Radio resources management method for WLL system

• US 7,062,266 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2001
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Sung Gyu, Kweon, Taec Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Escalante, Ovidio
• Assistant Examiner(s): Win, Aung T.
• Application Number:
  US09/948,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20020034937A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,737 Days
• Field of Search: 455/421, 455/425, 455/426.2, 455/436, 455/435.1, 455/446
• US Class Current: 455/426.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0203 in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/14 WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In a radio resources management method for a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) system, the compatibility of a radio environment can be judged by setting and storing information of a home base station, of a WLL subscriber terminal, and comparing the stored information with information of a base station currently relaying communications with the WLL subscriber terminal. Compatibility of the radio environment can also be judged by comparing the reception time intervals of a power ON/OFF message, position registration request message, or call processing request message with a reference time, at certain audit cycles.

Claims

1. A radio resources management method for a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) system, comprising:

setting reference information of the WLL system according to a cell plan;

storing present information of a request message when the request message is received from a subscriber terminal;

judging a compatibility of a radio environment of the WLL system by comparing the set reference information with the present information of the received request message to determine if the radio environment is in an abnormal or normal state; and

adjusting a direction of an antenna of a home cell base station of the subscriber terminal in the WLL system when the radio environment is determined to be in the abnormal state,

wherein the abnormal state of the radio environment corresponds to a directivity of the antenna of the home cell base station being altered due to the abnormal state of the radio environment.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting an audit cycle for auditing an operation of the subscriber terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the audit cycle is set differently in accordance with an operation environment of the WLL system and a type of the request message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference information includes information of at least one of the home cell base station of the subscriber terminal and a message reception time from the subscriber terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the present information includes information of at least one of a base station, relaying the request message from the subscriber terminal at present, and message reception time intervals.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request message is one of a power ON/OFF message, a position registration request message, or a call processing request message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein judging the compatibility further comprises:

checking whether information of the home cell base station of the subscriber terminal, contained in the reference information, is the same as a present base station corresponding to the present information;

processing the request message when the reference information and the present information are the same; and

notifying an operator of a subscriber terminal number, the home cell base station, and the present base station when the set reference information and the present information are different.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein judging the compatibility further comprises:

determining a present time during an auditing portion of the audit cycle;

determining a time difference between the present time and a message reception time of the request message received from the subscriber terminal; and

judging a state of the subscriber terminal by comparing the time difference with a reference time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the state of the subscriber terminal is judged an abnormal state when the time difference is greater than the reference time.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the message reception time is a reception time of a last-received message from the subscriber terminal.

11. A radio resources management method for a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) system, comprising:

setting first position information of a plurality of subscriber terminals in accordance with a cell plan;

storing second position information of a pertinent one of the plurality of subscriber terminals, when a particular request message is received from the pertinent subscriber terminal;

judging a compatibility of a radio environment by comparing the first and second position information to determine if the radio environment is in an abnormal state; and

adjusting a direction of an antenna of a home base station corresponding to the first position information based on juding the compatibility of the radio environment,

wherein the abnormal condition of the radio environment corresponds to a directivity of the antenna of the home cell base station being altered due to the abnormal state of the radio environment.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the particular request message is a power ON/OFF message, a position registration request message, or a call processing request message.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first position information includes information of the home cell base station and the pertinent subscriber terminal and the second position information includes information of a present base station that currently relays messages with the pertinent subscriber terminal.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein judging the compatibility further comprises:

judging whether the first and second position information are the same;

processing the particular request message when the first and second position information are judged the same; and

notifying an operator of a subscriber terminal number and the first and second position information, when the first and second position information are different.

15. A radio resources management method for a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) system, comprising:

setting repeating subscriber audit cycles;

storing a reception time for each of a plurality of pertinent request messages when the pertinent request message is received from a subscriber terminal;

judging a compatibility of a radio environment by comparing intervals of the reception times at each of the repeating subscriber audit cycles;

determining the radio environment to be in an abnormal state when the intervals of the reception times are judged to exceed a reference time; and

changing a direction of an antenna used in a home base station corresponding to the subscriber terminal when the radio environment is judged to be in the abnormal state,

wherein the abnormal condition of the radio environment corresponds to a directivity of the antenna of the home cell base station being altered due to the abnormal state of the radio environment.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the repeating subscriber audit cycles are set differently in accordance with an operation environment of the WLL system and a type of each of the plurality of pertinent request messages.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of pertinent request messages is a power ON/OFF message, a position registration request message, or a call processing request message.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the stored reception time is of a last-received message of the plurality of pertinent request messages.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the compatibility judging process further comprises:

checking whether it is time to start an auditing operation within each of the repeating subscriber audit cycles;

determining a present time during the auditing operation;

calculating a difference between the present time and the reception time of a last-received message of the plurality of pertinent request messages; and

judging a state of the environment by comparing the calculated time difference with the reference time.

20. A radio resources management method for a wireless local loop (WLL) system, comprising:

determining reference information regarding a subscriber terminal'"'"'s communication with base stations of the WLL system;

determining current information regarding the subscriber terminal'"'"'s communication with the base stations of the WLL system;

determining an operational status of the WLL system, with respect to the subscriber terminal, based on the current and reference information;

setting an abnormal operation signal to inform the WLL system operator of an abnormal condition of the operational status, when the current and reference information differ by a predetermined extent; and

adjusting a propagation characteristic of an antenna included in a current base station communicating with the subscriber terminal, when the operational status is in the abnormal condition for the subscriber terminal,

wherein the abnormal condition corresponds to a directivity of the antenna of a home base station being altered due to the abnormal state of the radio environment.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising establishing the reference information when either a cell plan for the WLL system is created or the subscriber terminal is operationally integrated into the WLL system.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

communicating request messages between the subscriber terminal and a number of the base stations of the WLL system;

wherein

the current information contains information pertaining to a current request message of the request messages, and

the reference information contains information pertaining to a previous request message of the request messages.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein:

the reference information includes at least one of the home base station of the base stations and a reference message reception interval; and

the current information includes at least one of a current base station, which currently communicates with the subscriber terminal, and a current message reception interval.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

setting an abnormal operation signal to inform a WLL system operator of an abnormal condition when the home base station and the current base station differ; and

setting the abnormal operation signal to inform the WLL system operator of the abnormal condition when the current message reception interval exceeds the reference message interval by a predetermined amount, wherein

the current message reception interval identifies a period of elapsed time between a series of request messages communicated between the subscriber terminal and a number of the base stations.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein:

the reference information includes at least one of the home base station of the base stations and a reference message reception interval; and

the current information includes at least one of a current base station, which currently communicates with the subscriber terminal, and a current message reception interval.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

setting an abnormal operation signal to inform a WLL system operator of an abnormal condition when the home base station and the current base station differ; and

setting the abnormal operation signal to inform the WLL system operator of the abnormal condition when the current message reception interval exceeds the reference message reception interval by a predetermined amount, wherein

the current message reception interval identifies a period of elapsed time between a current series of request messages recently communicated between the subscriber terminal and a first number of the base stations,

the reference message reception interval identifies a period of elapsed time between a reference series of request messages communicated between the subscriber terminal and a second number of the base stations, previous to the recently communicated request messages.

27. The method of claim 20, further comprising occasionally comparing the current information and the reference information to determine the operational status of the WLL system, according to a schedule.