Mobile communication system for providing area information together with control information

• US 7,949,350 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2004
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Evolium SAS (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsushita, Koji, Tomozawa, Hiroshi, Naito, Sachiko, Satou, Hirotoshi, Otsuka, Masao
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEPHEN, EMEM O
• Application Number:
  US10/819,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20040224673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,603 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 4554561-4563, 455/456.5
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0226 based on location or mobility handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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

Abstract

To provide a mobile communication system which can distribute area information from a radio Node to a mobile terminal in a unit of cell. A mobile communication system comprising: a radio Node having a plurality of cells; host apparatus connected to the radio Node so as to be able to communicate information with the radio Node; and a mobile terminal receiving information distributed from the radio Node, wherein area information different for each cell is distributed from the radio Node to the mobile terminals 40 existing in the cell included in the radio Node, the area information is transmitted, together with control information including type information added according to a content of the area information, from the host apparatus to the radio Node, and the cell to be distributed with the information is determined based on the type information.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system comprising:

a radio Node having a plurality of cells;

a radio Node controller connected to a plurality of radio Nodes so as to be able to communicate information with the radio Nodes;

a mobile exchange network or a network element manager connected to a plurality of radio Node controllers so as to be able to communicate information with the radio Node controllers; and

a mobile terminal receiving information distributed from the radio Node,

wherein area information different for each cell is distributed from the radio Node to the mobile terminals existing in the cell included in the radio Node,

wherein the area information is transmitted, together with control information including type information added according to a content of the area information, from the mobile exchange network or the network element manager to the radio Node controller, and from the radio Node controller to the radio Node,

wherein the cell to which each area information is to be distributed is determined based on the type information,

wherein the mobile exchange network or the network element manager being a distribution source of the area information,

wherein determination of the cell to which the area information is to be distributed based on the type information is performed by an arbitrary combination of the radio Node, the radio Node controller, and the mobile exchange network or the network element manager,

wherein an apparatus corresponding to an uppermost apparatus in the arbitrary combination determines the cell to which the area information is to be distributed based on the type information, sets up in the control information searched information indicating that the cell has been determined, and transmits the area information together with the control information to a lower apparatus, and

wherein the lower apparatus having received the area information checks if the searched information has been set up in the control information, and when the searched information has been set up, the lower apparatus distributes the area information to a lower apparatus including the cell to be distributed with the information or to the cell to be distributed with the information, without performing determination of the cell to be distributed with the information based on the type information, and when the searched information has not been set up, the lower apparatus performs determination of the cell to be distributed with the information based on the type information, sets up in the control information the searched information indicating that the cell has been determined, and distributes the area information to the lower apparatus including the cell to be distributed with the information or to the cell to be distributed with the information.

2. A mobile communication system comprising:

a radio Node having a plurality of cells, wherein the radio node communicates with each cell of the plurality of cells;

a radio Node controller connected to the radio Node so as to be able to communicate information with the radio Node;

a network element manager connected to the radio Node controller so as to be able to communicate information with the radio Node controller; and

a mobile terminal receiving information distributed from the radio Node,

wherein area information different for each cell is distributed from the radio Node to the mobile terminals existing in the cell included in the radio Node, wherein the area information is transmitted, together with control information including type information added according to a content of the area information, from the network element manager to the radio Node controller, and from the radio Node controller to the radio Node,

wherein the cell to which each area information is to be distributed is determined based on the type information,

wherein an apparatus corresponding to either one of the radio Node, the radio Node controller, and the mobile exchange network or the network element manager performs determination of the cell to which the area information is to be distributed based on the type information,

wherein the apparatus corresponding to either one of the radio Node, the radio Node controller, and the mobile exchange network or the network element manager sets up in the control information searched information indicating that the cell has been determined, and transmits the area information together with the control information, and

wherein a lower apparatus having received the area information checks if the searched information has been set up in the control information, and when the searched information has been set up, the lower apparatus distributes the area information to the lower apparatus including the cell to be distributed with the information or to the cell to be distributed with the information, without performing determination of the cell to be distributed with the information based on the type information, and when the searched information has not been set up, the lower apparatus performs determination of the cell to be distributed with the information based on the type information, sets up in the control information the searched information indicating that the cell has been determined, and distributes the area information to the lower apparatus including the cell to be distributed with the information or to the cell to be distributed with the information.