Control method for uplink connecting of idle terminal

• US 8,422,385 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2008
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Young Dae, Yi, Seung June, Park, Sung Jun, Chun, Sung Duck
• Primary Examiner(s): Thier, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): LOUIS, VINNCELAS
• Application Number:
  US12/671,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20100195522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,709 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/312, 370/329, 370/448, 370/310, 370/328, 370/390, 455/412.1, 455/418, 455/452.2, 455/450
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access

Abstract

A method for controlling an uplink connection of an idle UE in a wireless communication system is disclosed. In a method for performing a random access procedure by an idle-mode user equipment (UE) which desires to receive a specific broadcast/multicast service in a wireless communication system, the method includes, receiving a first message transmitted from a network, so as to count the number of UEs which desire to receive the broadcast/multicast service, transmitting a preamble for a random access to the network, receiving a second message including uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information from the network in response to the preamble, transmitting a third message selected according to a connection indication information contained in the first or second message to the network using the uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information, wherein the connection indication information indicates whether a connection to the network is required or not, and receiving a contention resolution message from the network.

Claims

1. A method for performing a random access procedure by a user equipment (UE) in an idle-mode which desires to receive a specific broadcast/multicast service in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a first message from a network, the first message including a counting request for the broadcast/multicast service;

in response to the first message, transmitting a preamble for a random access to the network;

in response to the preamble, receiving a second message including uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information from the network, the second message further including timing adjustment information and a connection indicator;

in response to the second message, transmitting a third message to the network using the uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information, the third message including a service identifier for the specific broadcast/multicast service; and

in response to the third message, receiving a contention resolution message from the network,

wherein, when the connection indicator indicates that a connection to the network is required, the third message includes both a response to the counting request and a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection request message, and

wherein, when the connection indicator indicates that a connection to the network is not required, the third message includes the response to the counting request without the Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection request message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message further includes at least one preamble allocated for the broadcast/multicast service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the preamble for the random access is selected from the allocated at least one preamble.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message includes the service identifier for identifying the specific broadcast/multicast service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message further includes a counting indicator indicating that the first message is for counting the number of UEs which desire to receive the broadcast/multicast service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the third message further includes a UE identifier.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the UE identifier is either a UE identifier allocated to the second message or a pre-allocated UE identifier.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the contention resolution message includes at least one of a UE identifier and the service identifier.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the contention resolution message includes a counting stop indicator for indicating a counting process to stop.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the connection indicator indicates that the connection to the network is not required, transmission of an acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK) signal for the contention resolution message is dropped.

11. A method for counting the number of UEs in an idle-mode which desire to receive a specific broadcast/multicast service in a network of a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting a first message to a user equipment (UE), the first message including a counting request for the broadcast/multicast service

in response to the first message, receiving a random access preamble from a specific UE;

in response to the random access preamble, transmitting a second message including uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information, the second message further including timing adjustment information and a connection indicator;

in response to the second message, receiving a third message from the UE using the uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information, the third message including a service identifier for the specific broadcast/multicast service; and

in response to the third message, transmitting a contention resolution message to the UE,

wherein, when the connection indicator indicates that a connection to the network is required, the third message includes both a response to the counting request and a Radio Resource Control(RRC) connection request message, and

wherein, when the connection indicator indicates that a connection to the network is not required, the third message includes the response to the counting request without the Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection request message.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first message includes at least one preamble allocated for the broadcast/multicast service.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the random access preamble is selected from the allocated at least one preamble.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first message further includes the service identifier for identifying the specific broadcast/multicast service.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the first message further includes a counting indicator indicating that the first message is for counting the number of UEs which desire to receive the broadcast/multicast service.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the third message further includes a UE identifier.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the UE identifier is either a UE identifier allocated to the second message or a pre-allocated UE identifier.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the contention resolution message includes at least one of a UE identifier and the service the service identifier.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the contention resolution message includes a counting stop indicator for indicating a counting process to stop.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein, if the connection indicator indicates that the connection to the network is not required, the contention resolution message is transmitted at least two times.