Background technology
Present mobile communication more and more trends towards providing the high-speed transfer multimedia service, and the birth of HeNB in the LTE system (Home eNodeB, family base station) has effectively improved system and experienced in the transmission of covering, throughput and the indoor user of hot zones.
Different with the base station of traditional cellular communication, family base station be a kind of small-sized, can be installed in base station indoor, flexible configuration.Have statistics to show, for multimedia service at a high speed, broadband services more applications scene is indoor and hot zones.Adopt traditional cellular mobile communication mode then to the support deficiency of this type of demand.The birth of family base station just for solve such contradiction, offer need multimedia service indoor user with better user experience.
Introduced the LTE system of family base station, consistent basically with the LTE system that does not dispose family base station on the network configuration of integral body, but volume is little, Installation Flexibility is high because family base station need possess, the communication relative complex between the corresponding family base station.Fig. 1 is E-UTRAN (Evolution-UMTS Territorial Radio Access Network UMTS, the land radio access web of evolution system) comprises HeNB GW (Home eNB Gateway, family base-station gateway) the network architecture, main operational module has HeNB, HeNB GW, and MME (Mobility Management Entity, mobile management module).
Being X2 interface between the eNB, is the S1 interface between eNB and the MME, and MME and S-GW are logical nodes, and S-GW and MME can merge and be set to an entity, also can separately be set to two independent entity.Can directly connect between HeNB and the MME, also can be linked into MME by a centralized node HeNBGW, not have interface between the HeNB, HeNB can only link to each other with a HeNB GW, and difference connects a plurality of HeNB GW simultaneously.
Since HeNB towards be similar application scenes such as family, small enterprise, therefore HeNB equipment may be had by the user, requires the HeNB system whether to provide service according to the user identity decision naturally, promptly possesses access control function.For example, certain user and certain operator contract and at oneself HeNB are installed, and this user wishes that HeNB only provides service to kinsfolk and some specific visiting guests etc.At this requirement of HeNB, 3GPP propose to adopt the control that conducts interviews of the notion of CSG (Closed Subscriber Group, closed user group) at the Release8 version.CSG refers to a group contracted user who allows to insert one or more specific cells, one or more sub-districts here are limited, with good conditionsi when inserting the user, and the normal cellular sub-district can allow all legal contracted users (and roamer) of operator to insert.And same user can belong to a plurality of CSG, each CSG is identified by a CSG ID, UE safeguards the CSGID tabulation of a CSG under it, the CSG ID tabulation (Allowed CSG List) that promptly allows, the CSG sub-district that other CSG ID outside this Allowed CSG List are comprised is an inaccessible for this UE.And CSG ID of each CSG Cell Broadcast CB, the member of the closed user group that this CSG ID is identified can visit this sub-district.Therefore in this case, UE inserts and when switching, need carry out the CSG access control initial, and UE only can select to allow the CSG sub-district inserted, simultaneously, MME also needs to check to guarantee that UE can illegally not insert not the sub-district of Allowed CSG list to one's name.
There are three kinds of access modules the sub-district of HeNB, comprise closed mode (Close Mode), open mode (Open Mode) and mixed mode (Hybrid Mode), Close Mode is meant and only allows the UE that comprises this sub-district CSG ID among the AllowedCSG List to insert; Hybrid mode is meant that HeNB allows all UE to insert sub-districts, no matter whether comprises the CSG ID of this sub-district among the Allowed CSG List of UE; And Open Mode is meant that the sub-district does not have CSG ID, allows all UE to insert.
When UE switches between two eNB, need utilize the handoff procedure on the S1 interface, the process of switching by the S1 interface in the agreement comprises the switching set-up procedure and switches the resource needed assigning process at present, wherein switches set-up procedure as shown in Figure 2, comprises the steps:
When residing source eNB determined that UE need switch before 1, UE switched, send handoff request (HANDOVER REQUIRED) to the serving MME (Serving MME) that connects;
2, Serving MME and target eNB are carried out alternately, and after target eNB is ready to switch, MME will send switching command (HANDOVER COMMAND) message to source eNB.
Handover resource allocation procedure comprises the steps: as shown in Figure 3
1, MME is by sending handoff request (HANDOVER REQUEST) message to target eNB;
2, confirm to be E-RAB (the E-UTRAN Radio Access Bearer:E-UTRAN that accepts when target eNB, RAB) after the resource that distribution is necessary, sends Handover Request Acknowledge (HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE) message to MME.
The inventor finds, do not provide the control technology that UE switches in the prior art between the different districts under the same HeNB.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the invention provides cell switching control method and the base station in a kind of LTE system, in order to realize the switching controls of UE between the different districts under the same HeNB.
For this reason, the embodiment of the invention provides the cell switching control method in a kind of LTE system, comprising:
When the base station is determined to carry out the cell-of-origin of the portable terminal that switches the sub-district and Target cell and is the internal zone of base station, determine the access module of cell-of-origin and Target cell respectively;
When the access module of two sub-districts is identical, determine the closed subscriber group identity CSG ID of cell-of-origin and Target cell respectively; And
When the CSG of two sub-districts ID is identical, portable terminal is switched to Target cell from the cell-of-origin.
Further, in the described cell switching control method, when described access module when two sub-districts is identical, determine earlier whether the access module of two sub-districts all is open mode, if then portable terminal is switched to Target cell from the cell-of-origin, otherwise further determine the CSG ID of two sub-districts.
Further, inequality in the described cell switching control method when the access module of two sub-districts, when perhaps the CSG ID of two sub-districts is inequality, also comprise:
The base station determines that the CSG ID of described Target cell is included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal or the CSG ID of described Target cell is not included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal but the mode of operation of Target cell when being mixed mode or open mode, and portable terminal is switched to Target cell from the cell-of-origin; And
Send the cell update notification message to mobile management module MME, wherein carry CSG ID and access module that described portable terminal switches sub-district, place, back.
Perhaps, inequality in the described cell switching control method when the access module of two sub-districts, when perhaps the CSG ID of two sub-districts is inequality, also comprise:
The base station sends portable terminal closed user group update request to MME, wherein carries the access module and the CSG ID of described Target cell;
MME determines that the CSG ID of described Target cell is included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal or the CSG ID of described Target cell is not included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal, but the Target cell access module is mixed mode or open mode following time, return the acceptance response of described portable terminal closed user group update request to the base station, and upgrade the CSGID and the access module of local sub-district, portable terminal place of preserving; And
The base station switches to Target cell with portable terminal from the cell-of-origin according to the update request acceptance response that MME returns.
The embodiment of the invention also provides the base station in a kind of LTE system, comprising:
When being used for the base station and determining to carry out the cell-of-origin of the portable terminal that switches the sub-district and Target cell and be the internal zone of base station, determine the unit of the access module of cell-of-origin and Target cell respectively;
Be used for access module when two sub-districts when identical, determine the unit of the closed subscriber group identity CSG ID of cell-of-origin and Target cell respectively; And
Be used for when the CSG of two sub-districts ID is identical, portable terminal being switched to the unit of Target cell from the cell-of-origin.
Further, in the described base station, describedly be used for access module when two sub-districts when identical, determine the unit of the closed subscriber group identity CSG ID of cell-of-origin and Target cell respectively, specifically be used for, when the access module of two sub-districts is identical, determine earlier whether the access module of two sub-districts all is open mode, if then portable terminal is switched to Target cell from the cell-of-origin, otherwise further determine the CSG ID of two sub-districts.
Further, in the described base station, also comprise:
The access module that is used for when two sub-districts is inequality, when perhaps the CSG ID of two sub-districts is inequality, the CSG ID that determines described Target cell is included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal or the CSG ID of described Target cell is not included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal but the mode of operation of Target cell when being mixed mode or open mode switches to portable terminal the unit of Target cell from the cell-of-origin; And
Be used for sending to MME the unit of cell update notification message, described cell update notification message carries CSG ID and the access module that portable terminal switches sub-district, place, back.
Perhaps described base station also comprises:
The access module that is used for when two sub-districts is inequality, when perhaps the CSG ID of two sub-districts is inequality, sends the unit of portable terminal closed user group update request to MME, carries the access module and the CSG ID of described Target cell in the described update request; And
Be used for the update request acceptance response that returns according to MME, portable terminal is switched to the unit of Target cell from the cell-of-origin, wherein: ME determines that the CSG ID of described Target cell is included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal, perhaps the CSG ID of described Target cell is not included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of portable terminal, but the Target cell access module is mixed mode or open mode following time, return the acceptance response of described portable terminal closed user group update request to the base station, and upgrade the CSG ID and the access module of local sub-district, portable terminal place of preserving.
When sub-district switching controls technology in the LTE system that the embodiment of the invention provides, base station are determined to carry out the cell-of-origin of the portable terminal that switches the sub-district and Target cell and be the internal zone of base station, determine the access module of cell-of-origin and Target cell respectively; And when the access module of two sub-districts is identical, determine the closed subscriber group identity CSG ID of cell-of-origin and Target cell respectively; And when the CSG of two sub-districts ID is identical, portable terminal is switched to Target cell from the cell-of-origin.When thereby two sub-district access modules can conveniently realizing place, UE switching front and back are all identical with CSG ID, directly carrying out switching controls by HeNB;
Further, provide UE switch before and after the access module of two sub-districts at place and CSG ID in the two, inequality or two switching controls schemes when all inequality.
Embodiment
With the example that switches between two sub-districts, the inside under the same HeNB, sub-district switching controls technology in the LTE system that the detailed description embodiment of the invention provides, for other eNB with internal zone, the switching controls technology that the embodiment of the invention provides is suitable equally.
When carrying out switching controls, need be according to the CSG ID and the access module of Target cell, and the information such as allowed CSG list of UE are judged, because going up, HeNB safeguards that internal zone CSG ID and access module information are arranged, so part control can be in the inner realization of HeNB, based on this, with following two kinds of situations the sub-district switching controls technology that the embodiment of the invention provides is described respectively:
One, the access module of Target cell and cell-of-origin is identical, closed subscriber group identity CSG ID is also identical
In this case, the inner realization of HeNB switched set-up procedure and resource allocation, and HeNB switches to Target cell with UE from the cell-of-origin and gets final product, because any variation does not take place the access module CSG ID of sub-district, place before and after the UE switching, so do not need MME to participate in.HeNB switches to Target cell with UE from the cell-of-origin and specifically comprises: HeNB is the UE Resources allocation Target cell, initiate RRC to UE then and connect the reprovision process, make UE switch to Target cell from the cell-of-origin, detailed process is well known to those skilled in the art, and is not described in detail here.
Further the scheme of optimizing can be, when the access module of Target cell and cell-of-origin all is open mode, can directly UE can be switched to Target cell from the cell-of-origin, and reason is that the sub-district of open mode allows any UE to insert.
Two, the access module of Target cell and cell-of-origin is inequality or CSG ID is inequality, and perhaps the access module of two sub-districts and CSG ID are inequality
In this case, because variation had taken place in the access module or the CSG ID of sub-district, place before and after UE switched, MME need do subsequent control to UE according to the access module or the CSG ID of the sub-district, place of UE, control such as the UE residence time, mixed mode sub-district rate controlled etc., therefore switching controls in this case needs the participation of MME.
The mode that MME participates in switching controls can be divided into two kinds of specific implementations again:
First kind, switch set-up procedure and resource allocation process and still realize whether the HeNB judgement can switch in that HeNB is inner, report MME and get final product if can after switching is finished, UE be switched the access module of sub-district, place, back and CSG ID;
Second kind, switch set-up procedure and realize in that HeNB is inner, and resource allocation process still needs MME to participate in, HeNB sends handoff request to MME, whether can switch by the MME judgement, if could would notify HeNB that UE is switched, and upgrade the access module and the CSG id information of local sub-district, UE place of preserving.
Under second kind of situation, the CSG ID and the access module of Target cell, and if the allowed CSGlist of UE satisfy one of following three conditions, then allow UE to switch to Target cell from the cell-of-origin:
The CSG ID of condition one, Target cell is included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE;
Though be not included among the CSG ID of condition two, Target cell in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE, the access module of Target cell is a mixed mode;
Though be not included among the CSG ID of condition three, Target cell in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE, the access module of Target cell is an open mode.
Below with specific embodiment and be described with reference to the accompanying drawings technical scheme provided by the invention.
Embodiment one
The switching controls of embodiment one is all finished in HeNB inside, if switch the access module or the CSG ID of sub-district, UE place, back conversion takes place, and HeNB notice MME upgrades and gets final product.An idiographic flow comprises the steps: as shown in Figure 4
S401, HeNB determine to need in the Serving cell to carry out the UE that switch the sub-district;
S402, HeNB determine to carry out the cell-of-origin of the UE current service switched the sub-district and the Target cell of switching;
S403, HeNB judge according to the internal zone information of local maintenance whether cell-of-origin and Target cell all are internal zones, if then continue, otherwise carry out switching controls according to Fig. 2 and flow process shown in Figure 3;
S404, HeNB judge whether the access module of two sub-districts is identical, if identical then continue, otherwise would change step S408 over to;
S405, HeNB judge whether the access module of two sub-districts all is open mode, if then change step S408 over to, otherwise continue;
S406, HeNB further determine the CSG ID of two sub-districts;
S407, HeNB judge that whether following judgment condition satisfies, if satisfy then change step S408 over to, and carry out step S409, if do not satisfy then do not switch;
The CSG ID of condition one, Target cell is included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE;
Though be not included among the CSG ID of condition two, Target cell in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE, the access module of Target cell is a mixed mode;
Though be not included among the CSG ID of condition three, Target cell in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE, the access module of Target cell is an open mode.
S408, HeNB switch to Target cell with UE from the cell-of-origin;
HeNB switches to Target cell with UE from the cell-of-origin and specifically comprises: HeNB sends RRC to UE and connects reallocation message, after UE finishes RRC connection reprovision, sends RRC connection reprovision to HeNB and finishes message, successfully is linked into Target cell.
S409, send the cell update notification message, wherein carry CSG ID and access module that UE switches sub-district, place, back to MME;
S410, MME receive the cell update notification message of eNB, switch the CSG ID and the access module of sub-district, place, back according to UE wherein, upgrade the CSG ID and the access module of local sub-district, UE place of preserving.
MME can do follow-up control according to the UE relevant information that preserve this locality, such as the control of UE residence time, mixed mode sub-district (Hybirid cell) rate controlled etc.
S411, MME can also return the cell update acknowledge message to eNB behind the cell update notification message that receives eNB.
Need to prove that step S405 is also nonessential, directly the access module according to two sub-districts is identical, and the also identical switching controls of carrying out of CSG ID.
Well known to a person skilled in the art to be whether allow UE to insert Target cell, also need to consider other factors such as resource status of Target cell, describe in detail no longer one by one here.
Also need to carry the correlated identities information of UE in the cell update notification message, comprise the sign HeNB ID on the base station, and the sign MMEAP ID on MME, and the relevant information of Target cell, CSG ID, access module and the ECGI information such as (E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier, E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier) that comprises Target cell.After MME receives this information, upgrade the relevant information of UE.
Among the embodiment one, the access module and the CSG ID that have provided Target cell and cell-of-origin are identical, or the switching controls under incomplete same two kinds of scenes, need to prove, the switching controls under these two kinds of scenes can be used in combination, and also can use separately.Wherein when the access module of two sub-districts and CSG ID were incomplete same, the switching controls that provides among the embodiment one was based on HeNB.
Among the embodiment one, need increase the interactive interface of cell update notification message and acknowledge message, to realize that MME is at UE carry out can upgrading in time after switch the sub-district access module and the CSG ID of sub-district, UE place at HeNB and MME.
Embodiment two
Whether the switching controls of embodiment two needs the participation of MME, carried out switch decision and notified HeNB to allow to switch by MME.An idiographic flow comprises the steps: as shown in Figure 5
S501, HeNB determine to need in the Serving cell to carry out the UE that switch the sub-district;
S502, HeNB determine to carry out the cell-of-origin of the UE current service switched the sub-district and the Target cell of switching;
S503, HeNB judge according to the internal zone information of local maintenance whether cell-of-origin and Target cell all are internal zones, if then continue, otherwise carry out switching controls according to Fig. 2 and flow process shown in Figure 3;
S504, HeNB judge whether the access module of two sub-districts is identical, if identical then continue, otherwise would change step S508 over to;
S505, HeNB judge whether the access module of two sub-districts all is open mode, if then change step S513 over to UE is switched to Target cell from the cell-of-origin, otherwise continue step S506;
S506, HeNB further determine the CSG ID of two sub-districts;
S507, HeNB send UE closed user group update request to MME, wherein carry the access module and the CSG ID of UE Target cell;
After S508, MME receive UE closed user group update request, the access module and the CSG ID of the sub-district, UE place of preserving according to this locality, and the access module of the Target cell that carries in the update request and CSG ID, judge whether following judgment condition satisfies, if satisfy then continuation, otherwise change step S512 over to, return refusal to HeNB and upgrade response;
The CSG ID of condition one, Target cell is included in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE;
Though be not included among the CSG ID of condition two, Target cell in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE, the access module of Target cell is a mixed mode;
Though be not included among the CSG ID of condition three, Target cell in the permission CSG ID tabulation of UE, the access module of Target cell is an open mode.
S509, MME return the acceptance response of UE closed user group update request to HeNB, and upgrade the CSG ID and the access module of local sub-district, UE place of preserving;
S510, HeNB switch to Target cell with UE from the cell-of-origin according to the acceptance response that MME returns.
HeNB switches to Target cell with UE from the cell-of-origin and specifically comprises: HeNB sends RRC to UE and connects reallocation message, after UE finishes RRC connection reprovision, sends RRC connection reprovision to HeNB and finishes message, successfully is linked into Target cell.
S511, HeNB can also return acknowledge message to MME behind the UE handover success.
Need to prove that step S505 is also nonessential, directly the access module according to two sub-districts is identical, and the also identical switching controls of carrying out of CSG ID.
Well known to a person skilled in the art to be whether allow UE to insert Target cell, also need to consider other factors such as resource status of Target cell, describe in detail no longer one by one here.
Among the embodiment two, the access module and the CSG ID that have provided Target cell and cell-of-origin are identical, or the switching controls under incomplete same two kinds of scenes, need to prove, the switching controls under these two kinds of scenes can be used in combination, and also can use separately.Wherein when the access module of two sub-districts and CSG ID were incomplete same, the switching controls that provides among the embodiment two needed MME to participate in judgement.
Among the embodiment one, need carry out the control that switch the sub-district to realize MME at UE at the interactive interface of HeNB and MME increase UE cell update request message and response message.
Need to prove, among embodiment one and the embodiment two, also can connect between HeNB and the MME, mutual UE cell update request message and response message between HeNB GW transparent transmission HeNB and the MME by HeNB GW.
Need to prove that embodiment one and embodiment two are that example has been described in detail with HeNB, if but eNB also supports CSG and multiple access module, the technical scheme that embodiment two provides is equally applicable to the switching controls between the eNB internal zone.
Need to prove that among embodiment one and the embodiment two, those skilled in the art can adjust the sequencing of some steps.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to the embodiment of the invention and not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Like this, if of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs within the scope of claim of the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention also is intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.