METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20140295826A1
• Filed: 12/09/2013
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: CHOI, Sung Gu, BAHG, Young Jick, RYU, Byung Han, PARK, Nam Hoon
• Application Number:
  US14/100,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295826A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/033 in pre-organised networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/22 for handling the traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/23 Manipulation of direct-mode connections

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling traffic which can be applied to the next generation mobile communication system. The method includes determining whether or not a load state of a cell is greater than a threshold, determining whether or not UE capable of D2D communication is present in UEs connected to the cell if, as a result of the determination, it is determined that the load state is greater than the threshold, performing a D2D communication configuration on the UE capable of D2D communication, determining whether or not UE capable of handover is present in remaining UEs not capable of the D2D communication, and performing a handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover. According to the present invention, a signaling overload due to the simultaneous handover of a plurality of UEs or congestion of traffic in a target cell can be prevented.

Claims

1. A method of controlling traffic in a network in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

determining whether or not a load state of a cell is greater than a threshold;

determining whether or not User Equipment (UE) capable of Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is present in UEs connected to the cell if, as a result of the determination, it is determined that the load state is greater than the threshold;

performing a D2D communication configuration on the UE capable of D2D communication;

determining whether or not UE capable of handover is present in remaining UEs not capable of the D2D communication; and

performing a handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the load state of the cell is determined based on at least one of Quality of Service (QoS), a number of UEs being served, an amount of wired and wireless resources being used for service, a Bit Error Rate (BET) of transmission and reception data, an intensity of transmission and reception signals, and battery remains of UEs.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the threshold is a predefined value or a value determined based on at least one of QoS, a number of UEs being served, an amount of wired and wireless resources being used for service, a BET of transmission and reception data, an intensity of transmission and reception signals, and battery remains of UEs.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE capable of D2D communication is equipped with D2D communication means and is using traffic to which D2D communication is applicable.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover comprises preferentially performing the handover communication configuration on UE to which real-time traffic is served.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover comprises preferentially performing the handover communication configuration on UE having small signaling necessary when performing the handover communication configuration.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein performing the handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover comprises preferentially performing the handover communication configuration in order of inter-cell handover and inter-system handover by placing priority to the inter-cell handover and the inter-system handover.

8. A method of controlling traffic in a network in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

determining whether or not a load state of a cell is greater than a threshold;

requesting at least one of information about UE capable of Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, information about UE capable of handover, and information about a state of a neighbor cell from a specific database (DB) if, as a result of the determination, it is determined that the load state is greater than the threshold;

receiving at least one of the information about UE capable of D2D communication, the information about UE capable of handover, and the information about the state of a neighbor cell from the DB;

determining whether or not UE capable of D2D communication is present in UEs connected to the cell based on the received information about UE capable of D2D communication;

performing a D2D communication configuration on the UE capable of D2D communication;

determining whether or not UE capable of handover is present in remaining UEs not capable of D2D communication based on at least one of the received information about UE capable of handover and the received information about a state of a neighbor cell; and

performing a handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the load state of the cell is determined based on at least one of Quality of Service (QoS), a number of UEs being served, an amount of wired and wireless resources being used for service, a Bit Error Rate (BET) of transmission and reception data, an intensity of transmission and reception signals, and battery remains of UEs.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the threshold is a predefined value or a value determined based on at least one of QoS, a number of UEs being served, an amount of wired and wireless resources being used for service, a BET of transmission and reception data, an intensity of transmission and reception signals, and battery remains of UEs.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the UE capable of D2D communication is equipped with D2D communication means and is using traffic to which D2D communication is applicable.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover comprises preferentially performing the handover communication configuration on UE to which real-time traffic is served.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover comprises preferentially performing the handover communication configuration on UE having small signaling necessary when performing the handover communication configuration.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein performing the handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover comprises preferentially performing the handover communication configuration in order of inter-cell handover and inter-system handover by placing priority to the inter-cell handover and the inter-system handover.

15. An overload control apparatus for performing traffic control in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a load determination unit for determining whether or not a load state of a cell is greater than a threshold;

a D2D determination unit for determining whether or not User Equipment (UE) capable of Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is present in UEs connected to the cell if, as a result of the determination, it is determined that the load state is greater than the threshold;

a control unit for performing a D2D communication configuration on the UE capable of D2D communication; and

a handover determination unit for determining whether or not UE capable of handover is present in remaining UEs not capable of the D2D communication,

wherein the control unit performs a handover communication configuration on the UE capable of handover.

16. The overload control apparatus of claim 15, wherein the load determination unit determines the load state of the cell based on at least one of Quality of Service (QoS), a number of UEs being served, an amount of wired and wireless resources being used for service, a BET of transmission and reception data, an intensity of transmission and reception signals, and battery remains of UEs.

17. The overload control apparatus of claim 15, wherein the load determination unit determines the threshold based on at least one of QoS, a number of UEs being served, an amount of wired and wireless resources being used for service, a BET of transmission and reception data, an intensity of transmission and reception signals, and battery remains of UEs.

18. The overload control apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a communication unit for requesting at least one of information about UE capable of D2D communication, information about UE capable of handover, and information about the state of a neighbor cell from a database (DB) of a network and receives at least one of the information about UE capable of D2D communication, the information about UE capable of handover, and the information about the state of a neighbor cell from the DB.

19. The overload control apparatus of claim 18, wherein the D2D determination unit determines whether or not the UE capable of D2D communication is present based on the information about UE capable of D2D communication.

20. The overload control apparatus of claim 18, wherein the handover determination unit determines whether or not the UE capable of handover is present based on at least one the information about UE capable of handover and the information about the state of a neighbor cell.