Radio communication system, base station, gateway, and radio communication method

radio communication technology, applied in the field of radio communication systems, a base station, a gateway, and a radio communication method, can solve the problems of increasing opex (operational expenditure), preventing the continuation of service, and manual operation of operators, so as to ensure the security of a radio communication system, the effect of reducing manual operations

Active Publication Date: 2016-02-23
NEC CORP
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Benefits of technology

This approach ensures the security of the radio communication system by verifying the origination addresses of base stations, reducing manual operations, and preventing potential DoS attacks, while maintaining system integrity during handovers and in roaming environments.

Problems solved by technology

However, setting by manual operation of an operator is extremely tedious and may entail the problem of an increase in OPEX (Operation Expenditure) when a large number of eNode B 10 are to be installed.
Ignoring security in this way raises the potential for the occurrence of serious problems such as system failures caused by proliferation within the network of illegal packet data that carry the danger of an attack in which the transmission of a large volume of packet data paralyzes the radio communication system and prevents the continuation of service, i.e., the danger of a DoS attack (Denial of Service attack).
In addition, the problem of security is also critical in a roaming environment of UE 60.
When, for example, packet data are received from a public network and transferred to the home network without verifying the safety of these packet data, the danger arises in which serious problems may occur such as proliferation within the home network of packet data having a potential of DoS attacks and system failures.
Summarizing the above, ensuring security in the event of a handover while reducing manual operations by an operator regardless of the roaming environment is a critical issue in a radio communication system.

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[0095]The schematic configuration of the present exemplary embodiment is first described with reference to FIG. 4.

[0096]Referring to FIG. 4, eNode B 10 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes transmission unit 11A that transmits to MME 20 messages containing information of the origination addresses of neighboring eNode B 10. The information of the origination addresses of neighboring eNode B 10 can conceivably be information that is set in eNode B 10 by the manual operation of an operator beforehand, but is not limited to such information.

[0097]MME 20 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes reception unit 21A that receives messages from eNode B 10 that contain information of the origination addresses of neighboring eNode B 10 and transmission unit 22A that transmits to S-GW 30 messages that contain information of the origination addresses of neighboring eNode B 10.

[0098]S-GW 30 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes reception unit 31A th...

example 1

of a Handover Operation

[0180]The operation of the present example is next described with reference to FIG. 10.

[0181]In FIG. 10, parts identical to FIG. 2 are given the same reference numbers.

[0182]In FIG. 10, it is assumed that the information of the origination address of Source eNode B 10-S and the origination addresses of neighboring eNode B 10 have already been saved in memory unit 34A of S-GW 30 by means of any of the above-described Examples 1-4 of the operation of transmitting the origination address of eNode B 10.

[0183]Referring to FIG. 10, uplink packet data are received in S-GW 30 from Target eNode B 10-T in Step 2307 through the same processes as in FIG. 2.

[0184]At this time, information of the origination addresses of neighboring eNode B 10 of Source eNode B 10-S that have the potential of becoming Target eNode B 10-T is also saved in memory unit 34A of S-GW 30.

[0185]As a result, control unit 33A of S-GW 30 is able to verify the safety of the received packet data without...

example 2

of a Handover Operation

[0190]The operation of the present example is next described with reference to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12.

[0191]In FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, parts that are identical to FIG. 2 and parts common to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are given the same reference numbers.

[0192]In FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, it is assumed that information of the origination address of Source eNode B 10-S and the origination addresses of neighboring eNode B 10 is saved in memory unit 34A of S-GW 30 by means of any of Examples 1-4 of the operation of transmitting the origination address of eNode B 10 described hereinabove.

[0193]Referring to FIG. 11, uplink packet data are received in S-GW 30 from Target eNode B 10-T in Step 2307 through the same processes as FIG. 2.

[0194]In Step 801, control unit 33A of S-GW 30 next collates the origination address of the received packet data with origination addresses that are saved in memory unit 34A. In this case, it is assumed that an origination address that matches the originat...

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The radio communication system of the present invention includes a base station (10), a mobility management node (20), and a gateway (30). The base station (10) transmits to the mobility management node (20) information of the origination addresses of neighboring base stations of the base station (10). The mobility management node (20) receives information of the origination addresses of the neighboring base stations from the base station (10) and transmits the information of the origination addresses of the neighboring base stations to the gateway (30). The gateway (30) receives information of the origination addresses of the neighboring base stations from the mobility management node (20).

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a radio communication system, a base station, a gateway, and a radio communication method.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A radio communication system is currently proposed in which EUTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access network, where UMTS=Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) and EPC (Evolved Packet Core) are configured as shown in FIG. 1 in LTE (Long Term Evolution) for which standardization is advancing in the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Projects) (see 4.2.1 of Non-Patent Document 1 and FIG. 4 of Non-Patent Document 2). These names are not thus limited, EUTRAN being referred to as LTE, EPC being referred to as SAE (System Architecture Evolution), and EUTRAN together with EPC being referred to as an EPS (Evolved Packet System).[0003]Referring to FIG. 1, eNode B (evolved Node B) 10, which are base stations, are provided on the EUTRAN side. On the EPC side, MME (Mobility Management Entity) 20 that is a mobility management n...

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Patent Type & AuthorityPatents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W4/00H04L29/06H04W36/00H04W12/10H04W88/08
CPCH04W36/0011H04L63/126H04W12/10H04W88/08H04W36/0061H04W12/106
InventorHAYASHI, SADAFUKUSHIGA, SHINGOTAMURA, TOSHIYUKI
OwnerNEC CORP