Extended access barring (EAB) signaling for a core network (CN) and node

• US 9,949,166 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2012
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sirotkin, Alexander, Jain, Puneet K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutkowski, Jeffrey M
• Assistant Examiner(s): RANDHAWA, MANDISH K
• Application Number:
  US13/591,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20130215742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,064 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0247 based on conditions of the access network or the infrastructure network central resource management H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information

Abstract

Technology for core network signaling of an extended access barring (EAB) action between a node (e.g., an eNodeB) and a core network (CN) entity (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME)) is disclosed. One method can include a node receiving from a core network entity an EAB action in an overload start message. The node can transmit EAB configuration information from the node to a wireless device based on the received EAB action.

Claims

1. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions executed to implement a method for core network signaling of an extended access barring (EAB) action to a node, comprising:

receiving from a core network (CN) entity at a node an EAB action in an overload start message, wherein the core network entity includes a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), the node includes a radio network controller (RNC), the EAB action is included in a priority class indicator IE or an EAB indicator IE, the overload start message includes a radio access network application part (RANAP) overload message, and the EAB action includes a barring category using two bit encoding;

receiving from the core network entity at the node a traffic load indication IE in the overload start message, wherein the traffic load indication IE defines an EAB percentage of wireless devices applying a barring category in the EAB action;

transmitting EAB configuration information from the node to a wireless device based on the received EAB action;

mapping the EAB percentage to an access class (AC) barring factor IE in an AC barring configuration in a system information block (SIB); and

transmitting the AC barring factor IE from the node to the wireless device via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

2. The machine readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the EAB action includes a barring category that represents categories of wireless devices, where a first category represents wireless devices configured for EAB, a second category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in wireless device'"'"'s home public land mobile network (HPLMN) or a public land mobile network (PLMN) equivalent to the wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, and a third category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in a preferred PLMN, wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, or the PLMN equivalent to wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN.

3. The machine readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the barring category is an abstract syntax notation one (ASN.1) enumerated type.

4. The machine readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the EAB action includes a wireless device'"'"'s roaming category to apply EAB.

5. The machine readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the core network entity includes a mobility management entity (MME) in a long term evolution (LTE) system or a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), and the node includes an evolved Node B (eNB) or a Node B (macro-NB) in the LTE system or a radio network controller (RNC) in the UMTS.

6. The machine readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the EAB action is included in an EAB action information element (IE) that is a separate IE from an overload action IE, and the EAB action IE is included in an overload response IE.

7. The machine readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the EAB action is included in an overload response IE, and the overload response IE can include a choice type of either the EAB action or an overload action.

8. A node device configured for extended access barring (EAB) core network signaling, comprising:

a transceiver module configured to receive from a core network (CN) entity an EAB action in an overload start message, wherein the core network entity includes a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), the node device is included in a radio network controller (RNC), the EAB action is included in a priority class indicator IE or an EAB indicator IE, the overload start message includes a radio access network application part (RANAP) overload message, and the EAB action includes a barring category using two bit encoding,

wherein the transceiver module is further configured to;

communicate EAB configuration information with an EAB barring category to a wireless device based on the received EAB action, and the EAB action includes the barring category that represents categories of wireless devices, where a first category represents wireless devices configured for EAB, a second category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in wireless device'"'"'s home public land mobile network (HPLMN) or a public land mobile network (PLMN) equivalent to the wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, and a third category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in a preferred PLMN, wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, or the PLMN equivalent to wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN; and

receive from the core network entity a traffic load indication IE in the overload start message, wherein the traffic load indication IE defines an EAB percentage of wireless devices applying a barring category in the EAB action, and further comprising;

a processing module configured to map the EAB percentage to an access class (AC) barring factor IE in an AC barring configuration in a system information block (SIB), and

wherein the transceiver module is further configured to transmit the AC barring factor IE to the wireless device via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

9. The node device of claim 8, wherein the core network entity includes a mobility management entity (MME) in a long term evolution (LTE) system or a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), and the node device is included in a node, wherein the node includes an evolved Node B (eNB) or a Node B (macro-NB) in the LTE system or a radio network controller (RNC) in the UMTS.

10. The node device of claim 8, wherein the EAB action is included in an EAB action information element (IE) that is a separate IE from an overload action IE, and the EAB action IE is included in an overload response IE.

11. The node device of claim 8, wherein the EAB action is included in an overload response IE, and the overload response IE can include a choice type of either the EAB action or an overload action.

12. A core network device configured for extended access barring (EAB) core network signaling, comprising:

a processing module configured to determine an overload condition for barring wireless device communication based on EAB; and

a transceiver module configured to transmit to a node an EAB action with an EAB barring category in an overload start message when the overload condition occurs, wherein the core network device is included in a core network entity, and the core network entity includes a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), the node includes in a radio network controller (RNC), the EAB action is included in a priority class indicator IE or an EAB indicator IE, the overload start message includes a radio access network application part (RANAP) overload message, and the EAB action includes a barring category using two bit encoding,

wherein the transceiver module is further configured to transmit to the node a traffic load indication IE in the overload start message, wherein the traffic load indication IE defines an EAB percentage of wireless devices applying a barring category in the EAB action, wherein the EAB percentage corresponds to an access class (AC) barring factor IE in an AC barring configuration in a system information block (SIB) sent to a wireless device via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and

wherein the EAB action includes a wireless device'"'"'s roaming category to apply EAB.

13. The core network device of claim 12, wherein the EAB action includes the barring category that represents categories of wireless devices, where a first category represents wireless devices configured for EAB, a second category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in wireless device'"'"'s home public land mobile network (HPLMN) or a public land mobile network (PLMN) equivalent to the wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, and a third category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in a preferred PLMN, wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, or the PLMN equivalent to wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN.

14. The core network device of claim 12, wherein the core network device is included in a core network entity, and the core network entity includes a mobility management entity (MME) in a long term evolution (LTE) system or a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), and the node includes an evolved Node B (eNB) or a Node B (macro-NB) in the LTE system or a radio network controller (RNC) in the UMTS.

15. The core network device of claim 12, wherein the EAB action is included in an EAB action information element (IE) that is a separate IE from an overload action IE, and the EAB action IE is included in an overload response IE.

16. The core network device of claim 12, wherein the EAB action is included in an overload response IE, and the overload response IE can include a choice type of either the EAB action or an overload action.

17. A method for core network signaling of an extended access barring (EAB) action from a core network (CN) entity, comprising:

determining an overload condition for barring wireless device communication based on EAB;

transmitting from a core network entity to a node an EAB action in an overload start message when the overload condition occurs, wherein the core network entity includes a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), the node includes a radio network controller (RNC), the EAB action is included in a priority class indicator IE or an EAB indicator IE, the overload start message includes a radio access network application part (RANAP) overload message, and the EAB action includes a barring category using two bit encoding; and

transmitting from the core network entity to the node a traffic load indication IE in the overload start message, wherein the traffic load indication IE defines an EAB percentage of wireless devices applying a barring category in the EAB action, wherein the EAB percentage corresponds to an access class (AC) barring factor IE in an AC barring configuration in a system information block (SIB) sent to a wireless device via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the EAB action includes a barring category that represents categories of wireless devices, where a first category represents wireless devices configured for EAB, a second category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in wireless device'"'"'s home public land mobile network (HPLMN) or a public land mobile network (PLMN) equivalent to the wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, and a third category represents wireless devices configured for EAB not in a preferred PLMN, wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN, or the PLMN equivalent to wireless device'"'"'s HPLMN.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the EAB action is included in an EAB action information element (IE) that is a separate IE from an overload action IE, and the EAB action IE is included in an overload response IE.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the EAB action is included in an overload response IE, and the overload response IE can include a choice type of either the EAB action or an overload action.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the core network entity includes a mobility management entity (MME) in a long term evolution (LTE) system or a serving general packet radio services (GPRS) support node (SGSN) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), and the node includes an evolved Node B (eNB) or a Node B (macro-NB) in the LTE system or a radio network controller (RNC) in the UMTS.

22. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions executed to implement the method of claim 17.

23. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions executed to implement a method for core network signaling of an extended access barring (EAB) action to a node, comprising:

receiving from a core network (CN) entity at a node an EAB action in an overload start message, the EAB action is included in a priority class indicator IE or an EAB indicator IE;

receiving from the core network entity at the node a traffic load indication IE in the overload start message, wherein the traffic load indication IE defines an EAB percentage of wireless devices applying a barring category in the EAB action;

transmitting EAB configuration information from the node to a wireless device based on the received EAB action;

mapping the EAB percentage to an access class (AC) barring factor IE in an AC barring configuration in a system information block (SIB); and

transmitting the AC barring factor IE from the node to the wireless device via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.