Handover management scheme

• US 9,351,222 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Lee, Hyoung-Gon
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US13/534,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20140004900A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,427 Days
• Field of Search: 455/436, 370/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0009 for a plurality of users or terminals, e.g. group communication or moving wireless networks user group management H04W4/08; processing of subscriber group data H04W8/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/32 by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/326 by proximity to another entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for a handover management scheme. In some examples, a handover management system may include a grouping unit configured to make a group of one or more mobile devices to move together over a predetermined distance, each of the mobile devices operating either in an active state or in an idle state; and a message generation unit configured to generate a first message, wherein the first message enables at least some of the mobile devices receiving the first message to operate either in the active state or in a deep idle state.

Claims

1. A handover management system, comprising:

a grouping unit configured to make a group of one or more mobile devices, wherein the group comprises the one or more mobile devices moving together over a predetermined distance and each of the mobile devices operating either in an active state or in a deep idle state and the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state do not perform a cell reselection procedure; and

a message generation unit configured to generate a first message comprising instructions executed by a mobile device to change an operation mode of the mobile device upon receiving the first message, wherein the first message enables at least some of the mobile devices that receive the first message to change a respective operation mode to the active state when the respective operation mode is operating in the deep idle state and change the respective operation mode to the deep idle state when the respective operation mode is operating in the active state.

2. The handover management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a tracking unit configured to track in which cell the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state are located, based at least in part on handover information of the mobile devices operating in the active state in the group.

3. The handover management system of claim 1, wherein:

each of the mobile devices further comprise an idle state, and

the message generation unit is further configured to generate a second message, wherein the second message enable the mobile devices that receive the second message to operate either in the active state or in the idle state.

4. The handover management system of claim 3, wherein the one or more mobile devices are in a vehicle moving from a first station to a second station,

wherein the grouping unit is further configured to make the group of the one or more mobile devices in the vehicle when the vehicle departs the first station, and

wherein the message generation unit is further configured to generate the first message after the vehicle departs the first station, and generate the second message before the vehicle arrives at the second station.

5. The handover management system of claim 4, wherein the grouping unit is further configured to update the group when the vehicle departs the second station.

6. The handover management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit messages generated by the message generation unit to at least some of the mobile devices in the group.

7. A method performed under control of a handover management system, comprising:

making a group of one or more mobile devices, wherein the group comprising the one or more mobile devices moving together over a predetermined distance and each of the mobile devices operating either in an active state or in a deep idle state and the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state do not perform a cell reselection procedure; and

generating a first message comprising instructions executed by a mobile device to change an operation mode of the mobile device upon receiving the first message, wherein the first message enables at least some of the mobile devices in the group to change a respective operation mode to the active state when the respective operation mode is operating in the deep idle state and change the respective operation mode to the deep idle state when the respective operation mode is operating in the active state.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

tracking in which cell the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state are located, based at least in part on handover information of the mobile devices operating in the active state in the group.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

tracking in which cell the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state are located, based at least in part on cell reselection information of at least one mobile device operating in the idle state in the group when there is no active mobile device in the group.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the first message to at least some of the mobile devices in the group.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein each of the mobile devices further comprise an idle state, the method further comprising:

generating a second message to enable the group of the one or more mobile devices to operate either in the active state or in the idle state.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting the second message to at least some of the mobile devices in the group.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a handover management system to perform operations, comprising:

making a group of one or more mobile devices, wherein the group comprises the one or more mobile devices moving together over a predetermined distance and each of the mobile devices operating either in an active state or in a deep idle state and the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state do not perform a cell reselection procedure; and

generating a first message comprising instructions executed by a mobile device to change an operation mode of the mobile device upon receiving the first message, wherein the first message enables at least some of the mobile devices in the group to change a respective operation mode to the active state when the respective operation mode is operating in the deep idle state and change the respective operation mode to the deep idle state when the respective operation mode is operating in the active state.

14. A handover management system comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine whether a mobile device is to stay in a predetermined place, the mobile device operating either in an active state or in a deep idle state and the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state do not perform a cell reselection procedure; and

a message generation unit configured to generate a first message when the determination unit determines that the mobile device is to stay in the predetermined place, wherein the first message comprises instructions executed by a mobile device to change an operation mode of the mobile device to the active state when the respective operation mode is operating in the deep idle state upon receiving the first message and change the respective operation mode to the deep idle state when the respective operation mode is operating in the active state upon receiving the first message.

15. The handover management system of claim 14, wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine whether the mobile device is to stay in the predetermined place based at least in part on information received from the mobile device.

16. The handover management system of claim 14, wherein the determination unit is further configured to determine whether the mobile device is to stay in the predetermined place based at least in part on whether the mobile device has been in the predetermined place for a predetermined time period.

17. The handover management system of claim 14, wherein:

the mobile device further comprises an idle state,

the message generation unit is further configured to generate a second message when the determination unit determines that the mobile device is not to stay in the predetermined place, and

the second message enables the mobile device receiving the second message to operate either in the active state or in the idle state.

18. The handover management system of claim 14, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit messages generated by the message generation unit to the mobile device.

19. A method performed under control of a handover management system, comprising:

determining whether a mobile device is to stay in a predetermined place, the mobile device operating either in an active state or in a deep idle state and the mobile devices operating in the deep idle state do not perform a cell reselection procedure; and

generating a first message comprising instructions executed by a mobile device to change an operation mode of the mobile device to operate in the active state when the operation mode is operating in the deep idle state upon receiving the first message and change the operation mode to the deep idle state when the operation mode is operating in the active state upon receiving the first message, when determining that the mobile device is to stay in the predetermined place.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the determining is based at least in part on information received from the mobile device.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the determining is based at least in part on whether the mobile device has stayed in the predetermined place for a predetermined time period.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

transmitting the first message to the mobile device.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the mobile device further comprises an idle state, the method further comprising:

generating a second message for making the mobile device to operate either in the active state or in the idle state, when the determination unit determines that the mobile device is not to stay in the predetermined place.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

transmitting the second message to the mobile device.