KR101905581B1 - Method And Apparatus for Discriminating Entry Specific Zone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for determining the entry of a specific zone are disclosed.
An information collecting unit for collecting identification information of each device obtained through authentication or location registration from at least one of a wireless local area network (WLAN) authentication device, a micro base station gateway, and a mobile communication network in communication with the terminal; A positioning unit for comparing the identification information corresponding to the stored location information stored in the storage unit with the collected identification information to determine the current location information for the terminal; It is checked whether or not the current location information matches a preset zone set corresponding to the coverage of the wireless LAN and the femtocell coverage in the storage unit. If it is confirmed that the zone and the current location information match A zone entry confirmation unit for determining that an entry event has occurred in the zone; And when an existing entry event for a cell other than the entry event occurs in the zone, the terminal recognizes that the terminal is moving and determines that the entry event is an entry event, or if the entry event is not yet confirmed, And a zone advancement judgment unit for judging that the zone exists.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for identifying a zone,

The present embodiment relates to a method and apparatus for determining the entry of a specific zone. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a legacy terminal using a wireless LAN (WLAN) authentication information using at least one of wireless LAN (WLAN) authentication information for interworking with a peripheral device for communication in a legacy terminal, And to apply the method to a location-based service in real time.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the present embodiment and do not constitute the prior art.

Among various wireless Internet services using a mobile terminal, a location based service (LBS) is widely regarded as widely used and convenient. The location-based service refers to a communication service that grasps the location of a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and provides additional information related to the identified location.

In order to measure the position of a terminal, a location-based service for providing a location-based service includes a network-based method for confirming a location using a radio environment, which is a cell radius of a base station of a mobile communication network, (Handset Based) system using GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver mounted on the terminal.

That is, a handset-based positioning using GPS is a system in which a GPS receiver installed in a terminal receives signals from a satellite using a GPS system configured to recognize three-dimensional position and time deviations of latitude, longitude and altitude using GPS satellites And measures current position and time information. However, there is a problem that the GPS positioning can not be performed in a shaded area where the GPS is not received. On the other hand, the network-based positioning using the base station grasps the position of each cell centered on the base station communicating with the terminal and the position estimated by the approximate distance from adjacent base stations capable of receiving signals of the terminal. On the other hand, such a network-based positioning has a problem in that it is difficult to perform precise positioning such as division of a building unit because positioning of the terminal is based on the coverage of each base station.

That is, since the conventional network-based positioning is based on the coverage of each base station, precise positioning such as building classification is difficult, and in order to overcome this, it is necessary to mount additional hardware or software in the terminal. Because it takes time and cost, it is difficult to spread the service.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present embodiment is directed to providing a positioning unit capable of distinguishing building units by using the coverage characteristics of a wireless LAN AP, a micro base station, or a base station, A method and apparatus for determining whether a specific zone is entered into a zone based on at least one of authentication information, authentication information, mini-base station, and call processing information at the time of registering a location of the base station, The main purpose is to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication system including at least one of a wireless local area network (WLAN) authentication device, a micro base station gateway, and a mobile communication network, An information collecting unit collecting identification information of each device; A positioning unit for comparing the identification information corresponding to the stored location information stored in the storage unit with the collected identification information to determine the current location information for the terminal; It is checked whether or not the current location information matches a preset zone set corresponding to the coverage of the wireless LAN and the femtocell coverage in the storage unit. If it is confirmed that the zone and the current location information match A zone entry confirmation unit for determining that an entry event has occurred in the zone; And when an existing entry event for a cell other than the entry event occurs in the zone, the terminal recognizes that the terminal is moving and determines that the entry event is an entry event, or if the entry event is not yet confirmed, And a zone advancement judgment unit for judging that the zone exists.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an access determination device, comprising: an access determination device that determines whether an entry is obtained from at least one device among a wireless LAN (WLAN) authentication device, a micro base station gateway, An information collecting process of collecting identification information of each device; A positioning process for comparing the identification information corresponding to the location information previously stored in the storage unit provided in the entry determining apparatus with the collected identification information to determine the current location information for the terminal; The entry discrimination device checks whether or not the zone set in the storage unit matches the current position information, and if the zone and the current position information match, it is determined that an entry event has occurred in the zone A zone entry check process to determine; And when the entry discrimination device has generated an existing entry event for a cell other than the entry event in the zone, the entry recognition device recognizes that the terminal is moving and discriminates the entry event as an entry event, or when the existing entry event is not confirmed, And determining that only the entry event has occurred. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by using at least one or more pieces of information of wireless LAN authentication information, information of interworking with a peripheral device for communication in a terminal, and call processing information at the time of registration of a micro base station or a base station, It is possible to apply the present invention to a location-based service.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to utilize the information collected through the network using only the legacy terminal as location information, thereby preventing an unnecessary load on the network. In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to perform zone-based positioning of building units more precisely than conventional network (base station) based positioning.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing an entry discrimination system for a specific zone according to the present embodiment,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing an entry discriminating apparatus according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a method of determining an entry of a specific zone according to the present embodiment,
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are diagrams for explaining entry discrimination of a specific zone using a wireless LAN, a micro base station, and a mobile communication network according to the present embodiment.

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

1 is a block diagram schematically showing an entry discrimination system for a specific zone according to the present embodiment.

The access identification system for a specific zone according to the present embodiment includes a terminal 110, an access point (AP) 122, a wireless LAN authentication device 124, a micro base station 126, a micro base station gateway 128, A mobile communication network 130, an entry discrimination device 140, and a contents provider 150. [ In this embodiment, the entry discrimination system for a specific zone includes the terminal 110, the AP 122, the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station 126, the micro base station gateway 128, the mobile communication network 130, The apparatus 140 and the content provider 150 are merely illustrative examples of the technical idea of the present embodiment and it is to be understood that any person skilled in the art to which this embodiment belongs, It will be possible to variously modify and modify the constituent elements included in the entry discrimination system of a specific zone without departing from the essential characteristics.

The terminal 110 is a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the AP 122, the micro base station 126 and the mobile communication network 130 according to a key operation of a user. The terminal 110 is a tablet PC, A personal computer (PC), a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, or the like.

That is, the terminal 110 is a terminal that performs voice or data communication using the AP 122, the micro base station 126, and the mobile communication network 130, and is an AP 122, a micro base station 126, A memory for storing a program or a protocol for communicating with the terminal 130, a microprocessor for executing and controlling the program, and the like. Although the terminal 110 is described as being implemented as a separate device from the entry determining device 140 in the present embodiment, the terminal 110 includes all the functions of the entry determining device 140 (Stand Alone) device.

The AP 122 is a device for connecting data communication, and is a device capable of reading a destination address from transmission side information, designating a most appropriate communication path, and transmitting the same to another communication network. In other words, the AP 122 extracts the location of the data packet, specifies the best communication path to the extracted location, directs the data packet to the next device along the designated communication path, It can also be shared. Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the AP 122 is a concept including a router, a repeater, a repeater, and a bridge.

The AP 122 according to the present embodiment refers to an AP installed in a communication company, not an AP installed by each user. That is, the communication company installs and services an AP capable of performing communication separately from the mobile communication network 130. In the case of the communication company AP, the accurate location value of the installation location is stored.

The wireless LAN authentication apparatus 124 is an AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) server and performs authentication for determining whether the terminal 110 recognized from any one of the plurality of APs 122 is a correspondent subscriber Means a device to perform. That is, the wireless LAN authentication apparatus 124 recognizes the terminal 110 from the AP 122 and performs authentication using the authentication information for the terminal 110 when there is a connection request from the terminal 110 . When the authentication information of the terminal 110 is authenticated to confirm whether the terminal 110 is a subscriber of the communication company, the WLAN authentication apparatus 124 transmits WLAN AP MAC address information included in the authentication information And transmits it to the determination device 140.

At this time, the wireless LAN authentication apparatus 124 is a communication company AP authentication apparatus, communicating with a plurality of communication company APs 122 interlocking with each other, and uses authentication information received from an AP corresponding to any one of a plurality of communication company APs 122 And transmits the authentication information to the entry discrimination device 140 when it is determined that the terminal 110 is a communication company subscriber. When the wireless LAN AP MAC address information for the plurality of cooperating communication APs is authenticated, if the authentication information of the terminal 110 matches the pre-stored information, the wireless LAN authentication apparatus 124 successfully authenticates the corresponding authentication information .

The micro base station 126 sets a coverage for a small number of subscribers in the building and transmits contents according to the communication service provided from the communication service provider or the contents provider 150 through the IP network separate from the mobile communication network 130 to the corresponding coverage And provides it to the entered terminal 110. In other words, the micro-base station 126 is connected to a mobile communication access network and a core network of a communication provider through an IP network, and is connected to the core network through the IP network in a general manner such as voice call reception / And performs call processing. In addition, the micro base station 126 receives location registration information transmitted from the terminal 110. That is, the micro-base station 126 receives the location registration signal periodically transmitted from the terminal 110 that has entered the coverage, detects the entry of the corresponding coverage of the terminal 110, And transfers the location registration information to the entry discrimination device 140 when it is successful.

Meanwhile, the micro base station 126 described in this embodiment is preferably a femtocell base station, but is not limited thereto. Here, the femtocell refers to a personal station that is installed in a building, for example, to serve one to four subscribers. The femtocell refers to a service that covers an area smaller than a radius of an existing mobile communication service. A femtocell refers to a service that covers an area smaller than a radius of an existing mobile communication service. A micro-base station, such as a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) do. In addition, since the femtocell base station transmits mobile communication data directly from the base station to the exchange without going through the indoor repeater, it is unnecessary to construct a separate network and the frequency load can be reduced. In addition, the femtocell can provide not only voice calls but also Internet services such as Wi-Fi. Meanwhile, an area covered by one femtocell base station can be referred to as a femtocell coverage. In the femtocell coverage, a femtocell base station performs service in a building, and an out-door base station performs service when the user leaves the building . However, it is difficult to distinguish the clear coverage from the characteristic of the wireless medium, and the coverage of the relatively small femtocell compared to the coverage of the external base station may be greatly influenced by the output of the external base station.

The micro base station gateway 128 refers to a gateway for a plurality of micro base stations 126 to be interlocked. When the terminal 110 performs location registration from one of the plurality of micro-base stations 126, the micro-base station gateway 128 transmits the location registration information to the entry determining device 140. Meanwhile, the micro-base station gateway 128 can confirm the location registration success of the location registration information using the location registration information received from the terminal 110 via the micro-base station 126. However, Or may communicate with a separate network device. The micro base station gateway 128 is a femtocell gateway and communicates with a femtocell base station 126 which is a plurality of micro base stations 126. The micro base station gateway 128 communicates with the femtocell base station 126, The location registration information is transmitted to the entry determining device 140. [

The mobile communication network 130 is wirelessly connected to the terminal 110 and performs functions such as voice communication service, wireless data service, wireless Internet service, video call or message service. The mobile communication network 130 includes a network such as a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), a Long Term Evolution (LTE), and an Evolved Packet Core And the next generation network and cloud computing network to be implemented in the future. The mobile communication network 130 communicates with a plurality of transmitters and transmits the location registration information to the entry determining device 140 when the terminal 110 registers with the transmitter corresponding to any one of the plurality of transmitters. The mobile communication network 130 includes a mobile switching center (MSC), a mobility management entity (MME), a home location register (HLR), and a visitor location register (VLR) At least one device.

The entry determining device 140 according to the present embodiment determines whether a specific zone is entered in real time by using authentication information for the AP 122 installed in the communication company and location registration information of the micro base station or the base station, Based services. That is, when the AP 122 installed in the communication company is used, the entry determining device 140 performs authentication of the subscriber (terminal) when the subscriber enters the coverage area, The location registration information of the base station or the base station can be determined as an entry event of the specific zone.

The operation of the entry discrimination device 140 in cooperation with the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128 and the mobile communication network 130 is as follows. The entry discrimination device 140 is a unit for accessing a service in units of base stations of the AP 122, the micro base station 126 and the mobile communication network 130 of the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128, You can set (view / add / delete / change) zones for each user / user. The entry discrimination device 140 receives the authentication information from the wireless LAN authentication device 124 or receives the location registration information from the base station of the ultra-small base station gateway or the mobile communication network 130 to determine an entry event. Or whether the terminal registered in the location registration is a subscriber registered in the service. If it is a service subscriber, it is determined that the terminal is an entry event when it matches the set zone. If it is confirmed as an entry event of another area, the entry determination device 140 determines that the entry event is an entry event in an existing entry zone (preset zone) ) (Notification of SMS, MMS, etc., if necessary).

The entry determining device 140 according to the present embodiment performs authentication or location registration from at least one of the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128 and the mobile communication network 130 that communicate with the terminal 110 And compares the identification information corresponding to the stored location information stored in the storage unit 240 with the collected identification information to determine the current location information for the terminal 110. [ In addition, when the current position information matches the preset zone in the storage unit 240, the entry determining device 140 determines that an entry event has occurred in the preset zone. On the other hand, the entry determining device 140 recognizes that the terminal 110 is moving to another cell when an existing entry event for a cell other than the entry event occurs in the zone, and determines that the entry event is an entry event. Here, the predetermined zone may be set corresponding to the wireless LAN coverage, which is the coverage of the AP 122, and the micro base station coverage, which is the coverage of the micro base station 126.

Hereinafter, a process of determining whether or not the entry discrimination apparatus 140 advances in the zone will be described. When the entry determining device 140 determines that an existing entry event has occurred in a cell other than an entry event in the zone, the entry determining device 140 recognizes that the terminal 110 is moving to another cell, and changes the entry event into an entry event. On the other hand, if it is determined that an existing entry event has not occurred in another cell in the zone, the entry determining device 140 determines that an entry event has occurred in the corresponding cell in the zone.

Hereinafter, the entry discrimination device 140 collects information from the wireless LAN authentication device 124. The entry discrimination device 140 receives from the wireless LAN authentication device 124 the subscriber identification information (MDN: Mobile Directory The MAC address information, the wireless LAN AP MAC address information, and the authentication access time information, and when the result of authentication of the authentication information is successful The wireless LAN AP MAC address information is collected as identification information of each device. The entry discrimination device 140 acquires the terminal identification information (IMSI: International Mobile Subscriber Identification (IMSI)) from the ultra-small base station gateway 128 in order to explain the process in which the entry discrimination device 140 collects information from the ultra- ), Location registration time information, and the corresponding miniature base station cell ID information, and when the location registration information is successfully registered with the location registration information, the micro-base station cell ID information is stored in the identification information of each device Lt; / RTI > The entry discrimination device 140 receives the terminal identification information, the location registration time information, and the corresponding transmitter cell information from the mobile communication network 130, ID information, and if the location registration of the location registration information is successful, the transmitter cell ID information is collected as identification information of each device.

Meanwhile, the entry discrimination device 140 can check whether the subscriber is a service subscriber before collecting information from any one of the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128, and the mobile communication network 130. Specifically, the entry discrimination device 140 compares the service subscriber information stored in the storage unit 240 with the terminal identification information of the terminal to determine whether the service registration subscriber is a service registration subscriber, It is possible to collect identification information of the device.

The entry discrimination device 140 may be configured to store information on a plurality of APs associated with the wireless LAN authentication device 124 in the storage unit 240, Stores location information corresponding to the wireless LAN AP MAC address information, stores location information corresponding to each of the micro-base station cell ID information for a plurality of micro-base stations 126 interworking with the micro-base station gateway 128, And location information corresponding to each transmitter cell ID information for a plurality of transmitters interlocked with the mobile communication network 130 is stored. For example, the entry determiner 140 may include first wireless LAN AP MAC address information: first AP installation location information, second wireless LAN AP MAC address information: second AP installation location information, The MAC address information, the Nth AP installation position information, the first micro base station cell ID information, the second micro base station installation position information, the second micro base station cell ID information, the second micro base station installation position information, Cell ID information: Nth small base station installation position information, first transmitter cell ID information: first transmitter installation position information, second transmitter cell ID information: second transmitter installation position information, Nth transmitter cell ID information: N transmitter installation location information, and the like.

In addition, when the entry discrimination device 140 determines that an entry event has occurred in the corresponding zone, the entry discrimination device 140 determines that the entry event The service provider 150 may transmit the location-based service message to the terminal 110. At this time, the predetermined location-based service may be a coupon service, an advertisement service, a discount service, or the like. When all of the signals are received from the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128 and the mobile communication network 130, the entry discrimination device 140 uses the corresponding signal based on the preset priority information It is possible to determine an entry event of the terminal 110.

The content provider 150 may be a contents provider (CP), which provides various location-based contents such as an advertisement provider or a coupon provider. Meanwhile, the content provider 150 may be a positioning device.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing an entry discriminating apparatus according to the present embodiment.

The entry discrimination apparatus 140 according to the present embodiment includes a subscriber discrimination unit 210, an information collecting unit 220, a positioning unit 230, a storage unit 240, a zone entry confirmation unit 250, (260) and a message transmission unit (270). In this embodiment, the entry discrimination apparatus 140 includes a subscriber discrimination unit 210, an information collecting unit 220, a positioning unit 230, a storage unit 240, a zone entry confirmation unit 250, The present invention is not limited to the description of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, It will be possible to variously modify and adapt the constituent elements included in the entry discriminating device 140 without departing from the essential characteristics.

The subscriber identification unit 210 compares the service subscriber information stored in the storage unit 240 with the terminal identification information of the terminal 110 to determine whether the service subscriber is a service registration subscriber.

The information collecting unit 220 collects information from at least one device among the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128 and the mobile communication network 130 that communicate with the terminal 110, As shown in FIG. The information collecting unit 220 collects information such as the subscriber identification information (MDN), the subscriber identification information (MDN), and the subscriber identity information from the wireless LAN authentication device 124, The method comprising: receiving authentication information including at least one of terminal MAC address information, wireless LAN AP MAC address information, and authentication access time information, and when the result of authentication of the authentication information is successful, It is collected by the identification information of each device. The information collecting unit 220 collects terminal identification information, location registration time information, and location registration information from the ultra-small base station gateway 128, And acquires the location registration information including at least one of the micro-base station cell ID information and the corresponding micro-base station cell ID information as the identification information of each device when the location registration of the location registration information is successful. The information collecting unit 220 collects the terminal identification information, the location registration time information, and the corresponding transmitter (not shown) from the mobile communication network 130. The information collecting unit 220 collects information from the mobile communication network 130, And cell ID information, and when the location registration of the location registration information is successful, the transmitter cell ID information is collected as identification information of each device. On the other hand, the information collecting unit 220 collects the identification information of each device only for the terminal identified as the terminal corresponding to the service registration subscriber through the subscriber determining unit 210. [

The positioning unit 230 compares the identification information corresponding to the stored location information stored in the storage unit 240 and the identification information collected through the information collection unit 220 to obtain the current location information for the terminal 110 . The storage unit 240 stores installation location information corresponding to each WLAN AP MAC address information for a plurality of APs 122 interlocked with the WLAN authentication apparatus 124, The location information corresponding to each of the plurality of micro-base stations 126 corresponding to the plurality of micro-base station cell IDs stored in the mobile communication network 130, / RTI > For example, the storage unit 240 stores the first wireless LAN AP MAC address information, the first AP installation location information, the second wireless LAN AP MAC address information, and the second AP installation location information. Address information: Nth AP installation position information, first micro BS base station cell ID information: second micro BS base station installation position information, second micro BS base cell ID information: second micro BS base station installation position information, ID information: Nth small base station installation position information, first transmitter cell ID information: first transmitter installation position information, second transmitter cell ID information: second transmitter installation position information, Nth transmitter cell ID information: N Transmitter installation location information, and the like.

The zone entry confirming unit 250 checks whether or not the preset zone and the current location information match in the storage unit 240. If the current zone information matches the current zone information, . Here, the predetermined zone is preferably set corresponding to the coverage of the wireless LAN coverage for the AP 122 and the coverage of the femtocell coverage for the micro-base station 126, but is not limited thereto.

The zone advancement determining unit 260 determines an advance event of the terminal 110 based on a result of checking whether an existing entry event of a cell other than an entry event is generated in the zone. That is, when the zone advancement determination unit 260 determines that an existing entry event has occurred in a cell other than an entry event in the zone, the zone entry determination unit 260 changes the entry event to an entry event. In addition, when it is determined that no existing entry event has occurred in another cell in the zone, the zone entry determination unit 260 determines that an entry event has occurred in the corresponding cell in the zone. The message transmission unit 270 transmits a predetermined location-based service message to the terminal 110 when it is determined that an entry event has occurred in the zone through the zone entry confirmation unit 250. [

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a method of determining entry of a specific zone according to the present embodiment.

The entry discrimination device 140 confirms whether the user is a service subscriber before collecting information from any one of the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128 and the mobile communication network 130, And compares the service subscriber information stored in the service subscriber information storage unit with the terminal identification information of the terminal to determine whether the service subscriber is a service registration subscriber in step S310. If it is determined in step S310 that the stored service subscriber information matches the terminal identification information of the terminal, the entry determination apparatus 140 determines that the terminal is a service registration subscriber and identifies each device only to the terminal corresponding to the service registration subscriber Collect information.

The entry discrimination device 140 is a device for authenticating each entry of the device 110 obtained through authentication or location registration from at least one device among the wireless LAN authentication device 124, the micro base station gateway 128 and the mobile communication network 130, (S320). In step S320, the entry determining device 140 receives from the wireless LAN authentication device 124 authentication information including at least one of subscriber identification information (MDN), terminal MAC address information, wireless LAN AP MAC address information, When the result of authentication of the authentication information is successful, the wireless LAN AP MAC address information can be collected as identification information of each device. In step S320, the entry determining device 140 receives location registration information including at least one of terminal identification information (IMSI), location registration time information, and corresponding micro-base station cell ID information from the micro-base station gateway 128 And when the location registration of the location registration information is successful, the micro-base station cell ID information can be collected as the identification information of each device. In step S320, the entry determining apparatus 140 receives location registration information including at least one of terminal identification information, location registration time information, and corresponding transmitter cell ID information from the mobile communication network 130, If the location registration for the information is successful, the transmitter cell ID information can be collected as the identification information of each device.

The entry determining apparatus 140 compares the identification information corresponding to the stored location information stored in the storage unit 240 with the collected identification information to determine the current location information for the terminal 110 in operation S330. At this time, in step S330, the entry determination device 140 stores the installation location information corresponding to each of the wireless LAN AP MAC address information for the plurality of APs interworking with the wireless LAN authentication device 124, The location information corresponding to each of the micro-base station cell ID information for the plurality of micro-base stations 126 interworking with the micro-base station gateway 128 is stored, and each of the transmitters for a plurality of transmitters interworking with the mobile communication network 130 The location information corresponding to the cell ID information can be stored.

The entry determining apparatus 140 determines that an entry event has occurred in the zone when the preset position and the preset position match in the storage unit 240 (S340). The entry determining device 140 determines whether an existing entry event has occurred in a cell other than the entry event in the zone (S350). If it is determined in step S350 that an existing entry event occurs in a cell other than the entry event in the zone, the entry determination apparatus 140 changes the entry event to an entry event (S360). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S350 that an existing entry event has occurred in a cell other than the entry event in the zone, the entry determination apparatus 140 determines that the existing entry event has not occurred in another cell in the zone, It is determined that an entry event has occurred in the corresponding cell in step S370.

When the entry determining device 140 determines that an entry event or an entry event has occurred in the zone in order to provide the location based service using the entry event or the advance event occurring in the specific zone, Based service message to the terminal 110 (S380). At this time, the predetermined location-based service may be a coupon service, an advertisement service, a discount service, or the like.

3, it is described that steps S310 to S380 are sequentially executed. However, this is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that, It will be understood that various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the essential characteristics thereof by changing the order described in FIG. 3 or by executing one or more of steps S310 through S380 in parallel. But is not limited thereto.

As described above, the method of determining the entry of a specific zone according to the present embodiment described in FIG. 3 can be implemented by a program and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. A program for implementing the method of determining the entry of a specific zone according to the present embodiment is recorded, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices for storing data that can be read by the computer system. Examples of such computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) . The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present embodiment can be easily inferred by programmers in the technical field to which the present embodiment belongs.

FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are diagrams for explaining entry discrimination of a specific zone using a wireless LAN, a micro base station, and a mobile communication network according to the present embodiment.

Assume that the micro base station 126 is a femtocell base station and that the micro base station gateway 128 is a femtocell base station gateway and the micro base station 126 is a ' &Quot; At this time, the entry discrimination device 140 collects information from the femtocell base station gateway, which is the ultra-small base station gateway 128. The entry discrimination device 140 receives the terminal identification information (IMSI) from the femtocell base station gateway, which is the ultra- Location registration information including at least one of location registration time information and corresponding micro-femtocell base station cell ID information, and when the location registration of location registration information is successful, the micro-femtocell base station cell ID information is transmitted to each It is collected by the identification information of the device.

In other words, when the entry determining device 140 uses the information through the femtocell base station, the location registration information that the terminal automatically raises when the subscriber enters the preset femtocell area (large building, shopping facility) It can be transmitted in real time and used as a location based service. In addition, the femtocell base station gateway, which is the micro-base station gateway 128, transmits the result of the location registration through the femtocell base station 126, which is the micro-base station 126, to the entry discrimination device 140, do. In addition, the transmission period of the location registration information between the femtocell base station gateway 128 and the entry discrimination device 140 may be set periodically or may be set to be performed immediately upon occurrence of an event (location registration). For example, the femtocell base station gateway, which is the micro base station gateway 128, may transmit the location registration information to the mobile switching center and simultaneously copy and transmit the location registration information to the entry determining device 140.

In this case, the operation of intervening with the femtocell base station gateway, which is the entry / determination device 140, is the following. The entry discrimination device 140 can set (inquire / add / delete / change) a service / user for each femtocell base station, which is the micro base station 126. In addition, the entry determining device 140 receives the location registration information from the femtocell base station gateway, which is the ultra-small base station gateway 128, and judges an entry event. At this time, the entry determining device 140 determines whether the terminal registered in the location registration is a registered subscriber in the service, , It is judged to be an entry event when it matches the set zone. If the entry event is confirmed to be an entry event of another zone, it is determined that the entry event is an entry event in an existing zone (set zone). When an entry event occurs, (Notification of SMS, MMS, etc., if necessary).

As shown in FIG. 4B, it is assumed that the AP 122 is a first AP to an Nth AP, which are communication companies Wi-Fi APs, and that the wireless LAN authentication device 124 is a communication device Wi-Fi AP authentication device , The AP 122 is installed in a 'large building' and a 'shopping facility'.

At this time, the entry discrimination device 140 collects information from the wireless LAN authentication device 124, and the entry discrimination device 140 receives from the wireless LAN authentication device 124 the subscriber identification information (MDN), the terminal MAC address information, Wi-Fi AP MAC address information and authentication access time information, and when a result of authentication of the authentication information is successful, a Wi-Fi AP And collects the MAC address information as identification information of each device. That is, when the entry determining device 140 uses the information via the communication company Wi-Fi AP, the wireless LAN authentication device 124 determines whether the authentication result of the authentication information of the terminal 110 is success or failure, And transmits it to the entry determining device 140. In addition, the transmission period of the location registration information between the WLAN authentication device 124 and the entry determining device 140 may be set periodically or may be set to be performed immediately upon occurrence of an event (authentication).

Meanwhile, the operation of the entry discrimination device 140 in cooperation with the wireless LAN authentication device 124 is as follows. The entry determining device 140 can set (inquire / add / delete / change) a service / per user in units of the AP 122. In addition, the entry discrimination device 140 receives the authentication information from the wireless LAN authentication device 124 to determine an entry event. At this time, the entry discrimination device 140 confirms whether the authenticated terminal is a subscriber registered in the service, It is judged as an entry event. If the entry event is confirmed to be an entry event of another zone, it is determined that the entry event is an entry event in an existing zone (set zone). When an entry event occurs, (Notification of SMS, MMS, etc., if necessary).

4C, the entry determining apparatus 140 collects information using the mobile communication network 130 in addition to the AP 122 and the femtocell base station 126, and the entry discriminating apparatus 140 Receives location registration information including at least one of terminal identification information, location registration time information and corresponding transmitter cell ID information from the mobile communication network 130, and when the location registration for the location registration information is successful, As identification information of each device. At this time, the mobile communication network 130 includes at least one of an exchange, a mobility management entity, a home location register, and a visitor location register.

When the entry discrimination device 140 uses the information through the mobile communication network 130, each device (the switching center, the mobility management entity, the home location register, or the visitor location register) included in the mobile communication network 130 transmits, (Around the base station), the location registration information that the terminal automatically raises is transmitted to the entry determining device 140 in real time, and the location registration information can be used as a location based service. In addition, the mobile communication network 130 transmits to the entry determining device 140 whether the result of the location registration of the terminal 110 through the corresponding base station is success or failure. In addition, the transmission period of the location registration information between the mobile communication network 130 and the entry discrimination device 140 may be set periodically or may be set to be performed immediately upon occurrence of an event (location registration). For example, the mobile communication network 130 may be operated in such a manner that the mobile communication network 130 simultaneously transmits the location registration information to the entrance determination device 140 while copying the location registration information to the exchange.

At this time, the operation of the entry discrimination device 140 in cooperation with the mobile communication network 130 is as follows. The entry discrimination device 140 can zone (inquire / add / delete / change) service by user / user by unit of each base station of the mobile communication network 130. In addition, the entry determining device 140 receives the location registration information from the base station of the mobile communication network 130 and determines an entry event. At this time, the entry determining device 140 determines whether the terminal registered in the location registration is a registered subscriber in the service. If it matches the zone, it is judged to be an entry event. If the entry event is confirmed to be an entry event of another zone, it is determined that the entry event is an entry event in an existing zone (set zone). When an entry event occurs, (Notification of SMS, MMS, etc., if necessary).

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and various modifications and changes may be made to those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiments. Therefore, the present embodiments are to be construed as illustrative rather than restrictive, and the scope of the technical idea of the present embodiment is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present embodiment should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present embodiment is applied to a field for providing a location-based service by determining whether or not entry into a specific zone is real-time, and can be utilized as location information by using information collected through a network using only a legacy terminal , It is a useful invention which generates an effect of preventing an unnecessary load on the network.

110: Terminal 122: AP
124: wireless LAN authentication device 126: ultra-small base station
128: ultra-small base station gateway 130: mobile communication network
140: Entry discrimination device 150: CP
210: Subscriber identification unit 220: Information collecting unit
230: Positioning unit 240:
250: Zone entry confirmation unit 260: Zone entry determination unit
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(WLAN) MAC address information from a wireless LAN (WLAN) authentication device communicating with the terminal, collects the ultra-small base station cell ID information from the ultra-small base station gateway, and collects the transmitter cell ID information from the mobile communication network part;
Comparing the installation location information corresponding to each WLAN AP MAC address information of the plurality of APs stored in the storage unit with the WLAN AP MAC address information, and comparing the installation location information corresponding to each of the plurality of APs, And comparing the position information corresponding to each transmitter cell ID information for a plurality of transmitters with the transmitter cell ID information to obtain current position information for the terminal A positioning unit for determining the position of the wafer;
It is checked whether or not the current location information matches a preset zone set corresponding to the coverage of the wireless LAN and the femtocell coverage in the storage unit. If it is confirmed that the zone and the current location information match A zone entry confirmation unit for determining that an entry event has occurred in the zone; And
If an existing entry event for a cell other than the entry event has already occurred in the zone, the existing entry event is changed to the entry event, or if the existing entry event has not occurred, only the entry event is judged to have occurred in the zone Zone advancement discrimination unit
And a control unit for controlling the operation of the entrance determination unit. The method according to claim 1,
The information collecting unit,
The mobile terminal includes at least one of a mobile directory number (MDN), a MAC address information, an access point MAC address information, and an authentication access time information from the wireless LAN authentication device And acquires the MAC address information of the wireless LAN AP when the authentication result of the authentication information is successful,
The wireless LAN authentication apparatus communicates with a plurality of APs. When the terminal is recognized from an AP corresponding to any one of a plurality of APs, the wireless LAN authentication apparatus transmits the authentication information for authenticating the terminal to the information collecting unit, And determines that the authentication is successful if the WLAN AP MAC address information for a plurality of APs is authenticated. The method according to claim 1,
The information collecting unit receives location registration information including at least one of International Mobile Subscriber Identification (IMSI), location registration time information, and the ultra-small base station cell ID information from the ultra-small base station gateway, Collects the base station cell ID information when location registration for the information is successful,
The femtocell gateway is a femtocell gateway and communicates with a plurality of femtocell base stations. When the terminal registers with the femtocell base station corresponding to one of the plurality of femtocell base stations, the micro-base station gateway transmits the location registration information to the information collecting unit And transmits the result of determination. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the information collecting unit receives location registration information including at least one of terminal identification information, location registration time information, and transmitter cell ID information from the mobile communication network, and when the location registration of the location registration information is successful, Collect transmitter cell ID information,
Wherein the mobile communication network communicates with a plurality of transmitters and transmits the location registration information to the information collection unit when the terminal registers with the transmitter corresponding to any one of the plurality of transmitters. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Storing location information corresponding to each WLAN AP MAC address information for a plurality of APs interworking with the WLAN authentication device, and storing installation location information corresponding to each WLAN AP MAC address information for a plurality of APs interworking with the WLAN authentication device, And stores position information corresponding to each transmitter cell ID information for a plurality of transmitters interlocked with the mobile communication network. The method according to claim 1,
A subscriber identification unit for comparing the service subscriber information previously stored in the storage unit with the terminal identification information for the terminal,
Wherein the information collecting unit collects the terminal identification information only in the terminal corresponding to the service registration subscriber. The method according to claim 1,
Based service message to the terminal when it is determined through the zone entry confirmation unit that the entry event has occurred in the zone,
Further comprising: an input determining unit for determining whether or not the entry is permitted to be performed. (WLAN) MAC address information from a wireless LAN (WLAN) authentication device communicating with the terminal, collects the ultra-small base station cell ID information from the ultra-small base station gateway, and collects the transmitter cell ID information from the mobile communication network process;
Comparing the installation location information corresponding to each WLAN AP MAC address information of the plurality of APs stored in the storage unit with the WLAN AP MAC address information, and comparing the installation location information corresponding to each of the plurality of APs, And comparing the position information corresponding to each transmitter cell ID information for a plurality of transmitters with the transmitter cell ID information to obtain current position information for the terminal Determining a positioning process;
It is checked whether or not the current location information matches a preset zone set corresponding to the coverage of the wireless LAN and the femtocell coverage in the storage unit. If it is confirmed that the zone and the current location information match A zone entry confirmation process for determining that an entry event has occurred in the zone; And
If an existing entry event for a cell other than the entry event has already occurred in the zone, the existing entry event is changed to the entry event, or if the existing entry event has not occurred, only the entry event is judged to have occurred in the zone Process of discrimination
And determining whether or not the zone is valid. 9. The method of claim 8,
The information gathering process includes:
Receives authentication information including at least one of a Mobile Directory Number (MDN), MAC address information, WLAN AP MAC address information, and authentication access time information from the WLAN authentication device And collecting the WLAN AP MAC address information when the result of authentication of the authentication information is successful. 9. The method of claim 8,
The information gathering process includes:
Receiving location registration information including at least one of International Mobile Subscriber Identification (IMSI), location registration time information, and the ultra-small base station cell ID information from the ultra-small base station gateway, And if the registration is successful, collects the micro-base station cell ID information. 9. The method of claim 8,
The information gathering process includes:
Receiving location registration information including at least one of terminal identification information, location registration time information, and transmitter cell ID information from the mobile communication network, and when the location registration for the location registration information is successful, And collecting the specific zone.

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