,

wherein the service type indicator is an indicator indicating that it is necessary to perform an EMBMS multicast bearer setting procedure immediately after registering the EMBMS bearer service.

19. A method for controlling an UE, comprising:

requesting a service provider server for establishment with respect to a chatting channel to use an application service comprising a multi-chatting service in which a mobile subscriber and a wired subscriber simultaneously participate;

receiving an announcement with respect to an EMBMS bearer service from an eBM-SC providing an EMBMS service for the chatting channel; and

uploading a communication message to the service provider server by selecting a chatting channel desired to participate in from a chatting channel list based on information acquired through the announcement.

20. The method for controlling the UE of claim 19, wherein the uploading of the communication message comprises:

selecting the chatting channel desired to participate in by retrieving the chatting channel list comprised in information acquired through the announcement;

transmitting a multicast join message to the eBM-SC to use the EMBMS bearer service with respect to the chatting channel; and

uploading the communication message to the service provider server when an EMBMS session procedure is performed in the eBM-SC based on the multicast join message.