KR19990047712A - How to Track Your Subscriber Location in the Home Location Register - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a subscriber location tracking method in a home location register of a personal communication exchange. When the home location register sends an activation request for a tracking mode to the subscriber location register to determine the registered location of the subscriber, the subscriber location register Receives the activation for the tracking mode to determine the registered location of the subscriber, activates the subscriber information capable of location tracking, and sends a response to the subscriber's location tracking mode activation request to the home location registrar for tracking. It can effectively identify the location of the subscriber, and has the effect of helping to prevent crime in the future.

Description

How to Track Your Subscriber Location in the Home Location Register

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Personal Communication Service eXchange (hereinafter abbreviated as PCX), and more particularly, to a method for tracking a location of a subscriber in a home location register that can track the location of the subscriber.

In general, a PCX system is a mobile terminal station moving between an unspecified area or a mobile station station or a stationary station that communicates with anybody, anytime, anywhere, using space propagation, and transmits a message with such a mobile station. / A base station that receives and manages radio resources, a control station that performs various functions required for radio call processing such as handoff while controlling and managing a plurality of base stations, and performs a switching role in conjunction with these control stations, other stations, and other networks. The system includes a switch that performs all functions necessary for call processing and data exchange of the mobile communication system.

One of the most important and big features in the communication system of such a mobile switching center is to ensure the mobility of the mobile station, and location registration and location tracking are necessary for mobility of such subscribers.

This location registration and tracking is a processing procedure that informs the base station of various characteristics such as location information and its status in a personal or mobile network where the mobile station is located, and is referred to as a home location register (HLR). Abbreviated) and managed by the stored contents.

In addition, the switch is composed of a plurality of subsystems and processors, in particular, a location register processor (Location Register Processor) is a subscriber location register for storing the location information for the mobile station in the corresponding area of its exchange (Visitor Location Register, hereinafter abbreviated as VLR).

After activating the location tracking function of the subscriber through the operator command of the operator terminal of the conventional personal communication switch, when the subscriber registers the location first reports to the operator terminal, there is a problem in that the subscriber location registration inefficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and an object thereof is to provide a method for tracking the location of a subscriber in a home location register that can track the location of that subscriber to monitor the location of a particular subscriber in a personal communication exchange. have.

The present invention for achieving the object relates to a method for tracking the location of the subscriber in the home location register of the personal communication exchange, the home location register to request the activation of the tracking mode to the subscriber location register to determine the registration location of the subscriber Transmitting; The subscriber location register receives the activation of the tracking mode for determining the registered location of the subscriber, and activates the subscriber information capable of tracking the location; And sending a response to the subscriber's location tracking mode activation request to the home location register.

Next, the location tracking method in which the location tracking type is periodic in the home location register includes the hourly location tracking and the specified cycle time lapse, the daily location tracking and the specified period, and the weekly location tracking. And sending the location area tracking result report to the home location register when a specified period of time passes.

Next, in the home location register, the location tracking method in which the location tracking type is event-specific, makes the location tracking mode of the corresponding subscriber information into the location tracking mode by event, and when the subscriber registers the location, the subscriber location tracked information is stored in the home location. Sending to the registrar.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall subscriber location tracking method in a home location register according to the present invention;

2 is a detailed flowchart of the present invention for activating a corresponding subscriber location tracking mode in a home location register;

3 is a detailed flowchart of a location tracking mode in which a location tracking form is periodic in a home location register according to the present invention;

4 is a detailed flowchart of a location tracking mode in which a location tracking form is event-specific in a home location register according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: BTS part 20: BSC part

30: PCX 32: BSC matching unit

34: VLR section 36: HLR matching section

40: HLR part

Hereinafter, the objects and features of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that the objects and features of the present invention can be more clearly understood.

1 is a block diagram of a subscriber location tracking method in a home location register according to the present invention, a base station transceiver system (hereinafter, abbreviated as BTS) unit 10 and base station control (Base Station Control) (Hereinafter abbreviated as BSC) section 20, PCX 30, BSC matching section 32, VLR section 34, HLR matching section 36, and HLR section 40. do.

The BTS unit 10 has wireless signal transmission and reception, system synchronization, wireless channel encoding and decoding signal strength and quality measurement, baseband signal processing, diversity, radio resource management and self-maintenance functions, and wirelessly matches with a corresponding subscriber. The system is controlled by the BSC unit 20.

The BSC unit 20 is a block that performs functions such as matching, inter-cell handoff processing, call control, etc. with the BTS unit 10. The BSC unit 20 is connected to the PCX 30 through an internal interface of the switch or a NO.7 link. 20 controls several BTS units 10.

The PCX 30 provides an exchange function between the personal communication subscribers and has an information exchange function by interfacing with the HLR unit 40 which provides subscriber information in order to perform an exchange function according to the call request of the subscriber.

In addition, the PCX 30 is present in the area managed by the BSC matching unit 32 for registering with the BSC unit 20 internally of the personal communication exchange for transmitting and receiving signals and voice data with the MS, and after registering the location. And a VLR unit 34 for temporarily storing all information about the MS, and an HLR matching unit 36 for matching with the HLR unit 40.

The HLR unit 40 is a data release management system that stores and manages subscriber parameters and location information for all MSs registered in its own area.

The overall block diagram of the subscriber location tracking method in the home location register according to the present invention configured as described above has been described, and FIG. 2 illustrates a detailed flowchart of the present invention for activating the corresponding subscriber location tracking mode in the home location register. do.

First, the HLR unit 40 transmits an activation request for the tracking mode to the VLR unit 34 through the HLR matching unit 36 to determine the registration position of the subscriber (step 200).

The VLR unit 34 receives the activation of the tracking mode for identifying the registered location of the subscriber, and activates the corresponding subscriber information capable of tracking the location (step 201).

The response to the subscriber's location tracking mode activation request is transmitted to the HLR unit 40 through the HLR unit 36 (step 202).

The detailed flow chart of the present invention for activating the corresponding subscriber location tracking mode in the home location register configured as described above has been described. FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the location tracking mode in which the location tracking form is periodic in the home location register according to the present invention. The flowchart is explained.

The location tracking function in which the location tracking mode is activated (step 300) for the subscriber is divided into the periodic location tracking and the location tracking by event, where the location tracking type is the periodic location tracking (step 301). Tracked by day or week.

If the location tracking by time 302 and the specified cycle time has elapsed (step 303), the location area tracking result report is transmitted to the HLR unit 40 (step 308).

If the daily location tracking 304 and the designated periodic daily period has elapsed (step 305), the location area tracking result report is transmitted to the HLR unit 40 (step 308).

If the weekly location tracking 306 is a specified period of time (step 307), the location area tracking result report is transmitted to the HLR unit 40 via the HLR matching unit 36 (step 308).

A detailed flowchart of a periodic location tracking mode in the location tracking form in the home location register according to the present invention configured as described above has been described, and FIG. 4 is a location in which the location tracking form is event-specific in the home location register according to the present invention. A detailed flow chart for the tracking mode is described.

The location tracking function where the location tracking mode is activated (step 400) for the subscriber is divided into the periodic location tracking and the location tracking by event, in which case the location tracking mode is changed to the event location tracking (step 401) mode. The location tracking mode of the corresponding subscriber information is set to the location tracking mode for each event, and when the subscriber registers the location (step 402), the subscriber location tracking information is transmitted to the HLR unit 40 through the HLR matching unit 36. (Step 403).

In conclusion, after requesting activation of the location tracking mode from the home location register to the subscriber location register, the subscriber location register activates the corresponding subscriber information that can be tracked. It activates and transmits the location information of the subscriber to the home location register.

As described above, the present invention described above, after requesting activation of the location tracking mode from the home location register of the personal communication switch to the subscriber location register, the subscriber location register activates corresponding subscriber information capable of location tracking, and the periodic location By activating the tracking function and the location tracking function for each case, the location information of the subscriber is transmitted to the home location register to be tracked, so that the location of the subscriber can be efficiently identified and there is an effect of preventing crime in the future.

Claims (3)

A subscriber location tracking method in a home location register having a subscriber location register of a personal communication exchange, Sending a request for activation of a tracking mode to the subscriber location register to determine the registered location of the subscriber; The subscriber location register receives the activation of the tracking mode for identifying the registered location of the subscriber, and activates the subscriber information capable of tracking the location; And transmitting a response to the location tracking mode activation request of the corresponding subscriber to the home location register. The method of claim 1, Activate the subscriber information capable of location tracking, the location tracking method is a periodic location tracking method: The location tracking form reports the location area tracking result report when the hourly location tracking and the specified cycle time elapse, the daily location tracking and the specified periodic daily period elapse, and the weekly location tracking and the specified periodic period have elapsed in the periodic location tracking. And transmitting to a home location register. The method of claim 1, The location tracking is activated to activate the corresponding subscriber information, the location tracking method is a location tracking method for each event: Making the location tracking mode of the corresponding subscriber information into the location tracking mode for each event, and transmitting the subscriber location tracking information to the home location register when the subscriber registers the location. How to track your subscriber location in.