Method for random access of machine to machine (M2M) terminals

• US 9,338,799 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2012
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhou, Lei, Wang, Hai, Zheng, Xufeng
• Primary Examiner(s): GESESSE, TILAHUN
• Application Number:
  US13/407,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20120220325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,533 Days
• Field of Search: 455/509, 455/507
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

A method for random access of Machine to Machine (M2M) terminals is applied to a plurality of M2M terminals. The method includes dividing the plurality of M2M terminals into at least one terminal group, and allocating an identifier for each terminal group. After receiving the paging broadcast signaling transmitted by the base station, an M2M terminal in a terminal group determines whether the terminal group identifier carried in the paging broadcast signaling is the identifier of the terminal group that includes the M2M terminal. If true, the M2M terminal starts a random access process. A base station transmits a paging broadcast signaling on the basis of a terminal group rather than issuing a paging broadcast signaling only to individual M2M terminals so that a plurality of M2M terminals can be randomly accessed smoothly and efficiently without causing network access congestion nor affecting the use of public network users.

Claims

1. A method for operating a Machine to Machine (M2M) device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the M2M device, a system broadcast message including restriction information from a base station; and

determining, by the M2M device, an access class among a plurality of access classes; and

accessing the base station based on the access class and the restriction information, wherein the restriction information indicates whether the accessing is restricted or not,

wherein if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

0’

, the M2M devices of the access class access to the base station, and

if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

1’

, the M2M devices of the access class do not access to the base station.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the restriction information indicates whether the M2M device can use ranging during network reentry or not.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the restriction information includes L bits, and the plurality of access classes includes M access classes.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein L is equal to M.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein each access class comprises a plurality of superframes, and each superframe comprises a plurality of frames, and

wherein an access class which a superframe belongs to is expressed as the following:

R =mod (superframe number, N)

where R represents a relative identifier of access class of a superframe, N=M*W is a total number of superframes which all of access class include, M is a total number of access class, and W is the number of superframes in one access class.

6. A method for operating a base station for random access of Machine to Machine (M2M) devices, the method comprising:

determining, by the base station, a system broadcast message including restriction information for a plurality of access classes;

transmitting, by the base station, the system broadcast message including restriction information to the M2M devices,

wherein the restriction information indicates whether an access of the M2M devices are restricted or not,

wherein if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

0’

, the M2M devices of the access class access to the base station, and

if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

1’

, the M2M devices of the access class do not access to the base station.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the restriction information indicates whether the M2M devices can use ranging during network reentry or not.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the restriction information includes L bits, and the plurality of access classes includes M access classes.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein L is equal to M.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein each access class comprises a plurality of superframes, and each super frame comprises a plurality of frames, and

wherein an access class which a superframe belongs to is expressed as the following:

R =mod (superframe number, N)

where R represents a relative identifier of access class of a superframe, N=M*W is a total number of superframes which all of access class include, M is a total number of access class, and W is the number of superframes in one access class.

11. A base station for random access of Machine to Machine (M2M) devices, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine a system broadcast message including restriction information for a plurality of access classes; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the system broadcast message including restriction information to the M2M devices,

wherein the restriction information indicates whether an access of the M2M devices are restricted or not,

if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

0’

, the M2M devices of the access class access to the base station, and

if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

1’

, the M2M devices of the access class do not access to the base station.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the restriction information indicates whether the M2M devices can use ranging during network reentry or not.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the restriction information includes L bits, and the plurality of access classes includes M access classes.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein L is equal to M.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein each access class comprises a plurality of superframes, and each super frame comprises a plurality of frames, and

wherein an access class which a superframe belongs to is expressed as the following:

R =mod (superframe number, N)

where R represents a relative identifier of access class of a superframe, N=M*W is a total number of superframes which all of access class include, M is a total number of access class, and W is the number of superframes in one access class.

16. A Machine to Machine (M2M) device, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a system broadcast message including restriction information from a base station;

a controller configured to determine an access class among a plurality of access classes; and

a transmitter configured to access to the base station based on the access class and the restriction information,

wherein the restriction information indicates whether the accessing is restricted or not,

if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

0’

, the M2M devices of the access class access to the base station, and

if the restriction information of the access class is set to ‘

1’

, the M2M devices of the access class do not access to the base station.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the restriction information indicates whether the M2M devices can use ranging during network reentry or not.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the restriction information includes L bits, and the plurality of access classes includes M access classes.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein L is equal to M.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein each access class comprises a plurality of superframes, and each super frame comprises a plurality of frames, and

wherein an access class which a superframe belongs to is expressed as the following:

R =mod (superframe number, N)

where R represents a relative identifier of access class of a superframe, N=M*W is a total number of superframes which all of access class include, M is a total number of access class, and W is the number of superframes in one access class.