KR100791603B1 - System for providing zone base service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal for providing a zone base service in a mobile communication network, a location management system, and a method thereof are provided to execute a zone base service subscriber terminal's location registration and location updating in real time by minimizing a change of universal nodes of a mobile communication core network. A system for managing the location of a zone base service subscriber terminal(100) in a mobile communication network comprises an SGSN(Serving GPRS Support Node)(300), an MSC(Mobile Switching Center)(400), and an HLR(Home Location Register)(500). The SGSN(300) executes zone-by-zone location updating for the subscriber terminal using a zone list and zone base service setup information which are received in registering the location of the subscriber terminal. The MSC(400) executes zone-by-zone location updating for the subscriber terminal using the zone list and the zone base service setup information. The HLR(500) judges whether the SGSN(300) and the MSC(400) are located in an area contained in the subscriber terminal's zone list. If so, the HLR(500) forwards the subscriber terminal's zone list and zone base service setup information to the SGSN(300) and the MSC(400).

Description

Mobile terminal, location management system and method for providing zone base service in mobile communication network

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for managing a location of a zone base service subscriber station in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of a subscriber station 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of a packet-switching support node 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a mobile communication switch 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a home location register 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing a location registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view showing a location update method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating a method of operating a subscriber station 100 to perform location update according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, a location management system, and a method for providing a zone-based service in a mobile communication network. More specifically, the location of the subscriber according to the zone base service area in the core network of the mobile communication network is managed in real time.

As one of various mobile communication services for mobile operators to broaden their business network, they provide zone-based services.

The zone base service is to provide a separate service that is distinguished from other regions in a specific region. As such a zone-based service, there are a home zone service and an infomobile service.

The home zone service allocates a specific zone to the mobile subscriber and charges a differential fee for making calls within and outside of the zone.

In addition, InfoMobile Service provides voice calls and short data services for free in an in-building office environment.

However, in order to provide zone-based services in the current mobile communication network, a separate private network must be configured.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to manage the location registration and location update of the subscriber in real time according to the entry / exit of the zone-based service area through the universal nodes (SGSN, MSC, HLR) constituting the core network of the mobile communication network A mobile terminal, a location management system, and a method thereof are provided.

In order to achieve the above-described problem, a location management system according to a feature of the present invention,
A system for managing the location of a zone base service subscriber station in a mobile communication network, comprising: a packet exchange for performing a zone update of the subscriber station by using a zone list and zone base service setting information received when registering the location of the subscriber station Support node; A mobile communication switch configured to perform location update for each zone of the subscriber station by using the zone list and the zone base service setting information received when registering the location of the subscriber station; And determining whether the packet switching support node and the mobile communication switch that are requested to register the location of the subscriber station are located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station. And a home location register for delivering zone list and zone base service configuration information of a subscriber station to the packet-switching support node and the mobile communication switch.

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Mobile terminal according to a feature of the invention,

In a mobile terminal for performing a location update of a zone base service subscriber in a mobile communication network, the mobile terminal has a hierarchical structure of at least one master file, a dedicated file, and a base file, and a field for requesting a zone update for each zone to one of the base files. A universal integrated circuit card defining a value; A card interface unit for interfacing with the general purpose IC card to receive the field value; And a controller for requesting location update for each zone by using the field value received through the card interface unit and receiving zone base service setting information accordingly.

Location management method according to an aspect of the present invention,
A method for a packet-switching support node to manage a location of a zone-based service subscriber station in a mobile communication network, the method comprising: (a) setting a zone list and zone-based service of the subscriber station from a home location register when performing location registration of the subscriber station; The information on the zone list and the zone base service setting information may be determined by determining whether the packet-switching support node that has requested the location registration of the subscriber station is located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station. Receiving information transmitted when located in an area included in the zone list; (b) checking whether a location update request area is included in the zone list when a location update request is received from the subscriber station; And (c) requesting a location update from the mobile communication exchange corresponding to the location update request area when the check result is included in the zone list in step (b).

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Location management method according to another aspect of the present invention,
A method for a mobile communication switch to manage a location of a zone-based service subscriber station in a mobile communication network, the method comprising: (a) when performing location registration of the subscriber station, zone list and zone-based service setting information of the subscriber station from a home location register; In this case, the zone list and zone base service setting information may be determined by determining whether the packet-switching support node that has requested the location registration of the subscriber station is located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station. Receiving information transmitted when located in an area included in the list; (b) receiving a location update request of the subscriber station from a packet switched node managing a packet data service in the mobile communication network; And (c) performing a location update of the subscriber station using the zone list and the zone base service configuration information.

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Operation method of a mobile terminal according to a feature of the present invention,

A method of operating a mobile terminal for performing location update of a zone-based service subscriber in a mobile communication network, the method comprising: (a) having a hierarchical structure of at least one master file, a dedicated file, and a base file, wherein one zone is located at one of the base files; Accessing a general purpose IC card defining a field value for requesting an update and receiving the field value; (b) requesting a location update for each zone to the mobile communication network using the field value; And (c) receiving, from the mobile communication network, zone-based service setting information according to the zone-specific location update.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, this means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

In addition, the term module described herein refers to a unit for processing a specific function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.

Now, a mobile terminal, a location management system, and a method for providing a zone-based service in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for managing a location of a zone base service subscriber station in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 1, the network configuration includes a mobile terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a subscriber terminal) 100, a wireless access network (RAN) 200, and a packet switching support node (SGSN) of a zone base service subscriber ( 300), a mobile switching center (MSC) 400, and a home location register (HLR) 500.

The subscriber station 100 is a terminal that registers zone-based service setting information for each subscriber in a cell management node that manages customer management and billing of the mobile communication service provider.

In addition, by connecting to the general-purpose node constituting the core network of the W-CDMA, that is, the packet-switching support node 300 and the mobile communication switch 400, and requests location registration and location update.

At this time, it is checked whether or not to enter the region corresponding to the zone list, and requests location update for each zone accordingly.

The wireless access network 200 is a base station transmitter (Radio Transceiver Subsystem, hereinafter referred to as 'RTS') that accommodates the wireless access standard of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard to support the existing WCDMA (210) And a radio network controller (hereinafter referred to as 'RNC') 220.

The RAN 200 receives a communication request signal, a data transmission request signal, and uploading data from the subscriber station 100, transmits the received data to the packet switched support node 300, and receives the packet data from the packet switched support node 300. It performs the function of transmitting to the subscriber terminal (100).

The RTS 210 performs a radio access termination function with the subscriber station 100 according to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project radio access standard, and transmits and receives voice, video, and data traffic in a WCDMA manner. It transmits and receives information with the subscriber station 100 through the function and the transmission and reception antenna.

In general, the internal subsystem of RTS 210 is composed of a base-station interconnection subsystem, a base band subsystem, and a radio frequency subsystem. In addition, the RTS 210 is also used as the name 'Node B' in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project wireless access standard.

The RNC 220 manages wired and wireless channels, protocol matching of the subscriber station 100, and protocol matching of the base station. It handles soft handoff processing, protocol matching with Core Network, GPRS access, fault management, system loading, and more.

The packet switching support node 300 may manage mobility of the subscriber station 100, a call processing procedure, a session management for transmitting / receiving packet data, authentication and charging functions, and packet data processing for the GPRS service. Perform routing processing.

In particular, the packet-switching support node 300 performs location update for each zone of the subscriber station 100 by using the zone list and zone base service setting information received as the location registration of the subscriber station 100 is performed.

The mobile communication switch 400 is responsible for mobility management, location registration / management, authentication, handover, and roaming according to a circuit service including a voice call of the subscriber station 100.

In particular, the mobile communication switch 400 performs location update for each zone by using the received zone list and zone base service setting information as the location registration of the subscriber station 100 is performed.

The home location register 500 is a database that stores subscriber information. The subscriber location information of the subscriber station 100 includes the type of service set by the subscriber, ID information of the packet switching support node and the mobile communication switch. Perform location registration and location update by zone.

In particular, the home location register 500 checks whether the packet-switching support node and the mobile communication switch that have requested the location registration correspond to the zone-based service setting region of the subscriber station 100, and accordingly zone list and zone-based service setting information. To provide.

Next, the detailed configuration of the subscriber station 100 for performing the location update of the zone-based service subscriber registered in the mobile communication network will be described.

2 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of a subscriber station 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Here, the subscriber station 100 includes a configuration for performing a location registration procedure for GPRS service of a subscriber station for a circuit / packet combined subscriber, which is a conventional configuration, and thus description thereof will be omitted. do.

However, a configuration of location update that is different from the conventional configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The subscriber station 100 includes a universal IC card 110, a card interface unit 120, a controller 130, a memory 140, and a W-CDMA modem unit 150.

The universal IC card 110 may be detachably mounted to the subscriber terminal 100, and may include one or more master files (MFs), dedicated files (DFs), and basic files ( It has a hierarchical structure of elementary files (EF) and defines field values for requesting location update for each zone in one of the basic files (EF).

The universal IC card 110 may be a USIM card incorporating a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM).

When the subscriber station 100 is powered on, the card interface unit 120 receives various applications included in the general purpose IC card 100, and in particular, receives a field value for requesting a location update for each zone.

When the power is turned on, the controller 130 loads data for requesting a location update for each zone from the memory 140 to the mobile communication network by using the field value received through the card interface unit 120. Then, the zone-based location update is requested through the W-CDMA modem 150 using the loaded data.

Thereafter, when the subscriber station 100 is in the idle state, it receives zone base service setting information from the mobile communication switch 400.

Here, the zone base service setting information may include whether to enter the zone base service area or the camera ON / OFF setting in the zone base service area.

In this case, the controller 130 may include a confirmation module 132 and a transmission module 134 in more detail.

If the field value received through the card interface unit 120 is set, the confirmation module 132 confirms whether the cell information received from the mobile communication network is changed. In other words, it checks whether the cell information is changed from '0' to '1' or '1' to '0'.

If the received cell information is changed, the transmission module 134 requests a location update from the mobile communication network. In this case, the location update request uses a routing area update request message.

Here, the type of the routing area update request in the location update request is 'Combined RA / LA Update'. That is, a location update request for a routing area or a location area.

Meanwhile, in the network configuration of FIG. 1, the location management system configuration for managing the location of the zone base service subscriber station in the mobile communication network, that is, the details of the packet switched support node 300, the mobile communication switch 400, and the home location register 500. Let's look at the typical configuration.

3 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of a packet-switching support node 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 3, the packet switched support node 300 includes a first location management controller 310 and a second location management controller 320.

When the connection request message is received from the subscriber station 100, the first location management controller 310 requests the location registration from the home location register 500 to receive the zone list and the zone base service setting information.

When the routing area update request message is received from the subscriber station 100, the second location management controller 320 performs location update for each zone depending on whether the subscriber station 100 subscribes to the zone base service.

In more detail, the second location management controller 320 may further include a location update request receiving module 322, a location update request analysis module 324, a first location update request module 326, and a second location update request module 328. It includes.

The location update request receiving module 322 receives a routing area update request message for updating the location of the subscriber station 100 and determines whether the subscriber station 100 subscribes to the zone base service if the type is 'Combined RA / LA'. do.

When the subscriber station 100 is a zone base service subscriber, the location update request analysis module 324 changes a location area (LA) in which the location update request area is a mobile switching center management unit, and a routing area (RA). It is determined whether one of the change and the change of the zone list area (SA) configured in units of cells.

When the subscriber station 100 is a zone base service subscriber, the first location update request module 326 includes the location update request area in at least one or more of a location included in a location area, a routing area, or a zone list configured in units of cells. If requested, the mobile communication switch 400 requests a location update.

In this case, when the location update request region is any one of a routing region or an area corresponding to a zone list configured in units of cells, the location update request is made using the same location update request identifier as the case where the location update region is a location region.

When the subscriber station 100 is not a zone base service subscriber, the second location update request module 328 requests a location update from the mobile communication switch 400 of the corresponding area when the location update request area is a location area.

In addition, when the subscriber station 100 is a zone base service subscriber, the second location management control unit 320 performs zone update for each zone, and thus, the subscriber station receives the zone base service setting information received by the first location management control unit 310. It may further include a transmission module for notifying the 100. In this case, the notification may use a message commonly used in the art, which is negotiated between the subscriber station 100 and the packet switched support node 300.

4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a mobile communication switch 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 4, the mobile communication switch 400 includes a first mobility manager 410 and a second mobility manager 420.

The first mobility management unit 410 requests the home location register 500 to register the location of the subscriber station 100 according to the request of the packet-switching support node 300 to set the zone list and the zone base service of the subscriber station 100. Receive information.

The second mobility management unit 420 performs the location update of the subscriber station 100 according to the request of the packet-switching support node 300 and notifies the subscriber station 100 of the zone base service setting information.

More specifically, it includes a location update request analysis module 422 and a transmission module 424.

The location update request analysis module 422 analyzes the location update request received from the packet-switching support node 300 to determine whether the location update request area is an area included in the zone list.

The transmission module 424 notifies the subscriber station 100 of the zone base service setting information when the location of the location update request is an area included in the zone list. In this case, a message negotiated with the subscriber station 100 may be used, and the base station service setting information is notified to the subscriber station 100 by using an Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD) message or a progress message. can do.

In this case, it may be determined whether the subscriber station 100 is in an idle state and may perform notification in the idle state.

5 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a home location register 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 5, the home location register 500 includes a subscriber database 510, a first location register 520, and a second location register 530.

The subscriber database 510 stores the zone list and the zone base service setting information set for each subscriber. That is, the zone base service information is received from the cell management node of the corresponding mobile communication provider of the subscriber and stored.

The first location register 520 determines whether the packet-switching node 300 requesting location registration of the subscriber station 100 is located in a corresponding region of the zone list included in the zone base service setting information registered in the subscriber database 510. Judge. As a result of determination, when the location registration is performed, the zone list and the zone base service setting information stored in the subscriber database 510 are provided to the packet switched node 300.

The second location registerer 530 determines whether the mobile communication switch 400 requesting the location registration of the subscriber station 100 is located in a corresponding region of the zone list registered in the subscriber database 510. If applicable, the zone list and zone base service setting information are provided to the mobile communication switch 400 when performing location registration.

Here, the first location registerer 520 performs a GPRS location registration procedure by receiving an 'Update GPRS Location Request' from the packet exchange support node 300 that receives the 'Attach Request' from the subscriber station 100.

In addition, the second location registration unit 540 performs a location registration procedure according to receiving the 'Update Location Request' from the mobile communication switch 400 that receives the 'Gs_Location Update Request' from the packet-switching support node 300.

At this time, the first location register 520 and the second location register 530 are located in the region of the zone list in which the corresponding packet switching support node 300 or the mobile communication switch 400 is registered in the subscriber database 510. It is possible to ultimately reduce the size of the zone list information included in the packet-switching support node 300 or the mobile communication switch 400 by determining whether or not the zone list is transmitted.

If the first location register 520 and the second location register 530 deliver the zone list without determining the corresponding packet-switching support node 300 or the mobile communication switch 400, 2 bytes are stored for each zone list. Is added.

Now, a method of performing location management by applying the configuration described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 will be described.

6 is a view showing a location registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 6, the home location register 500 receives zone-based service subscription information for each subscriber from the customer management and billing node and stores the subscriber-based zone base service subscription information in the subscriber database. At this time, the zone base service subscription information includes zone base service setting information and zone list set by the subscriber.

Thereafter, the subscriber station 100 requests 'GPRS' location registration by transmitting an 'Attach Request' to the packet switched support node 300 (S103).

Then, the packet-switching support node 300 requests subscriber information for location registration by transmitting an 'Update GPRS Location Request' to the home location register 500 (S105).

The home location registerer 500 determines whether the packet switched support node 300 requesting subscriber information for location registration in step S105 is the corresponding packet switched support node 300 in the zone base service area (S107).

As a result, in the case of the zone-based service area, the home location registerer 500 provides the requested subscriber information to the packet switched node 300 by including the zone list in 'Insert Suscriber Data' and transmitting it (S109).

At this time, if the zone is not in the base service area, the home location registerer 500 provides only the 'Insert Suscriber Data' to the packet switched support node 300 (S111).

Next, the 'GPRS' of the packet switched support node 300 by exchanging 'Insert Suscriber Data Response' and 'Update GPRS Location Response' between the packet switched support node 300 and the home location register 500 (S113, S115). Complete the location registration process.

Here, since the subscriber station 100 is assumed to be a circuit / packet combined terminal, the packet exchange support node 300 transmits a 'Gs_Location Update Request' to the mobile communication switch 400 for mobility management of circuit data. Request registration of the location of the 100 (S117).

Then, the mobile communication switch 400 requests the subscriber information by transmitting the 'Update Location Request' to the home location register 500 (S119).

The home location register 500 determines whether the mobile communication switch 400 requesting the subscriber information in step S119 is a corresponding mobile communication switch in the zone base service area (S121).

As a result of determination, the home location register 500 includes the zone list and the zone base service setting information in the 'Insert Subcriber Data' for providing subscriber information and transmits the information to the mobile communication switch 400. (S123).

At this time, if the zone does not correspond to the service area, the home location register 500 transmits only 'Insert Subcriber Data' to the mobile communication switch 400 (S125).

Then, 'Insert Subscriber Data Response' and 'Update Location Response' are exchanged between the mobile communication switch 400 and the home location register 500 (S127 and S129). The mobile communication switch 400 transmits a 'Gs_Location Update Response' to the packet switch support node 300 (S131). Thus, the location registration procedure of the subscriber station 100 in the node constituting the core network of the W-CDMA network is completed.

Thereafter, the packet switching support node 300 transmits an 'Attach Accept' to the subscriber station 100 to notify the completion of location registration and receives 'Attach Complete' from the subscriber station 100 as a response thereto.

Then, the packet switching support node 300 transmits 'TMSI Realocation Complete' to the mobile communication switch 400 and finally performs a 'lu Release' with the subscriber station 100, thereby finally terminating the location registration procedure.

7 is a view showing a location update method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 7, the subscriber station 100 transmits a routing area update request (“Routing Area Update Request”) for location update to the packet switched support node 300 (S201).

The packet exchange support node 300 analyzes the routing area update request received in step S201 (S203) and determines whether to subscribe to the zone base service when the type is 'Combined RA / LA' (S205).

As a result of the determination, if the user is not a zone-based service subscriber, it is determined whether the location update area is the location area (S207), and if not, the location update is completed (S221). However, when the location update area is a location area, the mobile communication switch 400 requests a location update (S211).

As a result of the determination, in the case of the zone-based service subscriber, it is determined whether the location update area is any one of a location area change, a routing area change, and a cell unit area change (S209).

In this case, if the location update area does not correspond to all of the location area, the routing area, and the cell unit area, the location update is completed (S221).

However, if the location update area corresponds to any one of a location area, a routing area, or a cell unit area, a location update request is made to the mobile communication switch 400 of the corresponding area (S211).

In this case, when the location update request region is one of a routing region or a cell unit region, the location update request may be performed using the same location update request identifier as the case where the location update region is the location region.

Here, when the location update request is requested to the mobile communication switch 400, a 'Gs_Location Update Request' message is used.

In addition, if the subscriber station 100 requesting the location update in step S201 is a zone base service subscriber and the location update area is an area included in the zone list, the packet switched support node 300 subscribes to the zone base service setting information. The terminal 100 may be notified. In this case, when the area of the cell is changed and the area is not included in the zone list, the zone list departure may be notified to the subscriber station 100.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication switch 400 analyzes the location update request received in step S211 (S213) and checks whether the location update request area is an area included in the zone list received at the time of location registration (S215).

As a result of the check, when the location update request region is not an area included in the zone list, a response (“Gs_Location Update Accept”) to the location update request is transmitted to the packet switched support node 300 (S217).

As a result of the check, when the location update request area is an area included in the zone list, a response ('Gs_Location Update Accept') to the location update request is transmitted to the packet-switching support node 300 (S219) and the subscriber station 100 is also included. ) Is notified to the zone base service setting information (S227). In this case, when the area of the cell is changed and the area is not included in the zone list, the zone list departure may be notified to the subscriber station 100.

In this case, the notification of the zone base service setting information may be performed when the idle state of the subscriber station 100 is determined to be in the idle state.

In addition, the notification of the zone base service configuration information may use an Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD) message or a Progress message.

In addition, the zone base service setting information may inform the subscriber station 100 whether to enter the zone base service area or provide information according to zone base service setting such as camera stoppage.

Subsequently, the packet switched support node 300 having received the response to the location update request in steps S217 and S219 transmits a routing area update accept to the subscriber station 100 (S221). A routing area update complete is received from the subscriber station 100 (S223).

Then, by performing the 'lu Release' between the subscriber station 100 and the packet-switching support node 300, the location update procedure is completed (S225).

8 is a diagram illustrating a method of operating a subscriber station 100 to perform location update according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, after the subscriber station 100 performs location registration using the method shown in FIG. 6, the subscriber terminal 100 shows a procedure for performing location update.

When the power is turned on (S301), the controller 130 accesses the general purpose IC card and receives a field value defined for location update for each zone (S303).

At this time, when the power of the subscriber station 100 is turned on periodically receives the cell information from the mobile communication network (S305).

If the field value received in step S303 is set, the controller 130 checks whether the cell information received in step S305 is changed (S307).

Here, the presence or absence of the change of the cell information means whether it is reversed from '0' to '1' or from '1' to '0'.

At this time, if the cell information is changed, a routing area update request for location update is transmitted to the mobile communication network (S311).

Here, the type of routing area update request is 'Combined LA / RA' to request location update.

If the cell information is not changed as a result of checking in step S307, the process branches to step S307 to repeat steps S307 and S309.

Therefore, unlike the existing routing area update request, it is possible to request a location update in the case of a location area change, a routing area change, or a zone list change configured in units of cells.

That is, at this time, when the location is changed on a cell basis, a location update request is performed to transmit a location update, that is, a routing update request when entering or exiting the zone list region.

Subsequently, the controller 130 ends the location update procedure (S313), and when the subscriber station 100 is in the idle state, receives the zone base service setting information from the mobile communication switch 400 (S315) and performs a process according to the corresponding setting. Perform. That is, it may be displayed in the form of an icon or not to enter the zone-based service area, or the driving power of the camera or the like may be turned off.

As described above, when performing the location registration procedure of the subscriber station 100, the packet-switching support node 300 and the mobile communication switch 400 from the home location register 500, zone-based service information, that is, zone list and zone Receives and stores base service configuration information.

Thereafter, by using the zone base service information received when the location of the subscriber station 100 is updated, it is possible to enter into a zone base service area and update a location in a corresponding area.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only through the apparatus and the method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded. Implementation may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above-described embodiments.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention as defined in the following claims are also within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to minimize the change of general-purpose nodes (SGSN, MSC, HLR) of the mobile communication core network and thereby perform location registration and location update of the zone-based service subscriber station in real time.

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A system for managing the location of a zone base service subscriber station in a mobile communication network, A packet-switching support node for performing a location update for each zone of the subscriber station by using the zone list and zone base service setting information received when registering the location of the subscriber station; A mobile communication switch configured to perform location update for each zone of the subscriber station by using the zone list and the zone base service setting information received when registering the location of the subscriber station; And Determining whether the packet-switching support node and the mobile communication exchanger are located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station by requesting the location registration of the subscriber station; Home location register for transmitting the zone list and zone base service configuration information of the terminal to the packet-switching support node and the mobile communication switch. Location management system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The packet exchange support node, A first location management controller for requesting location registration from the home location register to receive the zone list and zone base service setting information when the connection request message is received from the subscriber station; And A second location management controller which performs location update for each zone according to whether the subscriber station subscribes to the zone base service when the routing area update request message is received from the subscriber station; Location management system comprising a. The method of claim 2, The second location management control unit, A location update request receiving module configured to receive the routing area update request message for updating the location of the subscriber station and determine whether the subscriber station subscribes to the zone base service; When the subscriber station is a zone base service subscriber, a location update request analysis for determining whether the location update area is any one of a location area change, a routing area change, and a cell unit area change module; A first location update request module for requesting a location update from a mobile communication switch of a corresponding area when the location update area is any one of a location area, a routing area, and a cell-based area change when the subscriber station is a zone base service subscriber; And A second location update request module for requesting a location update from a mobile communication switch of the corresponding area when the location update request area is a location area when the subscriber station is not a zone-based service subscriber; Location management system comprising a. The method of claim 3, The first location update request module, When the location update area is any one of the routing area or the cell unit area, the location management system for requesting a location update using the same location update request identifier as when the location update area is the location area. . The method of claim 3, The second location management control unit, A transmission module for notifying the subscriber station of the zone base service setting information received by the first location management controller when the subscriber station is a zone base service subscriber; Location management system further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The mobile communication exchange, A first mobility manager configured to request the home location register to register the location of the subscriber station according to a request of the packet-switching support node, and to receive zone list and zone base service setting information of the subscriber station; And A second mobility management unit configured to perform location update for each zone of the subscriber station at the request of the packet-switching support node, and notify the subscriber station of the zone base service setting information; Location management system comprising a. The method of claim 6, The second mobility management unit, A location update request analysis module for analyzing a location update request received from the packet switching support node to determine whether a location update request area is an area included in the zone list; And A transmission module for notifying the subscriber station of the zone base service setting information received by the first mobility management unit according to whether the location update request region is included in the zone list; Location management system comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The transmission module, And notifying the subscriber station of the zone base service configuration information by using an unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) message or a progress message. The method of claim 6, The home location register, A subscriber database for storing the zone list and the zone base service setting information set for each subscriber; When the registration of the location of the subscriber station is requested from the packet switching node, it is determined whether the packet switching node is located in an area included in the zone list. A first location register for delivering to the packet switched node; And When the location registration of the subscriber station is requested from the mobile switching center, if the mobile switching center is located in an area included in the zone list, it is determined to include the zone list and the zone base service setting information. A second location register for transmitting to the mobile switching center Location management system comprising a. A mobile terminal for performing location update of a zone base service subscriber in a mobile communication network, A universal IC card having a hierarchical structure of at least one master file, a dedicated file, and a basic file, and defining a field value for requesting a location update for each zone in one of the basic files; A card interface unit for interfacing with the general purpose IC card to receive the field value; And A control unit for requesting location update for each zone by using the field value received through the card interface unit and receiving zone base service setting information accordingly. A mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 10, The control unit, A confirmation module for confirming whether cell information received from the mobile communication network is changed, if a field value received through the card interface unit is set; And A transmission module for transmitting a routing area update request for location update to the mobile communication network when the received cell information is changed A mobile terminal comprising a. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein The zone base service setting information is A mobile terminal comprising information on whether to enter or leave a zone-based service area or camera ON / OFF setting information in the zone-based service area. The method of claim 12, The general purpose IC card, A mobile terminal, characterized in that the USIM card containing a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM). A method for a packet switched support node to manage a location of a zone base service subscriber station in a mobile communication network, (a) when performing the location registration of the subscriber station, from the home location register, the zone list and zone base service setting information of the subscriber station, wherein the zone list and zone base service setting information are registered by the home location register. Determining whether the packet switched support node is located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station, and receiving information transmitted when the packet switched support node is located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station; (b) checking whether a location update request area is included in the zone list when a location update request is received from the subscriber station; And (c) requesting a location update from a mobile communication exchange corresponding to the location update request area when the check result is included in the zone list in step (b); Location management method comprising a. The method of claim 14, In step (b), Determining whether the subscriber station subscribes to the zone base service when a location update request is received from the subscriber station; And If the subscriber station is a zone base service subscriber, determining whether the location update region is any one of a location region change, a routing region change, and a cell unit region change Location management method comprising a. The method of claim 15, Step (c) is, When the subscriber station is a zone base service subscriber, requesting a location update from a mobile communication switch of a corresponding area when the location update area is included in any one of a location area, a routing area, or a cell unit area; And Requesting a location update from a mobile communication switch of the corresponding area when the location update request area is a location area when the subscriber station is not a zone-based service subscriber; Location management method comprising a. The method of claim 16, After the step (c), Notifying the subscriber station of the zone base service setting information received when performing the location registration of the subscriber station when the subscriber station is a zone base service subscriber; Location management method characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, In step (a), And receiving a zone list and zone base service setting information by requesting a location registration from the home location register when a connection request message is received from the subscriber station. The method of claim 18, In step (b), And when the routing area update request message is received from the subscriber station, performing location update for each zone according to whether the subscriber station subscribes to the zone base service. The method of claim 16, And when the location update request area is the routing area or the cell unit area, requesting a location update using the same location update request identifier as when the location update area is the location area. A method for a mobile communication switch to manage a location of a zone base service subscriber station in a mobile communication network, (a) when performing the location registration of the subscriber station, from the home location register, the zone list and zone base service setting information of the subscriber station, wherein the zone list and zone base service setting information are registered by the home location register. Determining whether the packet switched support node is located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station, and receiving information transmitted when the packet switched support node is located in an area included in the zone list of the subscriber station; (b) receiving a location update request of the subscriber station from a packet switched node managing a packet data service in the mobile communication network; And (c) performing location update of the subscriber station using the zone list and the zone base service configuration information; Location management method comprising a. The method of claim 21, Step (c) is, (Iii) analyzing whether the location update request area is included in the zone list by analyzing the location update request received in step (b); And (Ii) notifying the subscriber station of the zone base service setting information according to whether the location update request region is included in the zone list; Location management method comprising a. The method of claim 22, Step (ii), And notifying the subscriber station of the zone base service configuration information by using an unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) message or a progress message. A method of operating a mobile terminal for performing location update of a zone base service subscriber in a mobile communication network, (a) receiving the field value by accessing a universal IC card having a hierarchical structure of at least one master file, a dedicated file, and a base file, and defining a field value for requesting a location update for each zone in one of the base files; ; (b) requesting a location update for each zone to the mobile communication network using the field value; And (c) receiving zone base service setting information according to the zone-specific location update from the mobile communication network; Operation method of a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 24, In step (b), Checking whether cell information received from the mobile communication network is changed, if the received field value is set; And When the received cell information is changed, transmitting a routing area update request for location update to the mobile communication network; Operating method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 24 or 25, The zone base service setting information is A method of operating a mobile terminal, including whether to enter a zone-based service area or a camera ON / OFF setting in a zone-based service area.

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