Method and apparatus for generating allowed list based on regions for wireless terminal in communication system

• US 9,467,927 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2010
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Song Yean, Lim, Chae Gwon, Lim, Han Na, Choi, Sung Ho, Bae, Beom Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Belur, Deepa
• Application Number:
  US13/511,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20130003656A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,149 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/004 in the uplink, i.e. towards network

Abstract

A method and system for generating an allowed list based on regions for a wireless terminal are disclosed. The method generates an allowed list based on regions to control network access of a stationary wireless terminal, and includes: sending, by the wireless terminal, an attach request to a network; creating, by the network, an allowed list that contains information on regions in which the wireless terminal is permitted to access the network; and controlling, by the network, network access of the wireless terminal on the basis of the allowed list. Hence, the allowed list, which stores information regarding regions in which the MTC terminal 110 is permitted to access the network, may be dynamically created by the terminal or the MME.

Claims

1. A method for generating an allowed list by a terminal, the method comprising:

obtaining first information on one or more available cells;

generating a first cell list based on the first information;

transmitting an attach request message including the first cell list to a base station; and

receiving an attach accept message including an allowed list from the base station,

wherein the allowed list is generated by a mobility management entity (MME) by adding the first information of the first cell list generated by the terminal to an initialized allowed list received from a home subscriber server (HSS) based on a predetermined number of cells configured by subscriber information of the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, second information on one or more available cells during a period if the terminal is in an idle mode;

generating a second cell list based on the second information;

transmitting a first message including the second cell list to the base station; and

receiving a second message including an updated allowed list from the base station,

wherein the second cell list is used to update the allowed list by the MME.

3. A method for generating an allowed list by a base station, the method comprising:

receiving an attach request message including a first cell list based on first information on one or more available cells to be detected by a terminal from the terminal;

transmitting the attach request message including the first cell list to a mobility management entity (MME);

receiving an attach accept message including the allowed list from the MME; and

transmitting the attach accept message including the allowed list to the terminal,

wherein the allowed list is generated by the MME by adding the first information of the first cell list generated by the terminal to an initialized allowed list received from a home subscriber server (HSS) based on a predetermined number of cells configured by subscriber information of the terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the attach request message further comprises a cell identifier of the base station.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a first message including a second cell list based on second information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal during a period, if the terminal is in an idle mode, from the terminal;

transmitting the first message and a cell identifier of the base station to the MME;

receiving a second message including an updated allowed list from the MME; and

transmitting the second message to the terminal,

wherein the second cell list is used to update the allowed list by the MME.

6. A method for generating an allowed list by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the method comprising:

receiving an attach request message including a cell identifier of a base station and a first cell list based on first information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal from the base station;

receiving an initialized allowed list from a home subscriber server (HSS);

generating the allowed list by adding the cell identifier of the base station having transmitted the attach request message and at least one cell identifier included in the first cell list generated by the terminal to the initialized allowed list up to a predetermined number of cell identifiers configured by subscriber information of the terminal; and

controlling the network access of the terminal on the basis of the allowed list.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting an attach accept message including the allowed list to the terminal.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the cell identifier of the base station having transmitted the attach request message is added first to the allowed list.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a first message including a second cell list based on second information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal during a period if the terminal is in an idle mode and a cell identifier of the base station from the base station;

updating the allowed list based on the second cell list; and

transmitting, if the allowed list is updated, a second message including the updated allowed list to the terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing, if the updating of the allowed list is stopped, the updated allowed list at the HSS by transmitting a third message including the updated allowed list to the HSS.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a fourth message indicating that the allowed list of the HSS is initialized from the HSS; and

transmitting a fifth message for the terminal to initialize the allowed list of the terminal.

12. A terminal for generating an allowed list, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to control to obtain first information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal, to generate a first cell list based on the first information, to transmit an attach request message including the first cell list to a base station, and to receive an attach accept message including the allowed list from the base station,

wherein the allowed list is generated by a mobility management entity (MME) by adding the first information of the first cell list generated by the terminal to an initialized allowed list received from a home subscriber server (HSS) based on a predetermined number of cells configured by subscriber information of the terminal.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to obtain second information on one or more available cells during a period if the terminal is in an idle mode, to generate a second cell list based on the second information, to transmit a first message including the second cell list to the base station, and to receive a second message including the updated allowed list from the base station, and

wherein the second cell list is used to update the allowed list by the MME.

14. A base station for generating an allowed list, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and to receive a signal; and

a controller configured to receive an attach request message including a first cell list based on first information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal from the terminal, to transmit the attach request message including the first cell list to a mobility management entity (MME), to receive an attach accept message including the allowed list from the MME, and to transmit the attach accept message including the allowed list to the terminal,

wherein the allowed list is generated by the MME by adding the first information of the first cell list generated by the terminal to an initialized allowed list received from a home subscriber server (HSS) based on a predetermined number of cells configured by subscriber information of the terminal.

15. The base station of claim 14, wherein the attach request message further comprises a cell identifier of the base station.

16. The base station of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a first message including a second cell list based on second information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal during a period, if the terminal is in an idle mode, from the terminal, to transmit the first message and a cell identifier of the base station to the MME, to receive a second message including an updated allowed list from the MME, and to transmit the second message to the terminal, and

wherein the second cell list is used to update the allowed list by the MME.

17. A mobility management entity (MME) for generating an allowed list, the MME comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to control to receive an attach request message including a cell identifier of a base station and a first cell list based on first information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal from the base station, to receive an initialized allowed list from a home subscriber server (HSS), to generate the allowed list by adding the cell identifier of the base station having transmitted the first message and at least one cell identifier included in the attach request cell list generated by the terminal to the initialized allowed list up to a predetermined number of cell identifiers configured by subscriber information of the terminal, and to control the network access of the terminal on the basis of the allowed list.

18. The MME of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit an attach accept message including the allowed list to the terminal.

19. The MME of claim 17, wherein the cell identifier of the base station having transmitted the attach request message is added first to the allowed list.

20. The MME of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to control to receive a first message including a second cell list based on second information on one or more available cells to be detected by the terminal during a period, if the terminal is in an idle mode, and a cell identifier of the base station from the base station, to update the allowed list based on the second cell list, and to transmit, if the first cell list of the allowed list is changed owing to an allowed list update, a second message including the updated allowed list to the terminal.

21. The MME of claim 20, wherein the controller is further configured to control to store, if the updating of the allowed list is stopped, the updated allowed list at the HSS by transmitting a third message including the updated allowed list to the HSS.

22. The MME of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to control to receive a fourth message indicating that the allowed list of the HSS is initialized from the HSS, and to transmit a fifth message for the terminal to initialize the allowed list of the terminal.