Base station, mobile station, paging message transmitting method, and paging message receiving method

• US 8,976,731 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2011
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: CHA, Jae Sun, Chang, Sung Cheol, Kim, Eunkyung, Lee, Hyun, Jung, Soojung, Yoon, Chul Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): LY, ANH VU H
• Application Number:
  US13/695,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20130039255A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/328
• 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
• 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 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

A method for a base station supporting multicarrier operation to transmit a paging message is provided. The base station determines a first time point for multicast broadcast service (MBS)-related information and transmits the MBS-related information through a first carrier at the first time point. Also, the base station determines a second time point for transmitting a paging message to a mobile station, determines a second carrier for transmitting the paging message to the mobile station, and transmits the paging message through the second carrier at the second time point. Here, the second time point is different from the first time point.

Claims

1. A method for a base station supporting multicarrier operation to transmit a paging message, the method comprising:

determining a first time point for transmitting multicast broadcast service (MBS)-related information;

transmitting the MBS-related information through a first carrier at the first time point;

determining a second time point for transmitting a paging message;

determining a second carrier for transmitting the paging message to a mobile station;

transmitting the paging message through the second carrier at the second time point;

determining a third time point for transmitting a paging group information message;

determining a third carrier for transmitting the paging group information message; and

transmitting the paging group information message through the third carrier at the third time point,

wherein the second time point is different from the first time point, and the third time point is different from the first time point.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of a second carrier comprises

determining the first carrier as the second carrier when the mobile station receives the MBS-related information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of a second time point comprises

determining a predetermined and fixed time point as the second time point when the mobile station receives the MBS-related information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of a second carrier further comprises

determining the second carrier based on a deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station and a number of paging carriers included in a paging group allocated to the mobile station when the mobile station does not receive the MBS-related information, and

the determining of a second time point further comprises

determining a superframe number based on a paging cycle allocated to the mobile station and a paging offset allocated to the mobile station when the mobile station does not receive the MBS-related information,

determining a frame number based on the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station and a time domain hash parameter allocated to the mobile station, and

determining the second time point based on the superframe number and the frame number.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first carrier corresponds to an MBS dedicated carrier, and the MBS dedicated carrier is divided into a multicast region corresponding to the first time point and a unicast region corresponding to the second time point.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of a second time point comprises

determining a time point as the second time point when the mobile station receives the MBS-related information, and

wherein the method further comprises transmitting information on the second time point to the mobile station.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of a third carrier comprises

determining the first carrier as the third carrier when the mobile station receives the MBS-related information, and

the determining of a third time point comprises

determining the second time point as the third time point when the mobile station receives the MBS-related information.

8. A method for receiving a paging message by a mobile station supporting multicarrier operation, the method comprising:

receiving multicast broadcast service (MBS)-related information at a first time point of a first carrier;

determining a second time point for receiving a paging message;

determining a second carrier for receiving the paging message; and

receiving the paging message through the second carrier at the second time point,

wherein the second time point is different from the first time point, and

wherein the first carrier corresponds to a MBS dedicated carrier, and the MBS dedicated carrier is divided into a multicast region corresponding to the first time point and a unicast region corresponding to the second time point.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining of a second carrier comprises

determining the first carrier as the second carrier when the mobile station receives the MBS-related information.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining of a second time point comprises:

determining a paging listening interval based on a paging cycle allocated to the mobile station and a paging offset allocated to the mobile station when the mobile station does not receive the MBS-related information; and

determining an interval of the unicast region as the second time point,

wherein the receiving of a paging message comprises receiving the paging message after waiting the interval of the unicast region when the paging listening interval is identical to the interval of the unicast region.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining of a second carrier further comprises

determining the second carrier based on a deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station and a number of paging carriers included in a paging group allocated to the mobile station when the mobile station does not receive the MBS-related information, and

wherein the determining of a second time point comprises

determining a superframe number based on a paging cycle allocated to the mobile station and a paging offset allocated to the mobile station when the mobile station does not receive the MBS-related information,

determining a frame number based on the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station and a time domain hash parameter allocated to the mobile station, and

determining the second time point based on the superframe number and the frame number.

12. A method for a base station to transmit a paging message, the method comprising:

allocating a paging group to a mobile station;

selecting one among a plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group allocated to the mobile station as a paging transmission carrier for the mobile station based on a number of the plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group allocated to the mobile station when the mobile station does not receive an MBS;

selecting an MBS receiving carrier for the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station when the mobile station receives an MBS; and

transmitting the paging message through the paging transmission carrier.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising

allocating a deregistration identifier to the mobile station,

wherein the selecting of one among a plurality of paging carriers comprises selecting one among the plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group allocated to the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station based on the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station, and

the selecting of an MBS receiving carrier for the mobile station comprising selecting the MBS receiving carrier for the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station without considering the number of the plurality of paging carriers included to the paging group allocated to the mobile station and the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the selecting of one among a plurality of paging carriers comprises selecting one among the plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group allocated to the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station based on a remainder obtained by dividing the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station by the number of the plurality of paging carriers included to the paging group allocated to the mobile station.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising

transmitting a control message including information on a number of paging carriers for each of a plurality of paging groups to the mobile station.

16. A method for a mobile station to receive a paging message, the method comprising:

receiving information on a paging group from a base station;

selecting one among a plurality of paging carriers included in a paging group allocated to the mobile station as a paging transmission carrier for the mobile station based on a number of the plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group when the mobile station does not receive a multicast broadcast service (MBS);

selecting an MBS receiving carrier for the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station when the mobile station receives a MBS; and

monitoring the paging message through the paging transmission carrier.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising

receiving allocating information on a deregistration identifier from the base station,

wherein the selecting of one among a plurality of paging carriers comprises selecting one among the plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group allocated to the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station based on the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station, and

the selecting of an MBS receiving carrier for the mobile station comprises selecting the MBS receiving carrier for the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station without considering the number of the plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group allocated to the mobile station and the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the selecting of one among a plurality of paging carriers comprises selecting one among the plurality of paging carriers included in the paging group allocated to the mobile station as the paging transmission carrier for the mobile station based on a remainder obtained by dividing the deregistration identifier allocated to the mobile station by the number of the plurality of paging carriers included to the paging group allocated to the mobile station.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising

receiving a control message including information on a number of paging carriers for each of a plurality of paging groups from the base station.