CN103327611A - Method, device and system for searching MTC terminal - Google Patents

Method, device and system for searching MTC terminal Download PDF

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CN103327611A
CN103327611A CN2012100791422A CN201210079142A CN103327611A CN 103327611 A CN103327611 A CN 103327611A CN 2012100791422 A CN2012100791422 A CN 2012100791422A CN 201210079142 A CN201210079142 A CN 201210079142A CN 103327611 A CN103327611 A CN 103327611A
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The invention discloses a method, device and system for searching an MTC terminal, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the steps that an access point receives MTC terminal searching messages issued by a network side, wherein the MTC terminal searching messages comprise the identification of the searched MTC terminal; the access point issues MTC terminal paging messages to the MTC terminal, wherein the MTC terminal paging messages comprise the identification of the searched MTC terminal. The device comprises a first receiving module and a sending module. The system comprises a network side entity and the access point. According to the method, device and system for searching the MTC terminal, the terminal searching messages are sent to the access point, the identification of the searched terminal is carried in the terminal searching messages, and therefore the fact that the network side searches the terminal through the access point can be achieved, the situation that a communication system is affected by too much communication signaling of a wireless communication terminal can be avoided, and the normal work of the whole communication system is guaranteed.

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Seek the methods, devices and systems of MTC terminal
Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, particularly a kind of methods, devices and systems of seeking the MTC terminal.
Background technology
MTC (Machine Type Communications, machine type communication) refers between one or more network element in the situation that the network service that does not need artificial participation to carry out, its application is very extensive, such as application such as traffic control and management, remote meter reading, remote monitoring, medical monitorings.And along with MTC use increasingly extensive, the growth rate of wireless communication terminal quantity is suddenly accelerated, huge terminal quantity is a huge challenge to cordless communication network.In this case, 3GPP (The 3rdGeneration Partnership Project, third generation partner program) introduced MTC-GW (MTC-GateWay, MTC gateway) equipment, so that a plurality of MTC terminal can access the 3GPP network by MTC-GW.
Under this new network architecture; a plurality of MTC terminals are by same MTC-GW equipment access network; network is that terminal is set up the end to end carrying of user's face and chain of command by MTC-GW equipment; if a plurality of MTC terminals are arranged below the MTC-GW equipment, network can be set up respectively chain of command carrying and user plane bearer for each MTC terminal usually so.
In realizing process of the present invention, the inventor finds that there is following problem at least in prior art:
When terminal is not connected to network, and network is need to seek this terminal the time, because the MTC terminal is by MTC-GW equipment access network, and for network side, MTC-GW equipment is its user terminal, only preserve the information of this equipment on it, will send to which terminal with seeking message so network side can't be learnt, and then can't find terminal.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of methods, devices and systems of the MTC of searching terminal, seeks the signal resource of MTC terminal to save network side.
On the one hand, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of method of the MTC of searching terminal, and the method comprises:
Access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and described MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought;
Access point issues MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and described MTC paging terminal message comprises the sign of the described MTC terminal of being sought.
On the other hand, the embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of device of the MTC of searching terminal, and this device comprises:
The first receiver module is used for receiving the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and described MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought;
Sending module is used for issuing MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and described MTC paging terminal message comprises that MTC terminal that described the first receiver module receives seeks the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in the message seeks.
Another aspect, the embodiment of the invention also provide a kind of system of the MTC of searching terminal, and this system comprises:
Network side entity is used for sending the MTC terminal and seeks message, and described MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought.
Access point is used for receiving the described MTC terminal searching message that described network side entity sends, and issues MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and described MTC paging terminal message comprises the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in the described MTC terminal searching message is sought.
The beneficial effect that the technical scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides is brought is: seek message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carry the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention, the accompanying drawing of required use was done to introduce simply during the below will describe embodiment, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes only is some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, under the prerequisite of not paying creative work, can also obtain according to these accompanying drawings other accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the method for the searching MTC terminal that provides in the embodiment of the invention 1;
Fig. 2 a is the network architecture schematic diagram of SAE (System Architecture Evolution, System Architecture Evolution) communication system;
Fig. 2 b is the flow chart of the method for the searching MTC terminal that provides in the embodiment of the invention 2;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the method for the searching MTC terminal that provides in the embodiment of the invention 3;
Fig. 4 is the structured flowchart of the method for the searching MTC terminal that provides in the embodiment of the invention 4;
Fig. 5 is the structured flowchart of the device of the searching MTC terminal that provides in the embodiment of the invention 5;
Fig. 6 is the structured flowchart of the device of the searching MTC terminal that provides in the embodiment of the invention 6;
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of the system of the searching MTC terminal that provides in the embodiment of the invention 7.
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For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, embodiment of the present invention is described further in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
Embodiment 1
As shown in Figure 1, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of method of the MTC of searching terminal, and the method comprises:
Step 101: access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and this MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought.
Particularly, the MTC terminal is sought the sign that can comprise one or more MTC terminals in the message, the sign of MTC terminal can be IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number, international mobile subscriber identity), or network side is distributed to other identification informations of MTC terminal, such as S-TMSI (S-Temporary Mobile SubscriberIdentity, interim identification code), GUTI (Globally Unique Temporary Identity, the unique interim identification code in the whole world), or network side is the new sign of MTC terminal definitions.
On the core network entity, such as MME (Mobility Management Entity, Mobility Management Entity), SGSN (ServingGPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node, the GPRS service node) etc., preserve the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal.Particularly, can in CAMEL-Subscription-Information, preserve the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal, core network entity is from HSS/HLR (Home Subscriber Server, home subscriber server/Home LocationRegister, attaching position register) obtains this CAMEL-Subscription-Information, and then obtain the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal; Perhaps when the MTC terminal was passed through the access point access network, core network entity was preserved the relation of the two automatically.Like this, core network entity can send the MTC terminal to access point corresponding to the MTC terminal that quilt is sought and seek message.
Further, this MTC terminal is sought the sign AP id that can also comprise the access point corresponding with the MTC terminal of being sought in the message.Access point can be sought message according to the MTC terminal of receiving, preserves the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal.
Step 102: access point issues MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and this MTC paging terminal message comprises the sign of the aforementioned MTC terminal of being sought.
After the MTC terminal is received this MTC paging terminal message, seek whether its sign is arranged in the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in this MTC paging terminal message is sought, if having, then connect with network side.
Alternatively, access point can be in and connect the RRC_connected state, also can be in idle RRC_idle state.When access point was in idle RRC_idle state, before MTC terminal and network side connected, access point needed connect with network side first.
The embodiment of the invention is sought message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carries the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
Embodiment 2
Hereinafter all will take the SAE communication system as example, the method for the searching MTC terminal of the embodiment of the invention be described.Shown in Fig. 2 a, the SAE communication system comprises: evolution base station eNB, MME, S-GW (Serving Gateway, gateway), P-GW (PDN (Packet Data Network) Gateway, grouped data network gateway).The MTC terminal is linked into the MME/S-GW of core net by eNB, and is connected to P-GW through S-GW.Need to prove, the method of the searching MTC terminal of the embodiment of the invention also is applicable to WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) access) communication system, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, the interconnected inserting of microwave in the whole world) communication system, GSM (Global System for Mobile communication, global mobile communication) system.
In the present embodiment, access point is in and connects the RRC_connected state.Shown in Fig. 2 b, the present embodiment provides a kind of method of the MTC of searching terminal, and the method comprises:
Step 201: access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and this MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought.
Particularly, the MTC terminal is sought the sign that can comprise one or more MTC terminals in the message, the sign of MTC terminal can be distributed to for IMSI or network side other identification informations of MTC terminal, is the new sign of MTC terminal definitions such as S-TMSI, GUTI or network side.In the present embodiment, the sign of MTC terminal is designated as MTC UE id.
Particularly, in MTC used, MTC terminal and access point had the characteristics of Hypomobility usually, so can preserve at core network entity MME the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal.Further, can preserve the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal in CAMEL-Subscription-Information, MME obtains this CAMEL-Subscription-Information from HSS, and then obtains the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal; Perhaps when the MTC terminal was passed through the access point access network, MME preserved the relation of the two automatically.Like this, core network entity can send according to access point corresponding to MTC terminal that this corresponding relation is sought to quilt this MTC terminal and seek message.
Further, because access point is in network side and is connected the RRC_connected state, so seeking message, the MTC terminal can adopt triggering message.
Further, access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and can pass through following dual mode:
First kind of way: access point receives this MTC terminal searching message that core network entity MME directly sends.Particularly, to trigger message as example, MME sends NAS (Non Access Stratum, Non-Access Stratum) and triggers message Trigger (MTC UEid) to access point, and this NAS triggering message is encapsulated among the downstream message transmission DL information Transfer and passes to AP.
The second way: access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that eNB sends, and this MTC terminal is sought message and sent to eNB by core network entity MME.Particularly, to trigger message as example, MME sends first and triggers message Trigger (MTC UEid) to eNB equally, uses the S1-AP signaling of existing access point to connect, such as the step 201a among Fig. 2 b; Then, eNB should trigger message Trigger (MTC UE id) again and send to access point in existing RRC signaling connection, such as the step 201b among Fig. 2 b.
This triggering message can be the message of new definition, and also can be increases new parameter in existing message, such as increase MTC UE id in paging paging message.
The sign AP id that can also comprise alternatively, access point in this triggering message.Particularly, AP id can distribute to for IMSI or network side other identification informations of MTC terminal, is the new sign of access point definition such as S-TMSI, GUTI or network side.
Step 202: access point issues paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and this MTC paging terminal message comprises the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought.In the present embodiment, this MTC paging terminal message is designated as paging (MTC UE id).
Preferably, before sending MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal related with this access point, the method also comprises:
Detect this MTC terminal and seek the MTC terminal that the quilt in message seeks and whether be associated with this access point, if then send MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal; If not, then return unsuccessfully failure message to network side.
Particularly, whether access point detects this MTC terminal and seeks the MTC terminal that the quilt in message seeks and be associated with this access point, can adopt following dual mode:
The first: access point obtains the tabulation of the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal from MME, and whether the MTC terminal of being sought according to the tabulation detection that gets access to is associated with this access point, if there are corresponding relation in MTC terminal and the access point sought in this tabulation, the MTC terminal of then being sought is associated with this access point;
The second: access point is when the MTC accessing terminal to network, automatically preserve the corresponding relation of itself and MTC terminal, then whether access point detects the MTC terminal of being sought according to the corresponding relation of the access point of its preservation and MTC terminal and is associated with this access point, if there are corresponding relation in access point and the MTC terminal of being sought, the MTC terminal of then being sought is associated with this access point.
Alternatively, whether access point also can not detect this MTC terminal and seek the MTC terminal that the quilt in message seeks and be associated with this access point, and at network side timer is set, when timer expires, be not connected to network by the MTC terminal sought, then think failure.
Step 203: after the MTC terminal of being sought is received paging (UE id), connect with network side.
Particularly, after the MTC terminal is received this MTC paging terminal message, seek whether its sign is arranged in the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in this MTC paging terminal message is sought, if having, then connect with network side.
Need to prove, in the present embodiment, be illustrated with the MTC terminal, but the method for the present embodiment is not limited to be applied to the MTC terminal.
The embodiment of the invention is sought message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carries the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
Embodiment 3
The present embodiment illustrates the method for searching MTC terminal of the present invention take the access point that is in idle RRC_idle state as example.In the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 3, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of method of the MTC of searching terminal, and the method comprises:
Step 301:MME sends the MTC terminal to eNB and seeks message, and this MTC terminal is sought the sign UE id of the sign AP id that comprises paged access point in the message and the MTC terminal of being sought.In the present embodiment, it is beep-page message that this MTC terminal is sought message, is designated as Paging (AP id, UE id).
Particularly, AP id and UE id can distribute to for IMSI or network side other identification informations of access point and MTC terminal, are the new sign of access point and MTC terminal definitions such as S-TMSI, GUTI or network side.
Similarly, preserve the corresponding relation of access point and MTC terminal on the core network entity MME.
Step 302:eNB sends this MTC terminal to access point and seeks Paging (AP id, UE id).
Step 303: access point issues MTC paging terminal message Paging (UE id) to the MTC terminal.
Step 304: when the sign of the sign of access point and paged access point was identical, this access point and network side connected.
Particularly, access point can transfer to by service request Service Request flow process and connect the RRC_Connected state, thereby sets up the chain of command that plays network, and namely access point connects to the RRC of eNB, and the chain of command between eNB and the MME.
Step 305: the MTC terminal of being sought is connected to network after receiving MTC paging terminal message Paging (UE id).
Particularly, after the MTC terminal is received this MTC paging terminal message, seek whether its sign is arranged in the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in this MTC paging terminal message is sought, if having, then connect with network side.
Need to prove, in the present embodiment, step 303 and step 304 do not have sequencing, even can carry out simultaneously.
The embodiment of the invention is sought message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carries the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
Embodiment 4
The present embodiment has been described access point and has been under the idle RRC_idle state another and seeks the process of MTC terminal.As shown in Figure 4, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of method of the MTC of searching terminal, and the method comprises:
Step 401:MME sends the MTC terminal to eNB and seeks message, and this MTC terminal is sought the sign UE id of the sign AP id that comprises paged access point in the message and the MTC terminal of being sought.In the present embodiment, it is beep-page message that this MTC terminal is sought message, is designated as Paging (AP id, UE id).
Particularly, AP id and UE id can distribute to for IMSI or network side other identification informations of access point and MTC terminal, are the new sign of access point and MTC terminal definitions such as S-TMSI, GUTI or network side.
Step 402:eNB sends access point paging message to access point after receiving that the MTC terminal is sought message, comprise the sign AP id of the paged access point in the MTC terminal searching message in this access point paging message, is designated as Paging (AP id).
Step 403: when the sign of the sign of access point and paged access point was identical, this access point and network side connected.
Particularly, access point can transfer to by service request Service Request flow process and connect the RRC_Connected state, thereby sets up the chain of command that plays network, and namely access point connects to the RRC of eNB, and the chain of command between eNB and the MME.
Step 404: after access point and network side connected, eNB sent the MTC terminal to access point and seeks message.
In the present embodiment, this MTC terminal is sought message for triggering message, and this triggerings message comprises the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in the MTC terminal searching message in the step 401 is sought, and is designated as trigger (UE id).
Step 405: access point issues MTC paging terminal message Paging (UE id) to the MTC terminal, comprises the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this MTC paging terminal message.
Step 406: the MTC terminal of being sought is connected to network after receiving MTC paging terminal message Paging (UE id).
Particularly, after the MTC terminal is received this MTC paging terminal message, seek the sign whether it is arranged in the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in this MTC paging terminal message is sought.
Need to prove, in another embodiment of the invention, MME also can keep the request of seeking the MTC terminal first, access point corresponding to MTC terminal of seeking to quilt by eNB sends access point paging message Paging (AP id), the sign that only comprises this access point in this access point paging message, after this access point and network side connect, namely transfer to and connecting after the RRC_Connected state, seek the MTC terminal by the method for the searching MTC terminal among the embodiment 2 again.
The embodiment of the invention is sought message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carries the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
Embodiment 5
As shown in Figure 5, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of device of the MTC of searching terminal, and this device comprises:
The first receiver module 501 is used for receiving the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and this MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought;
Sending module 502 is used for issuing MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and described MTC paging terminal message comprises that MTC terminal that the first receiver module 501 receives seeks the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in the message seeks.
Particularly, the device of the present embodiment is installed on the access point.
Alternatively, this MTC terminal is sought the sign that message can also comprise the access point corresponding with the MTC terminal of being sought.
Particularly, the sign of MTC terminal and the sign of access point can be distributed to for IMSI or network side other identification informations of MTC terminal and access point, are the new sign of MTC terminal and access point definition such as S-TMSI, GUTI or network side.
Further, sending module 502 can comprise:
Detecting unit, whether the MTC terminal of seeking for detection of the quilt in the MTC terminal searching message of the first receiver module 501 receptions is associated with this access point;
Transmitting element, be used for when the testing result of described detecting unit when being, issue MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal.
The embodiment of the invention is sought message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carries the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
Embodiment 6
As shown in Figure 6, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of device of the MTC of searching terminal, and different from the device of embodiment 5 is that this device also comprises:
The second receiver module 603 is used for receiving the access point paging message that network side issues, and this access point paging message comprises the sign of paged access point;
Link block 604 is used for connecting with network side before the first receiver module 501 receives MTC terminal searching message.Alternatively, if the MTC terminal that the first receiver module 501 receives is sought the sign that also comprises paged access point in the message, then this device also can only comprise link block 604, and does not comprise the second receiver module 603.
The embodiment of the invention is sought message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carries the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
Embodiment 7
As shown in Figure 7, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of system of the MTC of searching terminal, and this system comprises:
Network side entity 701 is used for sending the MTC terminal and seeks message, and this MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought;
Access point 702 is used for receiving the MTC terminal searching message that network side entity 701 sends, and issues MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and this MTC paging terminal message comprises the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in the MTC terminal searching message that receives is sought.
Particularly, dispose the device of embodiment 5 or 6 described searching MTC terminals on this access point 702.
Particularly, network side entity 701 comprises core network entity (such as MME, SGSN etc.) and access network entity (such as eNB, NodeB etc.).
The embodiment of the invention is sought message by sending the MTC terminal to access point, and carries the sign of the MTC terminal of being sought in this message, thereby can realize that network side is to the searching of MTC terminal by access point.And, because access point can corresponding a plurality of MTC terminals, so network side can be merged into same message with the searching message of the MTC terminal corresponding with same access point and send to this access point, thereby can avoid radio communication MTC terminal communication signaling too much on the impact of communication system, guarantee the normal operation of whole communication system.In addition, because network side is sought the MTC terminal by access point, the MTC terminal connects by access point and network side, so can reduce the requirement to the MTC terminal, reduces cost, is conducive to applying of MTC application.
Need to prove: the device of the searching MTC terminal that above-described embodiment provides is when seeking the MTC terminal, only the division with above-mentioned each functional module is illustrated, in the practical application, can as required the above-mentioned functions distribution be finished by different functional modules, the internal structure that is about to device is divided into different functional modules, to finish all or part of function described above.In addition, the embodiment of the method for the device of the searching MTC terminal that above-described embodiment provides, system and searching MTC terminal belongs to same design, and its specific implementation process sees embodiment of the method for details, repeats no more here.
The all or part of step that one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that realization above-described embodiment can be finished by hardware, also can come the relevant hardware of instruction to finish by program, described program can be stored in a kind of computer-readable recording medium, the above-mentioned storage medium of mentioning can be read-only memory, disk or CD etc.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is in order to limit the present invention, within the spirit and principles in the present invention not all, any modification of doing, is equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a method of seeking the MTC terminal is characterized in that, described method comprises:
Access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and described MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal that at least one is sought; And
Access point issues MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and described MTC paging terminal message comprises the sign of the described MTC terminal of being sought.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, when described access point and network side were in connection status, described MTC terminal was sought message for triggering message.
3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, when described access point was in idle condition, the MTC terminal that described access point reception network side issues was sought before the message, also comprises:
Access point receives the access point paging message that network side issues, and described access point paging message comprises the sign of paged access point;
When the sign of the sign of described access point and paged access point was identical, described access point and network side connected.
4. method according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described access point receives the access point paging message that network side issues, and specifically comprises:
Described access point receives the access point paging message that core network entity sends; Or
Described access point receives the described access point paging message that access network entity sends, and described access point paging message sends to described access network entity by described core network entity.
5. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, when described access point was in idle condition, described MTC terminal was sought the sign that message also comprises paged access point;
Then described method also comprises:
When the sign of the sign of described access point and paged access point was identical, described access point and network side connected.
6. each described method is characterized in that according to claim 1-5, and described access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and specifically comprises:
Access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that core network entity sends; Or
Access point receives the MTC terminal searching message that access network entity sends, and described MTC terminal is sought message and sent to described access network entity by described core network entity.
7. each described method is characterized in that according to claim 1-5, and before described access point issued MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, described method also comprised:
Detect described MTC terminal and seek the MTC terminal that the quilt in the message seeks and whether be associated with described access point, if then issue MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal.
8. a device of seeking the MTC terminal is characterized in that, described device comprises:
The first receiver module is used for receiving the MTC terminal searching message that network side issues, and described MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought;
Sending module is used for issuing MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and described MTC paging terminal message comprises that MTC terminal that described the first receiver module receives seeks the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in the message seeks.
9. device according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described device also comprises:
The second receiver module is used for receiving the access point paging message that network side issues, and described access point paging message comprises the sign of paged access point;
Link block is used for connecting with network side before described the first receiver module receives described MTC terminal searching message.
10. device according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described MTC terminal is sought the sign that message also comprises paged access point, and then described device also comprises:
Link block is used for sign when the sign of described access point and paged access point when identical, connects with network side.
11. each described device is characterized in that according to claim 8-10, described sending module specifically comprises:
Detecting unit, whether the MTC terminal of seeking for detection of the quilt in the MTC terminal searching message of described the first receiver module reception is associated with described access point;
Transmitting element, be used for when the testing result of described detecting unit when being, to described MTC terminal transmission MTC paging terminal message.
12. a system of seeking the MTC terminal is characterized in that, described system comprises:
Network side entity is used for sending the MTC terminal and seeks message, and described MTC terminal is sought the sign that message comprises the MTC terminal of being sought;
Access point is used for receiving the described MTC terminal searching message that described network side entity sends, and issues MTC paging terminal message to the MTC terminal, and described MTC paging terminal message comprises the sign of the MTC terminal that the quilt in the described MTC terminal searching message is sought.
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