METHOD FOR PERFORMING PROXIMITY SERVICE AND DEVICE FOR SAME

• US 20160128116A1
• Filed: 05/02/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Laeyoung, KIM, Jaehyun, KIM, Taehyeon, KIM, Hyunsook
• Application Number:
  US14/890,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20160128116A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A method and a device for performing a proximity service (ProSe) in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method by which a user equipment (UE) performs a ProSe in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: determining whether a ProSe operation is enabled at a current location of the UE, on the basis of ProSe feature support related information; performing an evaluation related to the performance of the ProSe operation by using information on proximity criteria if the ProSe operation is enabled; and performing the ProSe operation if the evaluation result satisfies the proximity criteria.

Claims

1. A method for performing Proximity Services (ProSe) by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a ProSe service authorization from the Home PLMN (Home Public Land Mobile Network, HPLMN) including radio parameters and geographical area information with respect to the radio parameters;

determining whether ProSe operation is enabled at a current location of the UE, based on the radio parameters; and

performing the ProSe operation if the radio parameters enable to be used at the current location,

wherein the radio parameters are configured to be used for ProSe direct communication when not served by a network, and

wherein the geographical area information with respect to the radio parameters indicates whether the radio parameters are allowed to use in a certain geographical area.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ProSe service authorization comprises one or more of information indicating whether the ProSe feature is supported in a network of a certain range, information indicating whether use of the ProSe feature is authorized in the network of the certain range, and information indicating whether the ProSe feature is enabled in the network of the certain range.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the network of the certain range is defined with one or more granularities among a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), a Tracking Area (TA), a Tracking Area List (TAL), a cell, an Evolved Node B (eNodeB) service area, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) service area, an administrative district, and a place.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ProSe service authorization is acquired using one or more of:

a scheme for acquiring the ProSe service authorization pre-configured for the UE;

a scheme for acquiring the ProSe service authorization provided from a network node in response to a request of the UE; and

a scheme for acquiring the ProSe service authorization provided from the network node to the UE when the ProSe service authorization is changed.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the network node comprises one or more of an MME, an eNodeB, an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) entity, and a ProSe server.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ProSe service authorization is determined based on a location of the UE.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ProSe operation is ProSe direct communication.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the proximity criteria information comprises one or more of proximity criteria information for ProSe discovery and proximity criteria information for ProSe communication.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the proximity criteria information for ProSe discovery comprises one or more of discovery range information, radio range information, geographic range information, and signal intensity information.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the proximity criteria information for ProSe communication comprises one or more of communication range information, radio range information, geographic range information, channel condition information, achievable Quality of Service (QoS) information, achievable throughput information, packet delay budget information, packet error loss rate information, and signal intensity information.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein information about a cycle or timing for performing the evaluation is additionally provided to the UE.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the proximity criteria information is provided based on a ProSe communication type.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the proximity criteria information is provided with one or more granularities among a location of the UE or a location of a peer UE, a network in which the UE is located or a network in which the peer UE is located, a media type, an Access Point Name (APN), a QoS Class Identifier (QCI), a bearer type, an application type, a service type, a destination domain, and a communication peer identifier.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the proximity criteria information is provided to the UE from one or more of an MME, a Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Supporting Node (SGSN), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), a Prose server, an Authentication Authorization Accounting (AAA) server, an ANDSF entity, a gateway node, and an eNodeB.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the proximity criteria information is acquired using one or more of:

a scheme for acquiring the proximity criteria information provided from a network node in response to a proximity criteria information request of the UE;

a scheme for acquiring the proximity criteria information provided from the network node to the UE when the proximity criteria information is changed;

a scheme for acquiring the proximity criteria information provided together with other ProSe-related information;

a scheme for acquiring the proximity criteria information provided from the network node in response to a ProSe discovery request of the UE;

a scheme for acquiring the proximity criteria information provided from the network node in response to a ProSe communication request of the UE;

a scheme for acquiring the proximity criteria information provided from the network node in response to a ProSe discovery request including a ProSe communication request of the UE; and

a scheme for acquiring the proximity criteria information provided from the network node in response to a ProSe-related registration request or authentication request of the UE.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ProSe operation comprises one or more of:

an operation for performing ProSe discovery;

an operation for initiating a new flow through ProSe communication;

an operation for switching a flow established through an infrastructure data path to a ProSe communication path;

an operation for switching a flow established through a ProSe communication path to an infrastructure data path;

an operation for switching a flow established through a direct mode data path to a locally routed path; and

an operation for switching a flow established through a locally routed path to a direct mode data path.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the UE is a public safety ProSe-enabled UE.

17. A User Equipment (UE) for performing Proximity Services (ProSe) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to receive a ProSe service authorization from the Home PLMN (Home Public Land Mobile Network, HPLMN) including radio parameters and geographical area information with respect to the radio parameters, determine whether ProSe operation is enabled at a current location of the UE, based on the radio parameters, and perform the ProSe operation if a result of the the radio parameters enable to be used at the current location,

wherein the radio parameters are configured to to be used for ProSe direct communication when not served by a network, and

wherein the geographical area information with respect to the radio parameters indicates whether the radio parameters are allowed to use in a certain geographical area.