Methods for handling a service request procedures, and apparatuses using the same

• US 9,554,259 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tiwari, Kundan
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US14/542,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20150140948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/434, 455/68, 455/435.1, 370/447, 370/254, 370/331
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/18 Management of setup rejection or failure
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A method for handling a service request procedure by a mobile communication device is provided. The method includes the steps of: starting a back-off timer associated with a service request procedure in response to the service request procedure for a normal service having been failed for a maximum number of retries, and initiating another service request procedure for an emergency bearer service before the back-off timer expires.

Claims

1. A method for handling a service request procedure by a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

starting a back-off timer associated with a service request procedure in response to the service request procedure for a non-emergency service having been failed for a maximum number of retries;

initiating another service request procedure for an emergency bearer service before the back-off timer expires;

stopping the back-off timer when initiating the service request procedure for an emergency bearer service; and

forbidding any retry of the service request procedure for a non-emergency service with the PLMN when the back-off timer is running,

wherein the service request procedure for a non-emergency service is performed using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and the service request procedure for an emergency bearer service is initiated using a second RAT supported by the PLMN or is initiated with another PLMN.

2. A method for handling a service request procedure by a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

starting a back-off timer associated with a service request procedure for a non-emergency service in response to the service request procedure for a non-emergency service having been failed for a maximum number of retries using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) when the mobile communication device is registered with a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN);

forbidding initiating the service request procedure for a non-emergency service when the back-off timer is running, before the mobile communication device is successfully registered with a second PLMN or successfully registered with the first PLMN using a second RAT;

stopping the back-off timer when the mobile communication device is successfully registered with the second PLMN or successfully registered with the first PLMN using the second RAT; and

initiating the service request procedure for a non-emergency service in response to stopping the back-off timer when the mobile communication device is successfully registered with the second PLMN or successfully registered with the first PLMN using the second RAT.

3. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) device, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network; and

a controller, configured to start a back-off timer associated with a service request procedure in response to the service request procedure for a non-emergency service having been failed for a maximum number of retries, initiate another service request procedure for an emergency bearer service via the RF device before the back-off timer expires, stop the back-off timer when initiating the service request procedure for an emergency bearer service via the RF device, and forbid any retry of the service request procedure for a non-emergency service with the PLMN when the back-off timer is running,

wherein the service request procedure for a non-emergency service is performed using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and the service request procedure for an emergency bearer service is initiated using a second RAT supported by the PLMN or is initiated with another PLMN.

4. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) device, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network; and

a controller, configured to start a back-off timer associated with a service request procedure for a non-emergency service in response to the service request procedure for a non-emergency service having been failed for a maximum number of retries using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) when the mobile communication device is registered with a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), forbid initiating the service request procedure for a non-emergency service when the back-off timer is running before the mobile communication device is successfully registered with a second PLMN or successfully registered with the first PLMN using a second RAT, stop the back-off timer when the mobile communication device is successfully registered with the second PLMN or successfully registered with the first PLMN using the second RAT, and initiate the service request procedure for a non-emergency service in response to stopping the back-off timer when the mobile communication device is successfully registered with the second PLMN or successfully registered with the first PLMN using the second RAT.