KR101527088B1 - Network Access System and Control Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

[0001] The present invention relates to a network access system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a network access system in which a network connection system transmits a pilot signal including one or more digital contents and additional data of the digital contents to a certain coverage A wireless connection device; And a control unit for receiving the pilot signal when entering the coverage, playing the selected content if the content selected by the user is included in the digital content included in the received pilot signal, And a user terminal for performing a connection request to the network radio access device when the selected content is not included in the digital content.

As a result, it is expected that the efficiency of wireless network resources will be enhanced, and the use of broadcasting and digital contents services based on wireless networks will become more convenient.

Pilot signal, digital content, content selection page, service broadcasting channel

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a network access system and a control method thereof,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network access system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a network access system and a control method thereof, And a control method of the network connection system.

The conventional procedure when a user wants to use a service by accessing a specific network is as follows. ii) detecting that the terminal is within the coverage of a specific network and making a connection request to the network device; and iii) receiving a connection request from the network device, And iv) the terminal requests the desired service to the network device, and v) determines whether the network device can provide the requested service to the terminal, Service.

Such a conventional network access method has a problem in that a complicated procedure is required to increase the complexity of the system and the connection time is increased, which inconveniences the user and ultimately causes the radio resources to be used inefficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a network access system that enables a terminal to receive digital content included in a pilot signal upon entering a coverage of a network device by partially including digital content in a pilot signal transmitted from the network device, and And a control method of the network connection system.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a pilot channel in a network device by transmitting a channel including digital contents simultaneously so that the terminal can receive digital contents upon entering the coverage of the network device System and a method of controlling a network connection system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a network access system, comprising: a network wireless access device (1) for transmitting a pilot signal including at least one digital content and additional data of the digital content into a certain coverage, ; And a control unit for receiving the pilot signal when entering the coverage, playing the selected content if the content selected by the user is included in the digital content included in the received pilot signal, And a user terminal for performing a connection request to the network radio access device when the selected content is not included in the digital content.

Preferably, the additional data of the digital content includes a parameter that configures a content selection page in which the user can select a content desired by the user terminal.

In addition, the user terminal configures and displays the content selection page in which the user can select a desired content based on the parameter constituting the content selection page, and displays the content selection page on the displayed content selection page And the content is selected.

In addition, the user terminal may reproduce the selected content if the content selected by the user is one of the digital contents included in the pilot signal.

Further, when the content selected by the user is not included in the pilot signal, the user terminal requests a connection to the network radio access device and transmits the selected content to the network radio access device for playback .

Meanwhile, when the content selected by the user is not included in the pilot signal and the connection request is received from the mobile user terminal, the network radio access device performs a predetermined connection procedure to transmit the selected content to the user terminal And transmits the data.

Preferably, the network radio access device is one of a base station of a mobile communication system and an access point of a wireless LAN system.

In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a network access system, comprising a pilot channel, a service broadcasting channel including one or more digital contents and additional data of the digital contents, A network radio access device for transmitting the information into the coverage; And a control unit for receiving the pilot channel and the service broadcasting channel when entering into the coverage, and receiving content selected by the user among the digital contents included in the received service broadcasting channel And a user terminal that plays the selected content and performs a connection request to the network radio access device when the selected content is not included in the digital broadcasting contents included in the service broadcasting channel do.

Preferably, the additional data of the digital content includes a parameter for configuring a content selection page in which the user can select a content desired by the user terminal.

In addition, the user terminal constructs and displays the content selection page in which the user can select a desired content based on the parameter constituting the content selection page, and displays the content selection page on the displayed content selection page, Is selected.

In addition, the user terminal can reproduce the selected content when the content selected by the user is one of the digital contents included in the service broadcasting channel.

Further, when the content selected by the user is not included in the service broadcasting channel, the user terminal requests a connection to the network radio access device, receives the selected content from the network radio access device, .

Meanwhile, when the content selected by the user is not included in the service broadcasting channel and the connection request is received from the user terminal, the network radio access apparatus performs a predetermined connection procedure to transmit the selected And transmits the content.

Preferably, the network radio access device is one of a base station of a mobile communication system and an access point of a wireless LAN system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a user terminal of a network access system, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a service broadcasting channel including a pilot channel, at least one digital content and additional data of the digital content, A content selection page configured to allow the user to select a desired content based on the received additional data of the digital content, and displays the selected content on the displayed content selection page, the content desired by the user is selected through the displayed content selection page, Is present in the digital content included in the service broadcasting channel, and reproduces the selected content if the determination result is present.

Advantageously, the service broadcasting channel is configured as a part of the pilot channel or transmitted from the network radio access device simultaneously with the pilot channel.

In addition, when it is determined that the selected content does not exist in the digital content included in the service broadcasting channel, the connection request is transmitted to the network radio access device.

In addition, the selected content is received and reproduced from the network radio access device through a predetermined connection procedure according to the connection request.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a control method of a network connection system, wherein a network radio access apparatus transmits a pilot signal including digital content available in a terminal and additional data of the digital content into a certain coverage step; The user terminal entering the coverage and receiving the pilot signal; The user terminal configuring and displaying a content selection page based on parameters included in the additional data; A content selection step of selecting a content desired by a user through the content selection page displayed on the user terminal; And reproducing the selected content from the user terminal.

Preferably, the method further comprises: after the content selection step, determining whether the selected content is present in the digital content included in the pilot signal; Reproducing the selected content if the determination result is present; Performing a connection request to the network radio access device if the user terminal does not exist as a result of the determination; And the network radio access device performing a predetermined connection procedure according to the connection request and transmitting the selected content to the user terminal.

Meanwhile, the base station may be any one of a base station of a mobile communication system and an access point of a wireless LAN system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a control method of a network access system, comprising the steps of: determining whether a network radio access apparatus has a pilot channel, a service broadcasting channel including digital content available in the terminal, Within a predetermined coverage; The user terminal entering the coverage and receiving the pilot channel and the service broadcasting channel; The user terminal configuring and displaying a content selection page based on parameters included in the additional data; A content selection step of selecting a content desired by a user through the content selection page displayed on the user terminal; And reproducing the selected content from the user terminal.

Preferably, after the content selection step, determining whether the selected content is present in the digital content included in the service broadcasting channel, Reproducing the selected content if the determination result is present; Performing a connection request to the network radio access device if the user terminal does not exist as a result of the determination; And the network radio access device performing a predetermined connection procedure according to the connection request and transmitting the selected content to the user terminal.

The network radio access device may be any one of a base station of a mobile communication system and an access point of a wireless LAN system.

According to the present invention, as soon as the user terminal enters the coverage of the network radio access device and receives the pilot signal (or the pilot channel and the service broadcasting channel), the digital content included in the pilot signal (or the service broadcasting channel) Some content can be used immediately.

As a result, it is expected that the efficiency of wireless network resources will be enhanced, and the use of broadcasting and digital contents services based on wireless networks will become more convenient.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an explanatory diagram of a network connection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a network access system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a network wireless access device 100 and a user terminal 300.

The network wireless access point 100 provides a connection to a certain network to the user terminal 300 to enable data transmission and reception. The network access point 100 may be an access point such as a base station of a mobile communication system, Bluetooth, ZigBee, , AP), and the like.

The network wireless access apparatus 100 may transmit a pilot signal including one or more digital contents and additional data of digital contents within a certain coverage.

The pilot signal is a signal continuously transmitted from the network radio access device 100 to the user terminal 300 for synchronization. In this case, as soon as the user terminal 300 enters the coverage of the network radio access device 100, (A kind of modified pilot signal including content-related data) in order to use the digital content and the digital content. Here, the digital content may include various contents services reproducible by the user terminal 300 and a broadcast service viewable by the user terminal 300 (in the case of a broadcast service, a broadcast radio wave which can be transmitted together with a pilot signal And can be immediately viewed on the terminal, and will be described below mainly in terms of ordinary digital contents). However, the digital contents to be included in the pilot signal may be suitably limited to the real-time popular contents and the user's personal preference contents considering the radio resource efficiency and the user's convenience at the same time. Also, the digital contents to be included in the pilot signal may be limited by the file format or the streaming method, (The network wireless access apparatus 100 may transmit the stored digital contents to the user terminal 300 or receive digital contents from an external contents server (not shown) and transmit the digital contents to the user terminal 300 ). ≪ / RTI >

The additional data of the digital content included in the pilot signal may include parameters constituting the content selection page from which the user can select the content desired by the user terminal 300. [

Thereafter, the user terminal 300 receives the pilot signal, constructs a content selection page based on the parameters of the additional data included in the pilot signal, and displays the selected content on the terminal screen so that the user can select the desired content. A detailed description will be given later.

On the other hand, as will be described later, when the network radio access device 100 receives a connection request from the user terminal 300 because the user does not have the contents selected by the user among the digital contents included in the pilot signal, And transmit the user selected content to the user terminal 300. [ Here, the predetermined connection procedure means a normal procedure in which an accessing device such as authentication and address assignment to a terminal requesting a connection provides a connection to the terminal.

The user terminal 300 may be a computer, a mobile communication terminal, or the like, provided with various contents and services by accessing the network wireless access device 100 and receiving data.

When the user terminal 300 enters the coverage area of the network radio access device and receives the pilot signal, the user terminal 300 can use some contents without any procedure using the digital contents included in the pilot signal (here, , The broadcast included in the pilot signal will be immediately viewable at the terminal).

The user terminal 300 can configure and display a page on which the user can select a desired content based on parameters constituting the content selection page among the additional data of the digital content included in the pilot signal, If the user selects a desired content, it is determined whether the selected content exists in the digital content included in the pilot signal (included in the pilot signal). If the selected content exists in the digital content included in the pilot signal, Can be reproduced. In other words, in the case of the digital contents included in the pilot signal, it means that the digital contents can be used in the user terminal 300 without any separate connection procedure immediately after entering the coverage.

Meanwhile, when the content selected through the content selection page of the user terminal 300 does not exist in the digital content included in the pilot signal, the user terminal 300 can request a connection to the network radio access device 100. Thereafter, the network wireless access apparatus 100 may transmit the selected content to the user terminal 300 through a normal connection procedure such as authentication, address assignment, and the like to the user terminal 300. In this case, the selected content may be transmitted from the network wireless access point 100 to the terminal in a file format or a streaming format.

2 is an explanatory diagram of a network connection system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a network access system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a network wireless access device 100 and a user terminal 300 (same as the embodiment of FIG. 1). Hereinafter, differences from the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 1 will be mainly described.

When the network radio access apparatus 100 transmits the pilot channel with a certain coverage, the network radio access apparatus 100 may simultaneously transmit a service broadcasting channel including one or more digital contents and additional data of the digital contents. Here, the pilot channel corresponds to the pilot signal of FIG. 1, and the service broadcasting channel refers to a channel for transmitting digital contents and additional data of digital contents (a channel means a communication path through which signals are transmitted / Quot; channel " in the present embodiment, since the signal / channel, for example, a pilot signal / pilot channel is used in combination in the industry).

In other words, the network wireless access apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 includes digital content as part of a pilot signal and transmits the digital content. However, the network wireless access apparatus 100 of FIG. 2 includes digital contents when transmitting a pilot channel (At the same time) the service broadcasting channel.

The additional data of the digital content included in the service broadcasting channel may include a parameter constituting a content selection page capable of predicting the content desired by the user.

Hereinafter, the main technical idea (principle) of the invention according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 is the same as that of FIG. 1 and will be briefly summarized (since definitions and limitations of the same terms as in FIG. For the sake of simplicity of explanation, we shall refrain from further explanation).

The user terminal 300 selects the content desired by the user through the content selection page configured by using the parameters of the additional data of the digital content through the service broadcasting channel and receives the digital content If it is present, reproduces the selected content of the digital contents included in the service broadcasting channel on the terminal screen, and if not, reproduces the selected content among the digital broadcasting contents included in the service broadcasting channel, The selected content can be received through a normal connection procedure.

3 is a flowchart of a method of controlling a network access system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an operation procedure of a method of controlling a network access system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The network wireless access apparatus 100 transmits the pilot signal including the digital content and the additional data of the digital content within a certain coverage (S101). Here, the network wireless access apparatus 100 may be a base station of a mobile communication system, an access point (AP) of a wireless LAN system, or the like. In a digital content supplementary data, The parameters for constructing the content selection page are also included as described above.

The user terminal 300 enters a certain coverage and receives a pilot signal (S102).

The user terminal 300 constructs and displays a content selection page based on the parameter of the additional data of the digital content included in the received pilot signal (S103).

The content desired by the user is selected through the content selection page displayed on the user terminal 300 (S104).

The user terminal 300 determines whether the selected content is present in the digital content included in the pilot signal (S105). Here, since the digital contents included in the pilot signal may be limited to the user's personal preference contents in consideration of the radio resource efficiency, there are cases where the user does not have desired contents in the digital contents included in the pilot signal same.

As a result of the determination, if there is any, the user terminal 300 plays the selected content (S106).

If the user terminal 300 does not exist as a result of the determination, the user terminal 300 makes a connection request to the network wireless access point 100 (S107).

The network wireless access apparatus 100 performs a predetermined connection procedure in response to a connection request of the user terminal 300 and transmits the selected content to the user terminal 300 (S108).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a network access system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an operation procedure of the method for controlling a network access system according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The network wireless access apparatus 100 transmits a pilot broadcasting channel and a service broadcasting channel including digital contents and additional data of digital contents within a certain coverage (S201). Here, it is described that the additional data of the digital contents may include a parameter for constituting the content selection page.

The user terminal 300 enters a certain coverage and receives a pilot channel and a service broadcasting channel (S202).

The user terminal 300 constructs and displays a content selection page based on parameters included in the additional data (S203).

The content desired by the user is selected through the content selection page displayed on the user terminal 300 (S204).

The user terminal 300 determines whether the selected content is present in the digital content included in the service broadcasting channel (S205).

As a result of the determination, if there is any, the user terminal 300 plays the selected content (S206).

As a result of the determination, if the user terminal 300 does not exist, the user terminal 300 makes a connection request to the network wireless access point 100 (S207).

The network wireless access apparatus 100 performs a predetermined connection procedure according to a connection request of the user terminal 300 to transmit the selected content (S208).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network access system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a network access system and a control method thereof, And a control method of the network connection system.

According to the present invention, as soon as a user terminal enters the coverage of a network radio access device and receives a pilot signal (or a pilot channel and a service broadcasting channel), digital content included in the pilot signal (or service broadcasting channel) It is expected that the contents will be immediately available, thereby increasing the efficiency of wireless network resources and making it easier to use broadcasting and digital contents services based on wireless networks.

1 is an explanatory diagram of a network connection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an explanatory diagram of a network connection system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method of controlling a network access system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a network access system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.

100: Network wireless access device

300: user terminal

Claims (16)

A user terminal for playing back digital contents, Receiving a pilot signal including at least one digital content and additional data of the digital content from the network radio access device when entering the coverage of the network radio access device, If the selected content is included, reproduces the selected content, Wherein the content selection page is configured based on the additional data so that the user can select a desired content through the content selection page. The method according to claim 1, The additional data may include: Wherein the user terminal comprises a parameter for configuring the content selection page from which the user can select desired content. delete The method according to claim 1, And reproduces the selected content when the content selected by the user is one of the digital contents included in the pilot signal. The method according to claim 1, And if the content selected by the user is not included in the pilot signal, transmits the selected content to the network wireless access device and transmits the selected content to the network wireless access device. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A method for controlling a network connection system, The method comprising: receiving a pilot signal including digital content and additional data of the digital content from the network radio access device when the user terminal enters the coverage of the network radio access device; The user terminal configuring and displaying a content selection page based on the additional data; A content selection step of selecting a content desired by a user through the content selection page displayed on the user terminal; And And reproducing the selected content by the user terminal. 14. The method of claim 13, After the content selection step, Determining whether the selected content is present in the digital content included in the pilot signal; And if the determination result is that the user terminal has played the selected content, if the user terminal does not exist, the user terminal performs a connection request to the network radio access device and transmits the selected content from the network radio access device And receiving and reproducing the user information. 14. The method of claim 13, The additional data may include: Wherein the user terminal includes a parameter for configuring the content selection page in which the user can select desired content. delete

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