System, method, and apparatus for establishing a connection between a terminal and a network node

• US 9,883,440 B2
• Filed: 07/04/2014
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Zembutsu, Hajime, Tamura, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Mesfin, Yemane
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chen, Peter
• Application Number:
  US14/902,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20160174120A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,306 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0055 Transmission or use of information for re-establishing the radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/12 Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/165 for reducing network power consumption H04W36/18 - H04W36/22 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/36 by user or terminal equipment

Abstract

Using LAPI (low access priority indication) information of an RRC Connection Request from a terminal, a base station selects a specific mobility management node.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a terminal;

a radio access network node; and

a plurality of MMEs (Mobility Management Entities) or SGSNs (Serving GPRS Support Nodes),

wherein the terminal configured for Low Access Priority provides the radio access network node with LAPI (Low Access Priority Indication) which is information indicating that RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection request of the terminal has Low Access Priority and informs a source MME or a source SGSN via the radio access network node of the LAPI to cause the source MME or the source SGSN to store the LAPI, and

wherein the source MME or the source SGSN selects a target MME or a target SGSN dedicated for the terminal configured for Low Access Priority based on the LAPI stored in the source MME or the source SGSN, when the terminal configured for Low Access Priority performs a handover.

2. A terminal for a mobile communication system including a radio access network node and a plurality of MMEs (Mobility Management Entities) or SGSNs (Serving GPRS Support Nodes), the terminal comprising a hardware controller configured to:

provide the radio access network node with LAPI (Low Access Priority Indication) and inform a source MME or a source SGSN via the radio access network node of the LAPI, wherein the LAPI indicates that an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection request has Low Access Priority; and

cause the source MME or the source SGSN to store the LAPI,

wherein the terminal causes the source MME or the source SGSN to select a target MME or a target SGSN dedicated for the terminal configured for Low Access Priority based on the LAPI stored in the source MME or the source SGSN, when the terminal configured for Low Access Priority performs a handover.

3. A communication method for a mobile communication system including a terminal, a radio access network node and a plurality of MMEs (Mobility Management Entities) or SGSNs (Serving GPRS Support Nodes), the method comprising the steps of:

providing, by the terminal configured for Low Access Priority, the radio access network node with LAPI (Low Access Priority Indication) which is information indicating that RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection request of the terminal has Low Access Priority and informing a source MME or a source SGSN via the radio access network station of the LAPI; and

selecting, by the source MME or the source SGSN, a target MME or a target SGSN dedicated for the terminal configured for Low Access Priority based on the LAPI stored in the source MME or the source SGSN, when the terminal configured for Low Access Priority performs a handover.

4. A communication method of a terminal for a mobile communication system including a radio access network node and a plurality of MMEs (Mobility Management Entities) or SGSNs (Serving GPRS Support Nodes), the method comprising the steps of:

having LAPI (Low Access Priority Indication) which is information indicating that RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection request has the Low Access Priority;

providing the radio access network node with the LAPI and informing a source MME or a source SGSN via the radio access network node of the LAPI; and

causing the source MME or the source SGSN to store the LAPI,

wherein the terminal causes the source MME or the source SGSN to select a target MME or a target SGSN dedicated for the terminal configured for Low Access Priority based on the LAPI stored in the source MME or the source SGSN, when the terminal configured for Low Access Priority performs a handover.

5. A mobility management node (an MME (Mobility Management Entity) or an SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node)) for a mobile communication system including a terminal and a radio access network node, comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions; and

a hardware processor configured to execute the set of instructions to;

to receive LAPI (Low Access Priority Indication) which is information indicating that RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection request of the terminal configured for Low Access Priority has Low Access Priority, via the radio access network node, from the terminal configured for Low Access Priority and store the LAPI; and

to select the mobility management node that is a handover target and that is dedicated for the terminal configured for Low Access Priority based on the LAPI stored in the mobility management node that is a handover source, when the terminal configured for Low Access Priority performs the handover.

6. A method of a mobility management node (an MME (Mobility Management Entity) or an SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node)) for a mobile communication system including a terminal and a radio access network node, comprising:

receiving LAPI (Low Access Priority Indication), which is information indicating that RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection request of the terminal configured for Low Access Priority has Low Access Priority, via the radio access network node from the terminal configured for Low Access Priority and storing the LAPI; and

selecting the mobility management node that is a handover target and that is dedicated for the terminal configured for Low Access Priority based on the LAPI stored in the mobility management node that is a handover source, when the terminal configured for Low Access Priority performs the handover.