Method and apparatus for selecting dedicated core network

• US 9,674,749 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Donghan, Jeong, Sangsoo, Won, Sung Hwan, Shin, Cheolkyu, Noh, Hoondong, Oh, Jinyoung, Lee, Hyojin, Choi, Seunghoon, Ji, Hyoungju, Kim, Younsun
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAHEED, KHALID W
• Application Number:
  US14/825,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050601A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0022 for transferring data sessions between adjacent core network technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/142 over the same radio air interface technology
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/005 Multiple registrations, e.g. multihoming
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/065 involving selection of the user mobility server

Abstract

Various communication techniques and related systems for a fusion between a 5th generation (5G) communication system and Internet of Things (IoT) technology are provided. A user equipment (UE) is required to select a dedicated core network so as to receive a suitable service. In a method for transmitting and receiving a signal, an enhanced Node B (eNB) of a mobile communication system transmits a first request message to a first mobile management entity (MME), receives a reroute command message based on the first request message from the first MME, and transmits a second message to a second MME based on the reroute command message. Herein, the reroute command message contains the first request message, at least one MME identifier, and a UE identifier.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting and receiving a signal at an evolved Node B (eNB) of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a first message to a first mobile management entity (MME);

receiving a reroute command message based on the first message from the first MME, the reroute command message comprising the first message, at least one MME identifier, and a user equipment (UE) identifier, the at least one MME identifier and the UE identifier being a globally unique MME identity (MMEGI) and an additional globally unique temporary UE identity (GUTI), respectively;

determining, based on the MMEGI and the additional GUTI contained in the reroute command message, a second MME; and

transmitting a second message to the second MME based on the reroute command message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the first message from a UE.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the first message transmitted from the UE to the eNB is contained in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection setup complete message, and

wherein the first message transmitted from the eNB to the first MME is contained in an initial UE message.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first message comprises an attach request message or a tracking area update request message, and

wherein the second message comprises an initial UE message.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the reroute command message further comprises an MME group identifier.

5. A method for transmitting and receiving a signal at a first mobile management entity (MME) of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a first message from an evolved Node B (eNB); and

transmitting a reroute command message based on the first message to the eNB, the reroute command message comprising the first message, at least one MME identifier, and a user equipment (UE) identifier, the at least one MME identifier and the UE identifier being a globally unique MME identity (MMEGI) and an additional globally unique temporary UE identity (GUTI), respectively,

wherein the eNB is configured to;

determine, based on the MMEGI and the additional GUTI contained in the reroute command message, a second MME, and

transmit, based on the reroute command message, a second message to the second MME.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the eNB receives the first message from a UE.

7. The method of claim 6,

wherein the first message transmitted from the UE to the eNB is contained in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection setup complete message, and

wherein the first message transmitted from the eNB to the first MME is contained in an initial UE message.

8. The method of claim 5,

wherein the first message comprises an attach request message or a tracking area update request message, and

wherein the second message comprises an initial UE message.

18. The method of claim 5, wherein the reroute command message further comprises an MME group identifier.

9. An evolved Node B (eNB) for transmitting and receiving a signal in a mobile communication system, the eNB comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to;

transmit a first message to a first mobile management entity (MME),

receive a reroute command message based on the first message from the first MME, the reroute command message comprising the first message, at least one MME identifier, and a user equipment (UE) identifier, the at least one MME identifier and the UE identifier being a globally unique MME identity (MMEGI) and an additional globally unique temporary UE identity (GUTI), respectively,

determine, based on the MMEGI and the additional GUTI contained in the reroute command message, a second MME, and

transmit a second message to the second MME based on the reroute command message.

10. The eNB of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to receive the first message from a UE.

11. The eNB of claim 10,

wherein the first message transmitted from the UE to the eNB is contained in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection setup complete message, and

wherein the first message transmitted from the eNB to the first MME is contained in an initial UE message.

12. The eNB of claim 9,

wherein the first message comprises an attach request message or a tracking area update request message, and

wherein the second message comprises an initial UE message.

19. The eNB of claim 9, wherein the reroute command message further comprises an MME group identifier.

13. A first mobile management entity (MME) for transmitting and receiving a signal in a mobile communication system, the first MME comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to;

receive a first message from an evolved Node B (eNB), and

transmit a reroute command message based on the first message to the eNB, the reroute command message comprising the first message, at least one MME identifier, and a user equipment (UE) identifier, the at least one MME identifier and the UE identifier being a globally unique MME identity (MMEGI) and an additional globally unique temporary UE identity (GUTI), respectively, wherein the eNB is configured to;

determine, based on the MMEGI and the additional GUTI contained in the reroute command message, a second MME, and

transmit, based on the reroute command message, a second message to the second MME.

14. The first MME of claim 13, wherein the eNB is further configured to receive the first message from a UE.

15. The first MME of claim 14,

wherein the first message transmitted from the UE to the eNB is contained in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection setup complete message, and

wherein the first message transmitted from the eNB to the first MME is contained in an initial UE message.

16. The first MME of claim 13,

wherein the first message comprises an attach request message or a tracking area update request message, and

wherein the second message comprises an initial UE message.

20. The first MME of claim 13, wherein the reroute command message further comprises an MME group identifier.