METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL PROFILE CREATION IN A UMTS NETWORK

• US 20080194266A1
• Filed: 02/12/2007
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Plestid, Thomas Leonard Trevor, Wirtanen, Jeffery, Islam, Muhammad Khaledul
• Granted Patent: US 8,090,380 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/00 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for creating a radio resource control profile for a radio resource allocation or a state-transition profile having the steps of: receiving a parameter associated with a user equipment (UE); associating the parameter with the radio resource control profile for the radio resource allocation or the state-transition profile; and initiating the radio resource allocation or state transition profile for the UE.

Claims

1. A method for creating a radio resource control profile for a radio resource allocation or a state-transition profile comprising the steps of:

receiving a parameter associated with a user equipment (UE);

associating the parameter with the radio resource control profile for the radio resource allocation or the state-transition profile; and

initiating the radio resource allocation or state transition profile for the UE.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is received from the UE.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is received from a network entity.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the network entity is a Home Location Register (HLR).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is an Access Point Name (APN) used to create a Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is a Quality of Service parameter set by the UE.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the parameter is a Quality of Service allocation retention priority parameter.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is received in a dedicated message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is a subscription profile of the UE.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating step comprises looking up the parameter in a look-up table or database and finding a corresponding radio resource allocation or state transition profile.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the look-up table or database is stored on the UTRAN.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the look-up table or database is stored remotely from the UTRAN.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprises comparing the received parameter with any previously received parameter from the UE, each parameter having a different transition profile with a transition period from a Cell_DCH state associated therewith,

wherein the initiating step includes selecting the transition profile based on the parameter having the longest transition period.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises the step of checking whether a PDP context associated with the received parameter has radio resources allocated to it, and if no, ignoring the parameter.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio resource allocation comprises an allocation selected from the group consisting of:

rate adaptation algorithms including periodicity of step and step size;

initial granted radio bearer;

maximal granted radio bearer;

minimize call setup time by avoiding unnecessary steps such as traffic volume measurements; and

allocation between different radio access technologies.

16. A UTRAN in a UMTS network, the UTRAN characterized by:

means for receiving a parameter associated with a user equipment (UE);

means for associating the parameter with a radio resource control profile for a radio resource allocation or a state-transition profile; and

means for initiating the radio resource allocation or a state-transition profile for the UE.

17. The UTRAN of claim 16, wherein the parameter is an Access Point Name (APN) used to create a Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context.

18. The UTRAN of claim 16, wherein the parameter is a Quality of Service parameter set by the UE.

19. The UTRAN of claim 18, wherein the parameter is a Quality of Service allocation retention priority parameter.

20. The UTRAN of claim 16, wherein the parameter is received in a dedicated message.

21. The UTRAN of claim 16, wherein the parameter is a subscription profile of the UE.

22. The UTRAN of claim 16, wherein the means for associating is adapted to look up the parameter in a look-up table or database and find a corresponding resource allocation or state-transition profile.

23. The UTRAN of claim 22 further comprising the look-up table or database.

24. The UTRAN of claim 16, further having means for comparing the received parameter with any previously received parameter from the UE, each parameter having a different transition profile with a transition period from a Cell_DCH state associated therewith,

wherein the means for initiating is adapted to select the transition profile based on the parameter having the longest transition period.

25. The UTRAN of claim 24 further comprising means for checking whether a PDP context associated with the received parameter has radio resources allocated to it, and if no, ignoring the parameter.

26. The UTRAN of claim 16, wherein the radio resource allocation comprises an allocation selected from the group consisting of:

rate adaptation algorithms including periodicity of step and step size;

initial granted radio bearer;

maximal granted radio bearer;

minimize call setup time by avoiding unnecessary steps such as traffic volume measurements; and

allocation between different radio access technologies.

27. A user equipment (UE) adapted to facilitate creating a radio resource control profile for a radio resource allocation or a state-transition profile, the UE characterized by:

means for setting a dynamic parameter associated with the UE; and

a transmitter for transmitting the dynamic parameter,

wherein the dynamic parameter is used by a network node to allocation radio resources or set a state transition profile for the UE.

28. The UE of claim 27, wherein the dynamic parameter is set in a quality of service message.

29. The UE of claim 28, wherein the quality of service message is a PDP Context Activation or a Modified PDP Context message.

30. The UE of claim 27, wherein the dynamic parameter is set is a dedicated message.

31. The UE of claim 27, wherein multiple parameters are set based on applications running on UE, each application having a PDP context.

32. The UE of claim 31, wherein the transmitter only sends the dynamic parameter for PDP contexts that have radio resources allocated to the PDP context.

33. The UE of claim 27, wherein the dynamic parameter is set by the network in a parameter received from a network entity.

34. The UE of claim 33, wherein the network entity is a Home Location Register (HLR).