Method of barring network access in mobile device, mobile device, and processor used in mobile device

• US 9,084,182 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NIT Docomo Incorporated
• Inventors: Iwamura, Mikio, Ishii, Minami, Ishimoto, Mutsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/985,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20130324118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,302 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

When a network is in a state of requiring some sort of access barring, a reference value notified to a mobile device is determined to indicate a value in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed. When an own device has a special type access class, it is determined that an access is allowed The appropriateness of an access is determined according to designation from the network when the own device has the special type access class, and when the own device does not have the special type access class, it is determined that an access is denied.

Claims

1. A method of barring a network access performed in a mobile device connectable to a radio access network,

each mobile device connectable to the radio access network belonging to at least one access class,

a special type access class and a normal type access class existing in the access class,

notification information to be notified to each mobile device from the radio access network including barring information for barring an access to the network, and

the barring information including first barring information for designating whether a mobile device in each access class is subject to access barring, and second barring information indicating a value serving as a reference for determining appropriateness of an access according to a relationship with a numerical value generated by each mobile device,

the mobile device

determining whether the reference indicated by the second barring information has a possibility in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed by a numerical value generated by each mobile device when establishing connection to the radio access network;

when having determined to have the possibility, determining that an access is allowed when having the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs, and determining appropriateness of an access according to a relationship between a numerical value generated by the mobile device itself and the value serving as the reference when not having the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs; and

when having determined not to have the possibility, determining the appropriateness of an access according to designation by the first barring information when having the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs, and determining that an access is denied when not having the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs.

2. The method of barring a network access according to claim 1, wherein, when the value serving as the reference is a value determined that an access is denied regardless of the numerical value generated by the mobile device, the reference indicated by the second barring information is determined not to have the possibility in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed by the numerical value generated by each mobile device.

3. The method of barring a network access according to claim 2, wherein the value serving as the reference is determined based on a percentage of mobile devices, accesses of which are desired to allow in the network, and the numerical value generated by each mobile device is a number functioning as a random number.

4. The method of barring a network access according to claim 3, wherein the mobile device starts a setting procedure of radio resource control (RRC) connection to the network in accordance with the determination that an access is allowed.

5. The method of barring a network access according to claim 3, wherein the radio access network operates according to a long term evolution (LTE) system.

6. The method of barring a network access according to claim 2, wherein the mobile device starts a setting procedure of radio resource control (RRC) connection to the network in accordance with the determination that an access is allowed.

7. The method of barring a network access according to claim 6, wherein the radio access network operates according to a long term evolution (LTE) system.

8. The method of barring a network access according to claim 2, wherein the radio access network operates according to a long term evolution (LTE) system.

9. The method of barring a network access according to claim 1, wherein the value serving as the reference is determined based on a percentage of mobile devices, accesses of which are desired to allow in the network, and the numerical value generated by each mobile device is a number functioning as a random number.

10. The method of barring a network access according to claim 9, wherein the mobile device starts a setting procedure of radio resource control (RRC) connection to the network in accordance with the determination that an access is allowed.

11. The method of barring a network access according to claim 10, wherein the radio access network operates according to a long term evolution (LTE) system.

12. The method of barring a network access according to claim 9, wherein the radio access network operates according to a long term evolution (LTE) system.

13. The method of barring a network access according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device starts a setting procedure of radio resource control (RRC) connection to the network in accordance with the determination that an access is allowed.

14. The method of barring a network access according to claim 13, wherein the radio access network operates according to a long term evolution (LTE) system.

15. The method of barring a network access according to claim 1, wherein the radio access network operates according to a long term evolution (LTE) system.

16. A mobile device connectable to a radio access network,

each mobile device connectable to the radio access network belonging to at least one access class, and

a special type access class and a normal type access class existing in the access class,

the mobile device comprising:

a reception means configured to receive notification information notified from the radio access network;

a storage means configured to take out from the notification information and store barring information for barring an access to the network, and including first barring information for designating whether a mobile device in each access class is subject to access barring, and second barring information indicating a value serving as a reference for determining appropriateness of an access according to a relationship with a numerical value generated by each mobile device;

a storing means configured to store information indicating at least one access class to which the mobile device itself belongs;

a generation means configured to select one from among a plurality of available numerical values every time generation of a numerical value is instructed, and to generate a value as a numerical value at the time of instruction; and

a determination means configured to determine whether the reference indicated by the second barring information has a possibility in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed by a numerical value generated by each mobile device,

when having determined to have the possibility, to determine that an access is allowed when the information of the storing means indicates the special type access class is included, and to determine appropriateness of an access according to a relationship between the numerical value generated by the generation means and the value serving as the reference when the information of the storing means indicates the special type access class is not included, and

when having determined not to have the possibility, to determine the appropriateness of an access according to designation by the first barring information when the information of the storing means indicates the special type access class is included, and to determine that an access is denied when the information of the storing means indicates the special type access class is not included.

17. The mobile device according to claim 16, further comprising a decoding means configured to decode the second barring information first from among the barring information stored by the storage means, and to decode the first barring information when the reference indicated by the second barring information is determined, by the determination means, not to have a possibility in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed by the numerical value generated by each mobile device, and the information in the storing means indicates the special type access class is included.

18. The mobile device according to claim 17, wherein the generation means configured to generate the numerical value when the reference indicated by the second barring information is determined, by the determination means, to have a possibility in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed by the numerical value generated by each mobile device, and the information in the storing means indicates the special type access class is not included.

19. The mobile device according to claim 16, wherein the generation means configured to generate the numerical value when the reference indicated by the second barring information is determined, by the determination means, to have a possibility in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed by the numerical value generated by each mobile device, and the information in the storing means indicates the special type access class is not included.

20. A processor incorporated in and used by a mobile device,

each mobile device connectable to the radio access network belonging to at least one access class,

a special type access class and a normal type access class existing in the access class,

notification information to be notified to each mobile device from the radio access network including barring information for barring an access to the network, and

the barring information including first barring information for designating whether a mobile device in each access class is subject to access barring, and second barring information indicating a value serving as a reference for determining appropriateness of an access according to a relationship with a numerical value generated by each mobile device,

the processor performing operations of:

determining whether the reference indicated by the second barring information has a possibility in which an access of a certain mobile device is denied while an access of another mobile device is allowed by a numerical value generated by each mobile device when establishing connection to the radio access network;

when having determined to have the possibility, determining that an access is allowed when the mobile device has the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs, and determining appropriateness of an access according to a relationship between a numerical value generated by the mobile device itself and the value serving as the reference when the mobile device does not have the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs; and

when having determined not to have the possibility, determining the appropriateness of the access according to designation by the first barring information when the mobile device has the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs, and determining that the access is denied when the mobile device does not have the special type access class as an access class to which the mobile device itself belongs.