COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

• US 20150139086A1
• Filed: 02/22/2012
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Murakami, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US14/118,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20150139086A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/17 Selecting a data network PoA [Point of Attachment]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/045 between access point and backbone network device

Abstract

In a communication system 301, a wireless base station device 111 transmits inquiry information for acquiring an address of an internal network connection device 102 to a communication management device 103. The communication management device 103 receives the inquiry information, and transmits response information indicating the address of the internal network connection device 102 to the wireless base station device 111. The wireless base station device 111 includes the address of the internal network connection device 102 indicated by the response information received from the communication management device 103, in access request information indicating a request for access to an internal network 51 by a wireless terminal device 150, and transmits the access request information to the communication management device 103.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a wireless base station device that transmits and receives radio signals to and from a wireless terminal device;

an internal network connection device connected between the wireless base station device and the internal network; and

a communication management device that manages the wireless terminal device, the wireless base station device, and the internal network connection device, wherein

the wireless base station device transmits inquiry information for acquiring an address of the internal network connection device to the communication management device,

the communication management device receives the inquiry information, and transmits response information indicating the address of the internal network connection device to the wireless base station device,

the wireless base station device includes the address of the internal network connection device indicated by the response information received from the communication management device, in access request information that indicates a request for access to the internal network by the wireless terminal device, and transmits the access request information to the communication management device, and

the communication management device acquires, from the internal network connection device, an address allocated to the wireless terminal device by the internal network connection device having the address indicated by the access request information, and notifies the wireless terminal device of the acquired address via the wireless base station device.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the wireless base station device includes, in the inquiry information, identification information for identifying the internal network connection device corresponding to the wireless base station device, and transmits the inquiry information to the communication management device, and

the communication management device receives the inquiry information, and transmits, to the wireless base station device, based on the identification information, response information indicating the address of the internal network connection device corresponding to the wireless base station device.

3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the communication management device receives the inquiry information, and acquires the address of the internal network connection device from an address management device for managing the address of the internal network connection device.

4. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the communication management device receives the inquiry information, and acquires the address of the internal network connection device from another wireless base station device that has already established communication connection using a predetermined logical interface with the internal network connection device.

8. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein

in a state where the wireless base station device is communicating with the internal network connection device without establishing communication connection using a predetermined logical interface, if the wireless base station device receives an inquiry about the address of the internal network connection device from another wireless base station device directly or via another device, the wireless base station device establishes the communication connection with the internal network connection device.

9. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the wireless base station device is an HeNB (Home e NodeB) defined in 3GPP, the internal network connection device is an L-GW (Local Gateway) defined in 3GPP, and the communication management device is an MME (Mobility Management Entity) defined in 3GPP.

5. A communication system, comprising:

a plurality of wireless base station devices that transmit and receive radio signals to and from wireless terminal devices;

an internal network connection device connected between the plurality of wireless base station devices and an internal network; and

a communication management device that manages the wireless terminal devices, the plurality of wireless base station devices, and the internal network connection device, wherein

one of the wireless base station devices transmits inquiry information for acquiring an address of the internal network connection device, to another one of the wireless base station devices that has already established communication connection using a predetermined logical interface with the wireless base station device, via the predetermined logical interface,

the another wireless base station device receives the inquiry information, and transmits response information indicating the address of the internal network connection device to the wireless base station device via the predetermined logical interface,

the wireless base station device includes the address of the internal network connection device indicated by the response information received from the another wireless base station device, in access request information indicating a request for access to the internal network by the wireless terminal device, and transmits the access request information to the communication management device, and

the communication management device acquires, from the internal network connection device, an address allocated to one of the wireless terminal devices by the internal network connection device having the address indicated by the access request information, and notifies the wireless terminal device of the acquired address via the wireless base station device.

6. The communication system according to claim 5, wherein

the wireless base station device transmits the inquiry information to another one of the wireless base station devices that has already established communication connection using a predetermined logical interface with the wireless base station device, and belongs to the same subscriber group as the wireless base station device.

7. The communication system according to claim 5, wherein

the wireless base station device includes, in the inquiry information, identification information for identifying the internal network connection device corresponding to the wireless base station device, and transmits the inquiry information to the another wireless base station, and

the another wireless base station device receives the inquiry information, and transmits, to the wireless base station device, based on the identification information, response information indicating the address of the internal network connection device corresponding to the wireless base station device.

12. The communication system according to any one of claim 5, wherein

in a state where the wireless base station device is communicating with the internal network connection device without establishing communication connection using a predetermined logical interface, if the wireless base station device receives an inquiry about the address of the internal network connection device from another wireless base station device directly or via another device, the wireless base station device establishes the communication connection with the internal network connection device.

13. The communication system according to any one of claim 5, wherein

the wireless base station device is an HeNB (Home e NodeB) defined in 3GPP, the internal network connection device is an L-GW (Local Gateway) defined in 3GPP, and the communication management device is an MME (Mobility Management Entity) defined in 3GPP.

10. A communication control method in a communication system comprising:

a wireless base station device that transmits and receives radio signals to and from a wireless terminal device;

an internal network connection device connected between the wireless base station device and the internal network; and

a communication management device that manages the wireless terminal device, the wireless base station device, and the internal network connection device,

the method comprising the steps of;

the wireless base station device transmitting inquiry information for acquiring an address of the internal network connection device to the communication management device;

the communication management device receiving the inquiry information, and transmitting response information indicating the address of the internal network connection device to the wireless base station device;

the wireless base station device including the address of the internal network connection device indicated by the response information received from the communication management device, in access request information indicating a request for access to the internal network by the wireless terminal device, and transmitting the access request information to the communication management device; and

the communication management device acquiring, from the internal network connection device, an address allocated to the wireless terminal device by the internal network connection device having the address indicated by the access request information, and notifying the wireless terminal device of the acquired address via the wireless base station device.

11. A communication control method in a communication system comprising:

a plurality of wireless base station devices that transmit and receive radio signals to and from wireless terminal devices;

an internal network connection device connected between the plurality of wireless base station devices and an internal network; and

a communication management device that manages the wireless terminal devices, the plurality of wireless base station devices, and the internal network connection device, the method comprising the steps of;

one of the wireless base station devices transmitting inquiry information for acquiring an address of the internal network connection device, to another one of the wireless base station devices that has already established communication connection using a predetermined logical interface with the wireless base station device, via the predetermined logical interface,

the another wireless base station device receiving the inquiry information, and transmitting response information indicating the address of the internal network connection device to the wireless base station device via the predetermined logical interface,

the wireless base station device including the address of the internal network connection device indicated by the response information received from the another wireless base station device, in access request information indicating a request for access to the internal network by the wireless terminal device, and transmitting the access request information to the communication management device, and

the communication management device acquiring, from the internal network connection device, an address allocated to one of the wireless terminal devices by the internal network connection device having the address indicated by the access request information, and notifying the wireless terminal device of the acquired address via the wireless base station device.