Method and apparatus for processing signal associated with warning notification in wireless communication system

• US 8,792,338 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Ki Dong
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Xavier Szewai
• Assistant Examiner(s): PASCUAL PEGUERO, NATALI
• Application Number:
  US13/436,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20120250501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 370/208, 370/229, 370/230, 370/281, 370/328
• US Class Current: 370/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

Based on a proposed method, the UE can initiate a certain timer in order not to allow non-emergency calls when warning notification is given in a certain area. In particular, the UE can receive a paging message including warning indication from a network, and starting a delay timer upon receiving the paging message if the UE belongs to a delay-tolerant category. The UE performs a random access procedure after the delay timer is expired. Namely, the UE that receives the paging message for warning, such as the ETWS and CMAS, immediately check whether it belongs to a certain category proposed by this document to trigger a delay timer to wait for a certain period of time until it attempt the call initiation procedure.

Claims

1. A method of performing radio access congestion control in a wireless communication system using a number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:

setting the UE to a delay-tolerant category according to a request from at least one of a network and a user;

receiving a paging message including warning indication from a network;

in response to the paging message, determining whether the warning indication is associated with a procedure for an Earthquake and Tsunami Warning service (ETWS) notification or a procedure for a Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) notification;

determining whether the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category;

if the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category, in response to the paging message, even before receiving the ETWS notification or the CMAS notification, starting a delay timer according to a timer value which is selected from among a first timer value and a second timer value different from the first timer value, wherein the first timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the ETWS notification procedure, and wherein the second timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the CMAS notification procedure;

acquiring scheduling information included in a system information block type 1 (SIB1) indicating whether an additional system information block is present in system information;

if the additional system information block is present in the system information, receiving an additional system information block according to the scheduling information, wherein the additional system information block is one of a SIB10, SIB11, and SIB 12;

processing a warning notification message included in the additional system information block;

determining whether the delay timer expires; and

performing a random access procedure after the delay timer is expired if a session initiation request is triggered.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode when the UE receives the paging message.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an RRC connection release message when the UE is in an RRC connected mode, wherein a release cause in the RRC connection release message is set to delay tolerant.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE is set to the delay-tolerant category according to a request from a mobility management entity (MME) when the UE performs an attach procedure to the MME.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE is set to the delay-tolerant category according to a type of a connection established by the random access procedure.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the UE is set to the delay-tolerant category when a connection establishment cause in an RRC connection request message is set to delay tolerant, wherein the RRC connection request message is transmitted during the random access procedure.

7. A user equipment (UE) for performing radio access congestion control in a wireless communication system using a number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured for;

setting the UE to a delay-tolerant category according to a request from at least one of a network and a user;

receiving a paging message including warning indication from a network;

in response to the paging message, determining whether the warning indication is associated with a procedure for an Earthquake and Tsunami Warning service (ETWS) notification or a procedure for a Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) notification;

determining whether the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category;

if the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category, in response to the paging message, even before receiving the ETWS notification or the CMAS notification, starting a delay timer according to a timer value which is selected from among a first timer value and a second timer value different from the first timer value, wherein the first timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the ETWS notification procedure, and wherein the second timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the CMAS notification procedure;

acquiring scheduling information included in a system information block type 1 (SIB1) indicating whether an additional system information block is present in system information;

if the additional system information block is present in the system information, receiving an additional system information block according to the scheduling information, wherein the additional system information block is one of a SIB10, SIB11, and SIB 12;

processing a warning notification message included in the additional system information block;

determining whether the delay timer expires; and

performing a random access procedure after the delay timer is expired if a session initiation request is triggered.