CN101400107B

CN101400107B - Method and apparatus for completing user adding

Info

Publication number: CN101400107B
Application number: CN2007100773885A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢铂云; 黄颖华; 杨旭东
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2007-09-27
Filing date: 2007-09-27
Publication date: 2010-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 2027-09-27
Also published as: CN101400107A

Abstract

The invention discloses a method of adding a user to a signing user group, belonging to the field of mobile communication technology. When the user is added to certain CSG, the network judges that UE is not accessible, sends down identification of UE in the CSG district, CSG information is acquired automatically when UE comes near or entering the CSG district, and normally resides in the CSG district, thereby initiating the service; or TA updating is initiated by UE directly and the network side stores the relative information, and pages UE after the user is added, thereby completing the adding process. According to the invention, UE identification of the user is added in the sending information of the CSG district, UE receives the sending information, initiates TA updating to complete the adding process, the user which is added to the CSG does not judge whether UE is accessible by manpower or whether UE resides in the CSG district, also does not affirm by manpower whether adding is successful, finally a method which adds the user to the signing user group automatically is realized, thereby simplifying user operation.

Description

A kind of method and apparatus of finishing user's interpolation

Technical field

The invention belongs to the mobile communication technology field, particularly a kind of method of the user being added to contracted user's group.

Background technology

Up to the present mobile communication system has developed into the third generation, and in order to keep long-term competitive advantage, the standard formulation work of long evolving system (LTE) is carried out.User's request is along with the development of mobile communication system is more and more diversified, and system equipment variation also occurs in order to adapt to this demand, and inside coverage base station and some other limited networks of covering and enterprise-level arise at the historic moment in the family room that receives much concern.This network can be Home eNodeB (Home NodeB), home cell (HomeCell), access point (Access Point), private network (Private Network), private cell (Private Cell) etc., the limited network of some characteristic frequency layer in addition.Introduced the notion that the contracted user organizes CSG (Closed Subscriber Group) recently again, if the user is added in the CSG, then this user is allowed in the CSG sub-district normal resident and application is professional; And the user who is not added to CSG can't be normally resident to the CSG sub-district, also can't initiate business.In this case, if add certain user to CSG at network side, then network side need be with relevant CSG information notice UE (subscriber equipment).This just relates to management and the access control of CSG to the contracted user.

One complete adds the user to the requirements of process network side that the contracted user organizes CSG CSG information is sent to UE, makes that UE can resident this CSG, and initiates corresponding business.In the existing technical scheme, the user is added to CSG, force to initiate TA (trace regions) renewal process by the user by button, in the UMTS system, for ease of network side to subscriber equipment (UserEquipment, be called for short " UE ") carry out mobile management, the UMTS system is divided into network a plurality of predeterminable areas in advance when the network planning, and each predeterminable area is the zone that one or more NodeB (base-station node) are covered.Predeterminable area is at circuit switching (Circuit Switching, abbreviation " CS ") a corresponding lane place (LocalArea is called for short " LA ") on the territory is at packet switching (Packet Switching, abbreviation " PS ") a corresponding route district (RoutingArea is called for short " RA ") on the territory.And this predeterminable area is called trace regions (Tracking Area is called for short " TA ") in LTE.For convenience of description, the present specification above-mentioned lane place that will be used for tracing UE is commonly referred to as trace regions TA.The network side CSG information of will being correlated with is handed down to UE in the TA renewal process, when this UE measures this CSG sub-district, can reside in this sub-district like this and initiate professional, but because UE self can't judge whether unreachable---UE is in the state that can reach, be meant that network side can be with CSG information notice UE, for example by modes such as paging, broadcasting, dedicated signalings; Unreachable, be exactly that network side can't be notified to UE with CSG information, be in states such as shutdown, out of reach as UE---and can not confirm that whether resident UE to the CSG sub-district, thus need confirm whether to add to CSG by certain mode by the user, such as test call etc.Therefore, only rely on the method for man-machine interface to add the user to CSG, whether UE is unreachable all needs the artificial affirmation of user whether to add success, and this will have a strong impact on the user and experience.

Summary of the invention

Various embodiments of the present invention provide automatic adding method subscriber equipment and the network equipment that the user is added to user's group, especially be added to certain CSG and this UE when unreachable as the user, make UE near or can obtain CSG information automatically when entering this CSG sub-district, thereby normal resident initiate to this CSG sub-district and in the sub-district professional.

Specifically comprise:

A kind of method of finishing user's interpolation, when the user equipment (UE) state is unreachable and UE when receiving the contracted user and organizing the following photos and sending messages of CSG sub-district, UE judges the sign of whether carrying described UE in this time photos and sending messages, when UE determines to carry the sign of this UE in this time photos and sending messages, this UE receives the CSG information that network side issues, and finishes the user and adds.

A kind of method of the user being added to user's group, when user equipment (UE) state when being unreachable, network side receives the update request of the trace regions TA of UE initiation, when the sign indication UE of UE in this update request organizes CSG user for the contracted user, network side sends CSG information, and indication UE finishes the user and adds.

And the subscriber equipment of corresponding realization said method and network equipment embodiment.

The method and apparatus that adopts various embodiments of the present invention to provide can obtain following beneficial effect: rely on the method for adding automatically, by the user ID of in the following photos and sending messages of CSG sub-district, adding, UE reads broadcast initiation TA and upgrades the interpolation process of finishing, whether the user who is added to CSG does not need artificial judgment UE unreachable or whether UE is resident to the CSG sub-district, do not need the artificial affirmation of user whether to add success yet, simplify and made things convenient for user's operation, strengthened the useful impression that the user uses network.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the interpolation process of embodiment 2;

Fig. 2 is the interpolation process of embodiment 3;

Fig. 3 is the interpolation process of embodiment 4;

Fig. 4 is the UE side flow chart of embodiment 1;

Fig. 5 is the network side flow chart of embodiment 1;

Fig. 6 is the UE side flow chart of embodiment 2;

Fig. 7 is the network side flow chart of embodiment 2;

Fig. 8 is the UE side flow chart of embodiment 3;

Fig. 9 is the network side flow chart of embodiment 4;

Figure 10 is the UE side flow chart of embodiment 4;

Figure 11 is the network side flow chart of embodiment 4;

Figure 12 is the module map of subscriber equipment involved in the present invention;

Figure 13 is the module map of network equipment involved in the present invention.

Embodiment

When certain user is added to the contracted user when organizing CSG, core net CN can obtain the relevant information of this UE can judge promptly whether the current state of this user can reach.Network side can be with CSG information notice UE, finish CSG user and add process, this CSG information is meant that UE is near the CSG cell measurement and residently initiate professional needed information behind the CSG sub-district, for example CSG information can comprise that the trace regions TA of CSG identifies---a CSG may comprise one or more CSG sub-district, each sub-district all belongs to a TA, all sub-districts among the CSG can belong to a TA, also can be that TA and CSG sub-district are corresponding one by one, so the TA sign of CSG is arranged.In addition, CSG information also can comprise CSG sub-district and adjacent macrocell relation, promptly adjacent macrocell tabulation---CSG sub-district with the CSG sub-district may with one or more macrocells with covering or adjacent, this CSG sub-district and adjacent macrocell and relation are formed a tabulation.Perhaps, CSG information also can comprise the TA relation that CSG is adjacent, and promptly adjacent TA tabulation---CSG sub-district and other sub-districts are with covering or adjacent, and neighbor cell belongs to different TA with this CSG sub-district, and then the TA of the TA of this CSG and neighbor cell forms a relation list.

On regard to the related concept explanation introduction of various embodiments of the present invention and finish, below various embodiments of the present invention are done concise and to the point the description:

Each embodiment provided by the invention illustrates that mainly when UE was in inaccessible state, network side was finished the contracted user automatically and organized the process that CSG user adds, and does not need the user of artificial force start inaccessible state UE to add.

At first introduce the main contents of the embodiment of the invention: when the user is added to CSG, simultaneously, network side judges that this UE is unreachable, then network side issues the sign of this UE by following photos and sending messages in the CSG sub-district, this sign can be IMSI, ISDN or the sign that obtains by certain algorithm computation, also can be certain sign that consults in advance, can be in advance in UE.When UE moves closer to the CSG sub-district, can't find proper cell resident, can only search the CSG sub-district, this moment, the UE state was for residing in any sub-district (camp on any cell), UE receives this time photos and sending messages simultaneously, judges whether the sign into self after reading the UE sign, if, expression has been added in the CSG, and then this UE initiates the TA update request.After network side receives the TA update request, respond this TA update request, and CSG information is handed down to UE, finish the user and add process.Perhaps, UE moves closer to the CSG sub-district, can't find proper cell resident, can only search the CSG sub-district, this moment, the UE state was for residing in any sub-district, UE directly initiates the TA update request, network side is judged after receiving the TA update request, if this moment, the user was added in the CSG, then responds TA and accepts message, and CSG information is handed down to UE, finish the user and add process; If this moment, the user also was not added in the CSG, then network side responds the TA refuse information, further, the information of network side preservation current UE and TA, when user UE is added to CSG user's group, core net is according to the information paging UE in TA that preserves, and network side is handed down to UE with CSG information in the page response process, finishes the user and adds process.

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, be further described as follows to each specific embodiment of the present invention:

Embodiment 1:

For the UE state is inaccessible user's interpolation process, comprises UE side and network side two parts, specific as follows:

Consult Fig. 4, the concrete interpolation step of UE side is as follows in user's interpolation process:

Step 401:UE near or enter the CSG sub-district;

This moment, UE can't find proper cell resident, can only search the CSG sub-district, and the UE state is for residing in any sub-district (campon any cell), and promptly UE can only initiate urgent call, then

Step 402:UE receives photos and sending messages under the CSG, and this time photos and sending messages can be the broadcast of sub-district;

Step 403:UE reads down the UE sign in the photos and sending messages, the sign of UE can comprise International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity), Integrated Service Digital Network(ISDN) sign ISDN number (Integrated Services DigiTAl Network) sign or the pre-agreement sign in UE of UE, for example pass through algorithm, the agreement of relation that can obtain the sign of CSG user group and UE identifies, this agreement sign is used for UE and network side is discerned this UE, for example: IMSI mod 8192;

Step 404: whether the sign of judging above-mentioned UE is the sign of self;

For example, be specifically as follows, after UE receives the broadcast of CSG sub-district, if carried the sign of this UE self in the broadcast, represent that then this user has been added in the CSG, then execution in step 405; Otherwise then execution in step 406;

Step 405:UE initiates the TA update request, specifically can be, UE sends TA update inquiry information TAU (TAUPDATE REQUEST) to network side;

Step 406:UE directly initiates the TA update request and the indication network side is preserved current TA of UE and state, and for example UE can send the indication of network side preservation UE and current TA information in TA update inquiry information (TA UPDATE REQUEST);

Another situation is, UE does not send the indication of network side preservation UE and current TA information, when the sign of UE among the sign of the UE in the TAU message and the CSG is inconsistent, or when not meeting the concerning of algorithm agreement, network side can directly be preserved the indication of UE and current TA information.Certainly, network side also can not preserved the indication of UE and current TA information, and UE initiates periodic TA and upgrades, and when the sign of UE among the TAU showed that this UE is CSG user, network side sent CSG information to this user.

The TA that step 407:UE judges whether to receive CSG upgrades and accepts message;

If then execution in step 408, finish the interpolation process; If not, then forward step 402 to and continue the interpolation process;

Step 408:UE receives CSG information.

Consult Fig. 5, the concrete interpolation step of network side is as follows in the interpolation process:

Step 501: the user is to CSG in the network side interpolation, the user is added to allowing the tabulation that inserts and notifying core net such as base station side, and core net is added this user in the data list that allows this CSG of access;

In the CSG sub-district, carry out

The base station at place, step 502:CSG sub-district issues the sign of the UE of inaccessible state in this CSG user's group by broadcast in the CSG sub-district;

Step 503: judge whether to receive the TA update request;

If then execution in step 504; If not, then go back to execution in step 502;

Step 504: judge whether to be CSG user; Be specifically as follows, network side is received the TA updating message TAU that UE initiates, the sign that contains UE among this TAU, judge whether this sign shows that this UE is CSG user, for example, the sign of this UE is consistent with the sign of UE in CSG user's group, or meets the agreement sign of agreement relation, for example, IMSI mod 8192;

If then execution in step 505, finish the interpolation process; If not, then execution in step 506, continue the interpolation process;

Step 505: issue the TA renewal and accept message and CSG information is sent to UE, stop to issue the sign of this UE;

Step 506: issue TA and upgrade refuse information and preserve UE and TA sign and UE state.

Embodiment 2:

When UE moved near the CSG sub-district, the user was added in the CSG.The process of interpolation scheme comprises following step as shown in Figure 1:

Step 1: add the user at network side and add the user in CSG to CSG:CSG place base station node B notice CN;

Step 2:CN judges that this UE state is unreachable, and notice base station, CSG place;

Base station, step 3:CSG place sends the sign of this UE in the broadcast of CSG sub-district;

Step 4:UE reads broadcast, is designated self identification by the UE in the judgement information, confirms that the user has been added to CSG, and UE initiates the TA update request; Concrete determination methods can be, network side is received the TA updating message TAU that UE initiates, the sign that contains UE among this TAU, judge whether this sign shows that this UE is CSG user, for example, the sign of this UE is consistent with the sign of UE in CSG user's group, or meets the agreement sign of agreement relation, for example, IMSI mod 8192;

Step 5:CN sends the TA renewal and accepts message and issue CSG information in message, perhaps, also can issue by Non-Access Stratum NAS (Non-Access Stratum) direct-sending message.

Step 6:CN notice base station, CSG place has been finished the user and has been added process.

For being described in further detail, be exemplified below, can consult the flow chart of the UE side of interpolation process as shown in Figure 6:

Step 601:UE moves closer to the CSG sub-district;

This moment, UE can't find proper cell resident, can only search the CSG sub-district, and the UE state is resident to any sub-district, and promptly UE can only initiate urgent call, then

Step 602:UE receives the broadcast of CSG sub-district;

Step 603:UE reads the UE sign in this broadcast;

Step 604:UE judges whether the sign into self; Concrete grammar as mentioned before,

If the expression user has been added in the CSG, then continues execution in step 605; If not, then go back to execution in step 602;

Step 605:UE initiates the TA update request, after network side receives the TA update request of this UE initiation, can respond the TA renewal and accept message, carries CSG information in this message;

Step 606:UE receives CSG information;

The flow chart of the network side of concrete interpolation process can be consulted as shown in Figure 7:

Step 701:CSG adds the user to CSG at network side by being provided with;

Step 702:, issue the sign of the UE of inaccessible state by broadcast;

Step 703: the TA update request that judges whether to receive UE;

If then continue execution in step 704 and step 705; If not, then go back to execution in step 702;

Step 704: issue the TA renewal and accept message;

Step 705: issue CSG information.

Embodiment 3:

When UE moved near the CSG sub-district, the user was not added in the CSG.The process of interpolation scheme comprises following step as shown in Figure 2:

Step 1:UE moves closer to the CSG sub-district, can't find proper cell resident, can only search the CSG sub-district, the UE state is resident to any sub-district, be that UE can only initiate urgent call, then UE initiates more new technological process of TA, and indicates network side preservation UE and TA sign and state in message;

Step 2:CN judges that by the sign of this UE this UE is not added to CSG, preserves UE and TA sign, and sends TA renewal refuse information;

Step 3: the user is added to CSG, notice base station, CSG place;

Base station, step 4:CSG place paging UE in the CSG sub-district;

Step 5:UE response paging is initiated the RRC connection request and sets up RRC to connect to base station, CSG place;

Step 6: network side issues CSG information, and the message that issues CSG information can be to connect the RRC signaling set up in the process by base station, CSG place by RRC, also can be the NAS shown in dotted line signaling that direct transfers.

For being described in further detail, can consult the flow chart of the UE side of interpolation process as shown in Figure 8:

Step 801:UE moves closer to the CSG sub-district;

Step 802:UE initiates more new technological process of TA;

Step 803:UE judges whether that the TA that carries that receives CSG upgrades the paging information of accepting message;

If then the RRC connection is initiated in UE response paging, execution in step 804 is finished the interpolation process; If not, then go back to execution in step 802 and continue the interpolation process;

Step 804:UE receives the CSG information that network side issues, and finishes the user and adds process.

The flow chart of the network side of interpolation process can be consulted as shown in Figure 9:

Step 901: network side judges whether to receive the TA update request of UE;

If then continue execution in step 902; If not, then re-execute step 901;

Step 902: network side judges whether this user is CSG user, for example, can be base station, CSG place by the sign of UE being judged whether this user is added to CSG, and concrete determination methods is existing the introduction in embodiment 1, do not repeat them here;

If then execution in step 903; If not, then execution in step 904 and step 905;

Step 903: network side issues the TA renewal and accepts message;

Step 904: network side issues TA and upgrades refuse information, and, preserve UE and TA sign and state;

To CSG is added the user in base station, step 905:CSG place;

And this UE of paging;

Base station, step 906:CSG place issues CSG information and gives UE, finishes the user and adds process.

Embodiment 4:

UE moves near the CSG sub-district, can't find proper cell resident, can only search the CSG sub-district, and the UE state is resident any sub-district of arriving, and promptly UE can only initiate urgent call, and the process of interpolation scheme comprises following step as shown in Figure 3:

Step 1: the user is added to CSG, and CSG place NodeB notice CN adds user UE in CSG;

Step 2:CN judges that this UE state is unreachable, and notice CSG sub-district;

Step 3:CSG can be set at every paging in 5 minutes once at this UE of paging of sub-district intercycle;

Step 4:UE paging receiving information, when UE paged to back initiation RRC connection procedure;

Step 5: network side is handed down to UE with CSG information, finishes the user and adds process and stop this UE of paging.

For being described in further detail, can consult the flow chart of the UE side of interpolation process as shown in figure 10:

Step 1001:UE moves closer to the CSG sub-district;

Step 1002:UE receives the paging information of CSG sub-district;

Step 1003:UE reads the UE sign in the information;

Step 1004:UE judges whether the sign into self;

If expression has been added in the CSG, then continues execution in step 1005 and step 1006; If not, then go back to execution in step 1002;

Step 1005: initiate the RRC connection procedure;

Step 1006: receive CSG information;

For being described in further detail, can consult the flow chart of the network side of interpolation process as shown in figure 11:

Step 1101: network side adds the user to CSG;

Carry out following steps, in the CSG sub-district,

Step 1102: this UE of periodicity paging;

Step 1103: the RRC connection request that judges whether to receive UE;

If then continue execution in step 1104 and step 1105; If not, then go back to execution in step 1102;

Step 1104: issue RRC and connect handover information;

Step 1105: issue CSG information.

Each method embodiment of the present invention relies on automatic interpolation process, whether the user does not need artificial judgment UE unreachable or whether UE is resident to the CSG sub-district, UE can initiate the TA renewal automatically and read the CSG information that network issues, automatically finish the interpolation process, do not need the artificial affirmation of user whether to add success yet, simplify and made things convenient for user's operation, strengthened the useful impression that the user uses network.

The user equipment (UE) that each method embodiment of the present invention is involved, it mainly comprises following module:

Trace regions TA upgrades initiation module, is used under inaccessible state, initiates the TA update request to network side;

Further, among the corresponding method embodiment to need UE to judge whether be the situation of CSG, UE can also comprise:

Measurement module is used for measuring and searching for the proper cell that UE can be resident when UE moves near the CSG sub-district;

The message sink module is used for receiving the information that network side issued during to the CSG sub-district in that UE is resident;

Judge module is used for when receiving the information that network side issues the UE sign of the information UE sign with self is compared, and judges whether the user has been added to CSG.Referring to accompanying drawing 12, be the accompanying drawing of an embodiment comprising above-mentioned module, corresponding idiographic flow information is existing the description in method embodiment, do not repeat them here.

In addition, the network equipment that the embodiment of the invention is involved, it mainly comprises following module:

The CSG information sending module when the sign of the UE that is in inaccessible state is indicated this user for CSG user, sends CSG information to described UE.

Further, whether be the situation that CSG user judges for the network side that needs described in the method embodiment to UE, this network equipment further can comprise:

Receiver module is used to detect and receive the information that resides in the UE in the CSG sub-district, and this information can be the trace regions TA update request that UE initiates, and this update request is carried the sign of UE, perhaps, and RRC connection request message.

Judge module, be used for reside in the CSG sub-district and initiate TA more sign and UE that described memory module the is stored sign of the UE of new technological process compare, judge whether this user has been added to CSG;

Further, this network equipment can also comprise:

Memory module is used to store the sign of UE and UE and the TA sign and the UE state of resident UE indication network side preservation in the CSG sub-district, perhaps, when the TA update request of UE transmission indicates that UE is not CSG user, preserves the TA information that this UE and this UE sends.Referring to accompanying drawing 13, be the accompanying drawing of an embodiment comprising above-mentioned module, corresponding idiographic flow information is existing the description in method embodiment, do not repeat them here.

Though pass through with reference to some of the preferred embodiment of the invention, the present invention is illustrated and describes, but those of ordinary skill in the art should be understood that and can do various changes to it in the form and details, and without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. finish the method that the user adds for one kind, it is characterized in that:

When the user equipment (UE) state is unreachable and UE when receiving the contracted user and organizing the following photos and sending messages of CSG sub-district, UE judges the sign of whether carrying described UE in the described photos and sending messages down, when described UE determines to carry the sign of described UE in the described photos and sending messages down, described UE receives the CSG information that network side issues, and finishes the user and adds.

2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described photos and sending messages down is a cell broadcast messages.

3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, receives at described UE before the following photos and sending messages of CSG sub-district, further comprises, UE is added in CSG user's group of network side, and network side judges that this UE state is unreachable.

4. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, after UE finished user's interpolation, described method further comprised, stops at the sign that issues described UE in the broadcast.

5. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described UE is designated International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI, integrated service digital network sign ISDN NUMBER or pre-agreement sign in UE.

6. finish the method that the user adds for one kind,, it is characterized in that when user equipment (UE) state when being unreachable:

Network side receives the update request of the trace regions TA of described UE initiation,

When the sign of UE in the described update request indicates described UE to organize CSG user for the contracted user,

Network side sends CSG information, and indication UE finishes the user and adds.

7. method according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, described method further comprises, when the sign indication UE of UE in described update request current state is not CSG user, network side responds the update request of described TA and upgrades for refusal TA, and, the information of described UE of network side preservation and described TA.

8. method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, the update request of the trace regions TA that described UE initiates is a periodicity TA update request.

9. method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, network side sends CSG information by described TA update request of response or the described UE of paging.

10. method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described UE state is the unreachable out of reach that comprises.

11. method according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, described CSG information is meant described UE near the CSG cell measurement and residently initiate professional needed information behind the CSG sub-district, comprise CSG the TA sign, preserve any one or its combination in the adjacent TA relation list of adjacent macrocell tabulation, the CSG of CSG sub-district and adjacent macrocell relation.

12. method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described CSG information can be accepted message by the TA renewal and issue, and also can issue by Non-Access Stratum NAS direct-sending message.

13. method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described UE is designated International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI, integrated service digital network sign ISDN NUMBER or pre-agreement sign in UE.

14. a user equipment (UE) is characterized in that, comprising:

The message sink module is used for described UE and receives the information that the CSG sub-district issues;

Judge module, the UE sign that is used for information that described CSG sub-district is issued compares with the UE sign of self, judges whether this subscriber equipment has been added to the CSG sub-district;

Trace regions TA upgrades initiation module, and the judged result that is used for judge module is initiated the TA update request to network side when adding.

15. a network equipment is characterized in that, comprising:

Receiver module is used to receive the trace regions TA update request that user equipment (UE) is initiated, and described update request is carried the sign of UE;

Judge module is used for the sign of the UE that the comparison update request carries and the UE sign of storage, judges whether described UE is added to CSG;

The CSG information sending module when described judge module judges that the sign of UE indicates described UE to be added to CSG, sends CSG information to described UE.