Access method between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system and apparatus thereof

• US 9,497,690 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2011
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Suhwook, Seok, Yongho, Kim, Bonghoe, Kim, Eunsun
• Primary Examiner(s): Hua, Quan M
• Application Number:
  US13/885,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20130237192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,804 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present description relates to a method in which a terminal accesses a base station in a wireless communication system and to a terminal thereof. The method includes broadcasting, to at least one base station, an advertisement message containing identification information for advertising existence of the terminal; receiving, from the base station, an inviting message which allows access to the base station; and performing an access procedure with the base station in accordance with the received inviting message. The present description further relates to a method in which a base station accesses a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method including receiving an advertisement message which is broadcasted by the terminal and contains identification information for advertising existence of the terminal; transmitting, to the terminal, an inviting message which allows access to the base station; and performing an access procedure with the terminal in accordance with the inviting message.

Claims

1. A method of accessing a base station by a first machine to machine (M2M) mobile station in a wireless communication, the method comprising:

broadcasting, to a base station via a first channel, an advertising message;

wherein the first channel is randomly selected by the first M2M mobile station among a plurality of channels available to the first M2M mobile station,

wherein the advertisement message is relayed to the base station via a second M2M mobile station when the first channel is selected, and

wherein the advertising message contains an address of the first M2M mobile station, a type of the first M2M mobile station, a service category, a sleep interval and a listening duration; and

receiving, from the base station via the second M2M mobile station, an invite message permitting the first M2M mobile station to access the base station after the base station judges that the first M2M mobile station is permitted to access the base station based on the advertising message,

wherein, when the first M2M mobile station receives the invite message from the base station in the listening duration, an access procedure with the base station is performed according to the invite message,

wherein, when the first M2M mobile station does not receive the invite message from the base station in the listening duration, a sleep mode is performed during the sleep interval,

wherein the advertising message is re-broadcasted via a second channel via the second M2M mobile station after the sleep interval is passed by, and

wherein the second channel is randomly selected by the first M2M mobile station among a plurality of channels available to the first M2M mobile station.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the invite message comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of an address of the base station, an ID of the base station, a capability, a power constraint, and supported rates.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the invite message comprises an authentication information containing an authentication algorithm and an authentication key of the first M2M mobile station.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the access procedure comprises performing an authentication procedure with the base station, and

wherein the authentication procedure is performed by transmitting an authentication response to the base station based on the invite message containing the authentication information.

5. A first machine to machine (M2M) mobile station configured to access a base station in a wireless communication system, the first M2M mobile station comprising:

a radio communication device configured to receive and to transmit a radio signal with an base station;

a memory configured to store a protocol and a parameter to perform a wireless communication; and

a control device operatively connected to the radio communication device and the memory, the control device configured to;

broadcast, to a base station via a first channel, an advertising message,

wherein the first channel is randomly selected by the first M2M mobile station among a plurality of channels available to the first M2M mobile station,

wherein the advertisement message is relayed to the base station via a second M2M mobile station when the first channel is selected, and

wherein the advertising message contains an address of the M2M mobile station, a station type of the M2M mobile station, a service category, a sleep interval and a listening duration, and

receive, from the base station via the second M2M mobile station, an invite message permitting the first M2M mobile station to access the base station after the base station judges that the first M2M mobile station is permitted to access the base station based on the advertising message,

wherein, when the first M2M mobile station receives the invite message from the base station in the listening duration, an access procedure with the base station is performed according to the invite message,

wherein, when the first M2M mobile station does not receive the invite message from the base station in the listening duration, a sleep mode is performed during the sleep interval,

wherein the advertising message is re-broadcasted via a second channel via the second M2M mobile station after the sleep interval is passed by, and

wherein the second channel is randomly selected by the first M2M mobile station among a plurality of channels available to the first M2M mobile station.

6. The first M2M mobile station of claim 5, wherein the invite message comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of an address of the base station, an ID of the base station, a capability, a power constraint, and supported rates.

7. The first M2M mobile station of claim 5, wherein the invite message comprises an authentication information containing an authentication algorithm and an authentication key of the first M2M mobile station.

8. The first M2M mobile station of claim 7, wherein the control device is further configured to transmit an authentication response to the base station based on the invite message containing the authentication information.