Method, device, and system for acquisition of control node information

• US 10,560,913 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2012
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company Limited (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Academy of Telecom Technology (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jia, Beibei, Zhang, Dajun, Yang, Yi, Bao, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Oveissi, Mansour
• Application Number:
  US13/691,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20130163504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,628 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/36 due to handover
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a device, and a system for the acquisition of control node information. In embodiments of the present invention, on the basis of information transmitted by a base station, a relay node acquires control node information on user terminal access attached in the information acquired, thereby allowing a relay node in a system placed after the introducing relay node to be informed of the control node information on user terminal access.

Claims

1. A method for acquisition of information of a control node, comprising:

receiving, by a relay node (RN) that needs to acquire information of an MME to which one UE under the relay node accesses for judging a handover type and/or MME correct addressing but the relay node is not informed of the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses, through wireless network, a message sent by a base station and acquiring, by the relay node, information of one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses, wherein the information of the one control node is carried in the message and the information of the one control node is the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses; and

determining a handover type and/or addressing the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses according to the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses;

wherein the receiving, by the relay node through wireless network, the message sent by the base station further comprising;

receiving, by the relay node, a predefined S1 or X2 message carrying the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving, by the relay node through wireless network, the message sent by the base station comprising:

receiving, by the relay node, an S1 message sent by the base station, wherein the S1 message comprises any of;

an initial context setup request message, a user terminal context modification request message, a handover request message, or a path switch request acknowledge message.

3. A relay node (RN) that needs to acquire information of an MME to which one UE under the relay node accesses for judging a handover type and/or MME correct addressing but the relay node is not informated of the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses, comprising a computer processor and a computer-readable storage medium which stores a plurality of competer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to:

receive a message sent by a base station through wireless network;

acquire information of one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses, wherein the information of the one control node is carried in the message and the information of the one control node is the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses; and

determine a handover type and/or addressing the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses according to the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses;

wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, further cause the computer processor to;

receive a predefined S1 or X2 message carrying the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses.

4. The relay node as claimed in claim 3, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, further cause the computer processor to:

receive an S1 message sent by the base station, the S1 message comprising any of;

an initial context setup request message, a user terminal context modification request message, a handover request message, or a path switch request acknowledge message.

5. A system for acquiring information of a control node, comprising:

a base station, which is used for sending a message carrying information of one control node to which one UE under a relay node (RN) accesses;

the relay node which needs to acquire infomration of an MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses for juding a handover type and/or MME correct addressing but the relay node is not informated of the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses, and which is used for receiving the message carrying the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses through wireless network, acquiring the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses carried in the message and determing a hadnover type and/or addressing the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses according to the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses;

wherein the information of the one control node is the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses;

wherein the base station comprises a computer processor and a computer-readable storage medium which stores a plurality of computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to sned, to the relay node, a predefined S1 or X2 message carrying the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses.

6. The system as calimed in claim 5, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, further cause the computer processor to:

send, to the relay node, the message carrying the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, further cuast the computer processor to:

receive an S1 message sent to the base station by a mobility management entity, the S1 message comprising any of;

an initial context setup request message, a user terminal context modification request message, a handover request message, or a path switch request acknowledge message.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, further cause the computer processor to send an S1 message to the relay node, the S1 message comprising any of:

an initial context setup request message, a user terminal context modification request message, a handover request message, or a path switch request acknowledge message.

9. A system for acquiring information of a control node, comprising:

a mobility management entity for sending through wireless network, to a base station, a message carrying information of one control node to which one UE under a relay node (RN) accesses;

the bases station, which is for receiving the message carrying the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses sent by the mobility management entity, acquiring the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses carried in the message, and sending the information of the one control node to the relay node; and

the relay node which needs to acquire information of an MME to which the one UE under the relay mode accesses for juding a handover type and/or MME correct addressing but the relay node is not informed of the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay node accesses, and which is for receiving a message which is sent by the base station and carries the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses, acquiring the information of said the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses carried in the message sent by the base station, and determing a handover type and/or addressing the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses according to the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses;

wherein the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses is the information of the MME to which the one UE under the relay mode accesses;

wherein the bases station comprises a computer processor and a computer-readable storage medium which stores a plurality of computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when being executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to send, to the realy node, a predefined S1 or X2 message carrying the information of the one control node to which the one UE under the relay node accesses.