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Gateway device, mobility management device, base station, communication method, control method, paging method, and computer-readable medium

a technology of gateway devices and mobility management devices, applied in connection management, climate sustainability, high-level techniques, etc., can solve the problems of mme losing the information on the ue stored prior to failure, and the inability to execute paging procedures

Inactive Publication Date: 2021-12-02
NEC CORP
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Benefits of technology

This patent describes a solution to prevent a control device from losing information about a communication terminal when the control device recovers from a failure. The solution involves providing a gateway device, a mobility management device, a base station, a communication method, a control method, a paging method, and a program that work together to properly page the communication terminal. This ensures that the communication terminal stays connected to the control device even when the control device recovers from a failure and regains information about the communication terminal.

Problems solved by technology

When a failure occurs in the MME and the MME then recovers from the failure, the MME will lose the information on the UE stored prior to the failure.
Thus, the Paging procedure cannot be executed.

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first embodiment

[0035]Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. With reference to FIG. 1, a configuration example of a gateway device 10 according to a first embodiment will be described. The gateway device 10 may be a computer device that operates as a processor executes a program stored in a memory. The gateway device 10 may be an SGW or a Gateway General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (GGSN) defined in 3GPP.

[0036]The gateway device 10 includes a storage unit 11 and a transceiver 12. The storage unit 11 and the transceiver 12 may be software or a module that is processed as a processor executes a program stored in a memory. Alternatively, the storage unit 11 and the transceiver 12 may be hardware, such as a circuit or a chip. The transceiver may be a transmitter and a receiver.

[0037]The storage unit 11 stores temporarily allocated identification information that is temporarily allocated to a communication terminal and an eDRX pa...

second embodiment

[0042]A configuration example of a communication system according to a second embodiment will now be described with reference to FIG. 2. A communication system illustrated in FIG. 2 supports Long Term Evolution (LTE) as a wireless communication scheme and includes a communication system defined as an Evolved Packet System (EPS) in 3GPP. FIG. 2 is based on a drawing in FIG. 4.2.1-1 of TS 23.401 V 13.8.0.

[0043]The communication system illustrated in FIG. 2 includes a UE 40, an Evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) 41, an MME 42, a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 43, an SGSN 44, a Serving Gateway (SGW) 45, a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) 46, a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) entity 47 thereinafter, referred to as PCRF 47), a UTRAN 48, a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) (registered trademark) Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) Radio Access Network (GERAN) 49, and Operator's IP Services 50.

[0044]The MME 42 corresponds to the mob...

third embodiment

[0081]A flow of a packet receiving procedure according to a third embodiment will now be described with reference to FIG. 9. The flow of the processes in steps S30 to S40 of FIG. 9 is similar to the flow of the processes in steps S30 to S40 of FIG. 8, and thus the same reference characters as those in FIG. 8 will be given for description.

[0082]A Paging procedure illustrated in FIG. 9 differs from the Paging procedure illustrated in FIG. 8 in terms of a parameter set in a message transmitted in step S39 and thereafter.

[0083]The Paging message transmitted in step S39 of FIG. 9 includes the IMSI for identifying the UE 40, in addition to the GUTI allocated to the UE 40 or the S-TMSI included in the GUTI and the eDRX parameter associated with the UE 40, which are included in the Paging message illustrated in FIG. 8.

[0084]Now, information elements set in the Paging message will be described with reference to FIG. 10. FIG. 10 shows that two UE paging identities—UE Paging Identity and UE Pa...

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Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to providing a gateway device that can properly page a communication terminal managed by a control device even if the control device loses information on the communication terminal when the control device recovers from a failure that has occurred therein. A gateway device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a storage unit (11) configured to store temporarily allocated identification information temporarily allocated to a communication terminal and an eDRX parameter associated with the communication terminal, and a transceiver (12) configured to, in a case in which downlink data destined for a communication terminal managed by a mobility management device (20) is received after a failure has occurred in the mobility management device (20), transmit a notification message with the temporarily allocated identification information and the eDRX parameter set therein to the mobility management device (20) or another mobility management device (21).

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present disclosure relates to gateway devices, mobility management devices, base stations, communication methods, control methods, paging methods, and programs and relates, in particular, to a gateway device, a mobility management device, a base station, a communication method, a control method, a paging method, and a program for carrying out a paging procedure for a communication terminal.BACKGROUND ART[0002]The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), defining standards for mobile networks, defines a Tracking Area Update (TAU) procedure. The TAU procedure is carried out for a User Equipment (UE), or a communication terminal, to notify a Mobility Management Entity (MME), or a control device, of a change in the Tracking Area (TA). Details of the TAU procedure are defined, for example, in Section 5.3.3.1 of Non Patent Literature 1. In the TAU procedure, used as an identifier of a UE is not an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), which is an iden...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W8/30H04W76/28H04W52/02H04W68/00H04W92/06H04W8/26H04W68/02H04W88/12
CPCH04W8/30H04W76/28H04W52/0216H04W68/00H04W88/16H04W8/26H04W68/02H04W52/02H04W88/12H04W92/06Y02D30/70
Inventor TAMURA, TOSHIYUKISHIMIZU, KOUJI
Owner NEC CORP