Method and apparatus for handling barred cell in wireless communication system

• US 8,498,664 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2010
• Issued: 07/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sun Hee, Jung, Sung Hoon, Yi, Seung June, Chun, Sung Duck, Park, Sung Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US12/978,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20110244902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 455/525, 455/517, 455/500, 455/445, 455/410, 455/411, 455/422.1, 455/403, 455/426.1, 455/426.2, 455/432.1, 455/434, 455/435.1, 455/435.2, 455/432.3, 455/509, 455/507, 455/511, 455/515, 455/558, 455/550.1, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 370/310, 370/328, 370/329, 370/338, 370/343
• US Class Current: 455/525
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method of handling a barred cell in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method of handling a barred cell in a user equipment using a plurality of frequencies includes releasing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection between the user equipment and a network if authentication between the user equipment and the network fails, and regarding a cell having a first uplink radio link and a first downlink radio link, a cell having only a second uplink radio link and a cell having only a second downlink radio link as barred cells, if the RRC connection is released.

Claims

1. A method of identifying a barred cell in a user equipment of a wireless communication system using a plurality of frequencies, the method comprising:

releasing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection between the user equipment and a network if authentication between the user equipment and the network fails; and

identifying a cell having a first uplink radio link and a first downlink radio link, a cell having only a second uplink radio link and a cell having only a second downlink radio link as barred cells, if the RRC connection is released.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving an RRC connection release message from the network.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising selecting a cell suitable for camp-on except the barred cells.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), the cell having the first uplink radio link and the first downlink radio link is included in an active set, and the active set is a set of radio links between the user equipment and the network.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the barred cells include a primary serving High Speed-Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) cell and all secondary serving HS-DSCH cells.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication system is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system and the barred cells include a primary serving High Speed-Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) cell and all secondary serving HS-DSCH cells.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the authentication between the user equipment and the network is performed at a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer of the user equipment.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, if the authentication between the user equipment and the network fails, the NAS layer requests RRC connection release to an RRC layer of the user equipment.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the first downlink radio link and the second downlink radio link is identified by a frequency and a cell identifier, the frequency is at least one of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN) and an Evolved Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN), and the cell identifier is at least one of a Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI).

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the first uplink radio link and the second uplink radio link is identified by a frequency and a cell identifier, the frequency is at least one of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN) and an Evolved Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN) which is an uplink frequency to transmit data through each of the first uplink radio link and the second uplink radio link, and the cell identifier is at least one of an uplink scrambling code, a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) scrambling code or a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) and a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the first uplink radio link and the second uplink radio link is identified by a frequency and a cell identifier of a downlink radio link, the downlink radio link is used to receive control information necessary for uplink transmission, the frequency is at least one of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN) and an Evolved Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN), and the cell identifier is at least one of an uplink scrambling code, a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) scrambling code or a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) and a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).

12. A user equipment of a wireless communication system using a plurality of frequencies, the user equipment comprising:

a processor configured to release a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection between the user equipment and a network if authentication between the user equipment and the network fails and to identify a cell having a first uplink radio link and a first downlink radio link, a cell having only a second uplink radio link and a cell having only a second downlink radio link as barred cells.

13. The user equipment according to claim 12, further comprising a reception entity configured to receive an RRC connection release message from the network.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13, wherein the processor and the reception entity belong to an RRC layer.

15. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the processor selects a cell suitable for camp-on except the barred cells.

16. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the wireless communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), the cell having the first uplink radio link and the first downlink radio link belongs to an active set, and the active set is a set of radio links between the user equipment and the network.

17. The user equipment according to claim 16, wherein the barred cells include a primary serving High Speed-Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) cell and all secondary serving HS-DSCH cells.

18. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the wireless communication system is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system and the barred cells include a primary serving High Speed-Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) cell and all secondary serving HS-DSCH cells.

19. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the authentication between the user equipment and the network is performed at a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer of the user equipment.

20. The user equipment according to claim 19, wherein, if the authentication between the user equipment and the network fails, the NAS layer requests RRC connection release to an RRC layer of the user equipment.

21. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein each of the first downlink radio link and the second downlink radio link is identified by a frequency and a cell identifier, the frequency is at least one of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN) and an Evolved Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN), and the cell identifier is at least one of a Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) and a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI).

22. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein each of the first uplink radio link and the second uplink radio link is identified by a frequency and a cell identifier, the frequency is at least one of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN) and an Evolved Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN) which is an uplink frequency to transmit data through each of the first uplink radio link and the second uplink radio link, and the cell identifier is at least one of an uplink scrambling code, a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) scrambling code or a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) and a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).

23. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein each of the first uplink radio link and the second uplink radio link is identified by a frequency and a cell identifier of a downlink radio link, the downlink radio link is used to receive control information necessary for uplink transmission, the frequency is at least one of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN) and an Evolved Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN), and the cell identifier is at least one of an uplink scrambling code, a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) scrambling code or a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) and a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).