Method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station; radio communication terminal and network devices; radio communication smart card device

• US 8,160,590 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2008
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
• Inventors: Mueck, Markus Dominik, Ruprich, Thomas, Schmidt, Andreas, Choi, Hyung-Nam
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAM, DUNG LE
• Application Number:
  US12/233,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20100069119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,307 Days
• Field of Search: 455/444, 455/448, 455/561, 455/558, 455/525, 455/515
• US Class Current: 455/444
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0069 Cell search, i.e. determining cell identity [cell-ID] design of multiplexing codes H04J13/00; processing access restriction or access information H04W48/16; discovery of network devices for network data management H04W8/005; sounding signals for channel estimation H04L25/0226; structure of reference signals in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2613; frame, time or carrier synchronisation in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2655
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0073 Acquisition of primary synchronisation channel, e.g. detection of cell-ID within cell-ID group
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/323 in the physical layer [OSI layer 1]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station is provided. The method may include receiving a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier, and determining the type of a mobile radio base station using a previously signaled and stored piece of mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier and the received mobile radio base station identifier.

Claims

1. A method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station, the method comprising:

receiving a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier; and

determining the type of a mobile radio base station using at least one piece of previously signaled and stored mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier and the received mobile radio base station identifier,

wherein the rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier comprises a rule selected from a group of rules consisting of;

an assignment of a predefined sub-group of mobile radio base station identifier values to a type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station;

a predefined calculation rule to determine the type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station; and

references thereof to be evaluated by the mobile radio terminal device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a signaling message comprising the at least one piece of mobile radio base station type determining information.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the signaling message is a type of signaling message selected from a group consisting of:

a system information message of the cellular communication system; and

a smart card information update message.

4. The method of claim 2,

wherein the signaling message is conveyed in accordance with the radio resource control protocol.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the mobile radio base station identifier is a physical layer cell identifier.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the type of a mobile radio base station is a type of a mobile radio base station selected from a group consisting of:

a mobile radio macro cell base station; and

a mobile radio micro cell home base station.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the type of a mobile radio base station is a type of a mobile radio base station selected from a group consisting of:

a closed subscriber group mobile radio home base station; and

a semi-open mobile radio home base station; and

an open mobile radio home base station.

8. The method of claim 1,

carried out by a radio communication terminal device.

9. A method for signaling at least one piece of mobile radio base station type determining information, the method comprising:

generating a signaling message comprising at least one piece of mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier; and

transmitting the signaling message to a mobile radio terminal device,

wherein the rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier comprises a rule selected from a group of rules consisting of;

an assignment of a predefined sub-group of mobile radio base station identifier values to a type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station;

a predefined calculation rule to determine the type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station; and

references thereof to be evaluated by the mobile radio terminal device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier.

11. The method of claim 9,

wherein the signaling message is a type of signaling message selected from a group consisting of:

a system information message of the cellular communication system; and

a smart card information update message.

12. The method of claim 9,

wherein the mobile radio base station identifier is a physical layer cell identifier.

13. The method of claim 9,

wherein the type of a mobile radio base station is a type of a mobile radio base station selected from a group consisting of:

a mobile radio macro cell base station; and

a mobile radio micro cell home base station.

14. The method of claim 9,

carried out by a radio communication network device.

15. A radio communication terminal device, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier;

a memory configured to store at least one signaled mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier; and

a mobile radio base station type determining circuit configured to determine the type of a mobile radio base station using the at least one piece of stored mobile radio base station type determining information and the received mobile radio base station identifier,

wherein the rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier comprises a rule selected from a group of rules consisting of;

an assignment of a predefined sub-group of mobile radio base station identifier values to a type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station;

a predefined calculation rule to determine the type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station; and

references thereof to be evaluated by the mobile radio terminal device.

16. The radio communication terminal device of claim 15,

wherein the signaling message is a type of signaling message selected from a group consisting of:

a system information message of the cellular communication system; and

a smart card information update message.

17. The radio communication terminal device of claim 15,

wherein the signaling message is conveyed in accordance with the radio resource control protocol.

18. A radio communication network device, comprising:

a signaling message generating circuit configured to generate a signaling message comprising at least one piece of mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the signaling message to a mobile radio terminal device,

wherein the rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier comprises a rule selected from a group of rules consisting of;

an assignment of a predefined sub-group of mobile radio base station identifier values to a type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station;

a predefined calculation rule to determine the type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station; and

references thereof to be evaluated by the mobile radio terminal device.

19. The radio communication network device of claim 18,

wherein the signaling message is a type of signaling message selected from a group consisting of:

a system information message of the cellular communication system; and

a smart card information update message.

20. The radio communication network device of claim 18,

wherein the signaling message is conveyed in accordance with the radio resource control protocol.

21. The radio communication network device of claim 18,

wherein the mobile radio base station identifier is a physical layer cell identifier.

22. A radio communication smart card device, comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one piece of mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier,

wherein the rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier comprises a rule selected from a group of rules consisting of;

an assignment of a predefined sub-group of mobile radio base station identifier values to a type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station;

a predefined calculation rule to determine the type of a mobile radio base station of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station; and

references thereof to be evaluated by the mobile radio terminal device.

23. The radio communication smart card device of claim 22,

wherein the memory is configured such that the at least one piece of mobile radio base station type determining information can be changed only by a radio network operator.

24. The radio communication smart card device of claim 22,

wherein the memory is configured to store an elementary file comprising the at least one piece of mobile radio base station type determining information.