Handling signaling congestion and related communication device

• US 9,167,470 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2011
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Liao, Ching-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Marcelo, Melvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOLINSKY, PETER G
• Application Number:
  US13/198,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20120033551A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions

Abstract

A method of handling signaling congestion for a machine type communication (MTC) device and/or a MTC server in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving system information from a network; and stopping a triggering operation in a communication window according to the system information, wherein the system information indicates occurrence of a signaling congestion situation in the network.

Claims

1. A method of handling signaling congestion for a communication device in a wireless communication system, wherein the communication device is granted for communication in a communication window by a network of the wireless communication system, the communication device is at least one of an MTC device and an MTC server, the at least one of the MTC device and the MTC server are connected via the network, the method comprising:

receiving system information broadcasted by the network; and

the at least one of the MTC device and the MTC server stopping a triggering operation in the communication window according to the system information;

wherein the system information indicates occurrence of a signaling congestion or overload situation in the network;

wherein the triggering operation comprises the network triggering the MTC device to initiate communication with the MTC server based on a trigger indication from the MTC server, and the MTC device receiving the trigger indication from the network and establishing communication with the MTC server when receiving the trigger indication.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether to stop the triggering operation in the communication window according to priority of an application included in a machine type communication (MTC) subscription.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the stopping step comprises at least one of:

the MTC device stopping a mobile originated triggering operation in the communication window; and

the MTC server stopping a mobile terminated trigger operation in the communication window.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving another system information generated from the network; and

the at least one of the MTC device and the MTC server resuming the triggering operation when the another system information indicates the signaling congestion or overload situation in the network is clear.

3. A method of handling signaling congestion for a machine type communication (MTC) device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

when a first communication window for communicating with an MTC server is considered invalid for the MTC device, randomizing a triggering operation at a communication device in a grant time interval to request a second communication window for communicating with the MTC server from a network;

wherein the first communication window is considered invalid for the MTC device when the MTC device does not complete the transmission at the first communication window or the MTC server does not receive the transmission from the MTC device at the communication window.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the communication device is at least one of the MTC device and a MTC server.

7. A method of handling signaling congestion for a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of communication windows in a message only for a communication device to successfully access the network in only one communication window among the plurality of communication windows;

wherein the communication device defers accessing the network to a second communication window among the plurality of communication windows if the communication device fails to access the network in a first communication window among the plurality of communication windows;

wherein the plurality of communication windows is used for the communication device to access the network without contention.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising clearing the rest of the plurality of communication windows in the network and the communication device when the communication device completes transmission in one of the plurality of communication windows.

9. A method of handling signaling congestion for a communication device in a wireless communication system, wherein the communication device is at least one of a machine type communication (MTC) device and an MTC server, the at least one of the MTC device and the MTC server are connected via a network in the wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving at least one information including a plurality of communication windows and an indicator from the network, wherein the indicator is categorized based on severity of the network congestion situation;

determining how many communication windows are invalid among the plurality of communication windows in which the communication device should abort accessing the network according to the received indicator; and

accessing the network in a second communication window of the plurality of communication windows without requesting for a new communication window from the network if the communication device fails to access the network in a first communication window of the plurality of communication window;

wherein the plurality of communication windows is used for the communication device to access the network without contention.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising aborting accessing the network in the first communication window.