KR20090038325A - Added apparatus intergrated system in femtocell and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An additional hardware linking system in a femto cell and a method thereof for increasing availability ratio about mass contents are provided to offer high-speed internet service to the additional hardware within home network and increase the wireless internet usage ratio of the user. A femto cell base station(100) sets up home network as a femto cell coverage. The femto cell base station provides the mobile communications service provided through cable internet protocol network from communications common carrier to the set up femto cell coverage. A mobile communications terminal(200) is positioned in the femto cell coverage. The mobile communications terminal is provided the mobile communications service provided from the femto cell base station. An additional hardware(300) operates with the mobile communications terminal. The additional hardware reproduces the mobile communications service delivered from the femto cell base station on a real time.

Description

Addition device interworking system and method in femtocell {ADDED APPARATUS INTERGRATED SYSTEM IN FEMTOCELL AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an additional device interworking system and method thereof in a femtocell, and more particularly, to provide a mobile communication service and a high-speed Internet service through a mobile communication terminal to an additional device located in a home based on femtocell technology. The present invention relates to an additional device interworking system and a method in a femtocell.

Existing mobile communication service has been progressed based on voice service-oriented business model. However, with the advent of various high-speed data service systems such as HSDPA and Mobile WiMAX, the weight of the wireless data service underline business is shifting.

However, even a system that provides such a high-speed data service has a channel capacity of only several Mbps, and the channel capacity is shared by hundreds of users located within base station coverage, and thus the available download speed per person is only tens to hundreds of Kbps. . Therefore, users who have experienced tens of Mbps speeds of wired and wireless LANs are greatly reduced in terms of satisfaction.

In order to solve this problem, according to the development of semiconductor technology, it can be manufactured inexpensively, and it can be installed at home or indoor and used by a few users (around 1 ~ 4), so that even in mobile communication system, it can be used at several Mbps. Attempts have been made to provide up to transmission capacity.

In this regard, recently, a femtocell, which is a personal base station installed indoors and serving 1 to 4 subscribers, has been proposed. The femtocell is a combination of femto, which represents one-tenth of a trillion (10 to 15 squared), and a cell, which represents a unit of a service area in charge of one base station in mobile communication. It refers to a service that covers an area much smaller than the service radius, and connects a micro base station, which looks like a DSL modem, to a wired IP network in a home, thereby allowing free use of wired and wireless communication with a mobile phone. In addition, since mobile communication data is transmitted from the base station to the exchange immediately without going through the indoor repeater, the operator can reduce the network construction cost, improve the frequency load and improve the call quality, and not only voice calls but high-speed Internet services such as Wi-Fi It can also provide.

Meanwhile, with the development of digital technology, the digitalization of analog broadcasting has been actively promoted in various countries around the world. As the broadcasting is converted to digital, multi-channel and high quality are possible, and digital TV has the advantage of being developed into various applications besides a simple TV receiver function.

Applications include web (WEB) TVs and personal video recorders (PVRs), which are currently under development in various countries, and in particular, mobile communication using an interface device that connects a TV and a mobile terminal. Background Art A technology for displaying data such as voice, phone, and video of a terminal on a TV has been proposed.

Therefore, unlike a service using a mobile communication terminal and a TV based on the femtocell technology as described above and a service applied to the existing mobile communication network, it is necessary to define a separate service according to the femtocell technology.

 The present invention was created to solve the problems inherent in the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication service and a high-speed Internet service in the home based on femtocell technology A femtocell base station for providing to the femtocell coverage (Femtocell Coverage), and provides a mobile communication service provided from a communication provider through the indoor wired IP network to the set femtocell coverage; A mobile communication terminal located in the femtocell coverage and receiving the mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station and interworking with a separate device located in the home; And an additional device for reproducing the mobile communication service delivered from the femtocell base station in real time in association with the mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is a) femtocell base station for authenticating the mobile communication terminal based on the identification information of the mobile terminal entering the home femtocell coverage (Coverage); b) the femtocell base station providing the mobile communication terminal with a mobile communication service provided from a communication provider through a wired IP network at the request of the mobile communication terminal; c) docking, by the mobile terminal, to a terminal connection on an additional device located in the home; d) delivering, by the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station and a separate high speed internet service through the wired IP network to the additional device in real time according to a connection with the additional device; And e) playing, by the additional device, contents according to a mobile communication service and a high speed internet service delivered from the mobile communication terminal.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention to achieve the above object, there is provided an additional device interworking system in a femtocell: this system, set the home to Femtocell Coverage (Femtocell Coverage), the indoor wired IP network A femtocell base station for providing a mobile communication service provided from a communication service provider to the set femtocell coverage through a service provider; A mobile communication terminal located in the femtocell coverage and receiving the mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station and interworking with a separate device located in the home; And an additional device for reproducing the mobile communication service delivered from the femtocell base station in real time in association with the mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, the femtocell base station provides a high speed Internet service provided through the wired IP network separately from the mobile communication service to the additional device through the mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, the mobile communication terminal is connected to the additional device through an external interface, and delivers a mobile communication service and a high-speed Internet service provided from the femtocell base station.

Preferably, the mobile communication terminal stores the content according to the mobile communication service and the high-speed Internet service, and provides the stored content to the additional device in accordance with the connection to the additional device.

Preferably, the additional device is characterized in that for playing the content including a voice, an image, and a video transmitted from the mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, the additional device, in accordance with the connection of the mobile communication terminal, the terminal connection for connecting to the external interface; A data converter converting the content received from the mobile communication terminal through the terminal connection unit into its own output format; And a data output unit for reproducing and displaying the content output from the data conversion unit.

Preferably, the additional device includes any one of a digital TV, a web (WEB) TV, and a personal video recorder (PVR).

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for interworking with an additional device in a femtocell: The method includes: a) the femtocell base station based on identification information of a mobile communication terminal entering a home femtocell coverage; Authenticating the mobile communication terminal; b) the femtocell base station providing the mobile communication terminal with a mobile communication service provided from a communication provider through a wired IP network at the request of the mobile communication terminal; c) docking, by the mobile terminal, to a terminal connection on an additional device located in the home; d) delivering, by the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station and a separate high speed internet service through the wired IP network to the additional device in real time according to a connection with the additional device; And e) playing, by the additional device, contents according to a mobile communication service and a high speed internet service delivered from the mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, step d) is characterized in that the mobile communication terminal stores contents according to a mobile communication service and a high speed internet service, and provides the stored contents to the additional apparatus according to the additional apparatus.

Preferably, the step e) is characterized in that for playing the content including the voice, image, and video transmitted from the mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, the step e) is characterized in that for converting and playing the content delivered from the mobile communication terminal to its own output format (Format).

Preferably, the additional device includes any one of a digital TV, a web (WEB) TV, and a personal video recorder (PVR).

An additional device interworking system and method thereof in a femtocell according to the present invention provide a mobile communication service and a high-speed Internet service through a mobile communication terminal to an additional device located in a home based on femtocell technology, thereby increasing a user's wireless Internet utilization rate and It can be expected to increase the utilization rate for large contents.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an attachment device interworking system in a femtocell according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes a femtocell base station 100 installed in a home and providing a mobile communication service to a small number (about 1 to 4 users) through an IP network; A mobile communication terminal 200 receiving a mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station 100; And an additional device 300 that receives a mobile communication service provided from a fraud femtocell base station 100 through the relay of the mobile communication terminal 200.

The femtocell base station 100 sets the home to femtocell coverage for a small number of subscribers, a mobile communication service and ultra-high speed provided from a communication provider and a separate contents provider (CP) through an IP network. It provides a large amount of content according to the Internet service to the mobile communication terminal 200 entering the femtocell coverage.

Here, the femtocell base station 100 performs authentication for subscriber verification through an identification number of the mobile communication terminal 200 entering the femtocell coverage, for example, a phone number and an ID of a USIM card, and the authentication is completed. If so, the above service is provided to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 200.

The mobile communication terminal 200 receives the mobile communication service and the high-speed Internet service provided from the femtocell base station 100, and when connected to an additional device 300 located in the home, according to a user request, the femtocell base station ( Relays the mobile communication service and the high-speed Internet service provided from 100).

That is, when entering the femtocell coverage, the mobile communication terminal 200 performs an authentication procedure from the femtocell base station 100 and receives the requested service from the femtocell base station 100. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 100 may store the contents according to the mobile communication service and the high speed internet service provided from the femtocell base station 100 in its own memory.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 200 connects to various additional devices 300 located in the home through an external interface (not shown). When the mobile communication terminal 200 is connected to the additional device 300, the mobile communication terminal 200 responds to a user request through the additional device 300. Accordingly, various contents according to a mobile communication service and a high speed internet service provided from the femtocell base station 100 are transmitted to the additional device 300.

More specifically, the mobile communication terminal 200 delivers various contents according to the mobile communication service and high-speed Internet service to the additional device 300 in real time, or in its own memory according to the connection with the additional device 300. The predetermined content stored in the transmission is transmitted to the additional device 300.

The additional device 300 refers to a display device including various content playback devices located in the home, preferably, a digital TV, a web (WEB) TV, and a personal video recorder (PVR). In response to a user's request, various contents including text, voice, image, and video transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 200 are played.

To this end, the additional device 300, as shown in Figure 2, according to the connection of the mobile communication terminal 200, the terminal connection unit 310 for connecting to the external interface of the mobile communication terminal 200; A data converter 320 for converting and outputting content received from the mobile communication terminal 200 through its terminal connection unit 310 into its own output format; And a data output unit 330 for playing and displaying the content output from the data conversion unit 320.

The terminal connection unit 310 has the same interface standard as that of the external interface of the mobile communication terminal 200, and provides a moving path for contents provided from the mobile communication terminal when the mobile communication terminal 200 is connected. The terminal connection unit 310 may be implemented in various ways, such as the form exposed to the outside of the additional device 330 or the external interface of the mobile communication terminal 200 is inserted into the additional device 330.

The data converter 320 may include a specific format of the content received through the terminal connection unit 310, the type of the additional device 300, preferably, the data output unit 330 of the additional device 300. According to the input method, the data is converted into an output format such as an RGB signal, a COMPOSIT signal, or the like and output.

The data output unit 330 refers to a general display device or a reproduction device such as an LCD monitor. The data output unit 330 receives data output from the data conversion unit 320 and outputs an image and audio corresponding to the data value.

Hereinafter, a method of interworking with an additional device in a femtocell according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for interworking with an additional device in a femtocell according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the femtocell base station 100 authenticates the mobile communication terminal based on the identification information of the mobile communication terminal entering the home femtocell coverage, and notifies the mobile communication terminal 200 of the authentication result (S110-). S130). Preferably, the femtocell base station 100 performs authentication for subscriber identification through an identification number of the mobile communication terminal 200 entering the femtocell coverage, for example, a phone number, an ID of a USIM card, and the like.

Next, according to the request of the mobile communication terminal 200, the femtocell base station 100 provides a mobile communication service provided to the mobile communication terminal through a wired IP network (S130-S140).

Then, the mobile communication terminal 200 docks (docking) to the terminal connection unit 310 of the additional device 300 located in the home in order to provide an interworking service with the additional device 300 (S150).

Then, the mobile communication terminal 200 is provided with the mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station 100 and the separate high-speed Internet service through the wired IP network in response to a user's request in connection with the additional device 300. It is delivered to the additional device in real time (S160-S180). Preferably, the femtocell base station 100 according to the request of the user of the additional device 300, confirms to the communication service provider whether the mobile communication terminal 200 subscribes to the additional device interworking service, and provides it through the wired IP network. The mobile terminal 200 provides contents, including text, voice, image, and video, according to the mobile communication service and the high-speed Internet service to the additional device 300 through the mobile communication terminal 200. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 200 transmits various contents according to the mobile communication service and the high speed internet service to the additional device 300 in real time or stored in its own memory according to the connection with the additional device 300. The predetermined content is transmitted to the additional device 300.

Thereafter, the additional device 300 reproduces the content according to the mobile communication service and the high-speed Internet service delivered from the mobile communication terminal 200 (S190). Preferably, the additional device 300 converts and plays the content delivered from the mobile communication terminal 200 into its own output format.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention belongs to the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

According to the present invention, unlike the service using the existing mobile communication network and securing the interworking service plan between the mobile communication terminal and the TV based on the femtocell technology as described above, according to the separate definition of the specialized service according to the femtocell technology, It is an invention with industrial applicability because not only the use of the service but also the possibility of marketing or operating the applied device is not only sufficient, but also practically obvious.

The following drawings, which are attached in this specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an attachment device interworking system in a femtocell according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an additional device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of interworking with an additional device in a femtocell according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100: femtocell base station

200: mobile communication terminal

300: attachment

310: terminal connection unit 320: data conversion unit

330: data output unit

Claims (11)

In the attachment device interworking system in femtocell, A femtocell base station for setting a home to femtocell coverage and providing a mobile communication service provided from a communication operator to the set femtocell coverage through the home wired IP network; A mobile communication terminal located in the femtocell coverage and receiving the mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station and interworking with a separate device located in the home; And And an additional device for reproducing the mobile communication service delivered from the femtocell base station in real time in cooperation with the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the femtocell base station, And a high speed internet service, which is provided through the wired IP network, separately from the mobile communication service, to the additional device through the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal, Connected to the additional device via an external interface and the mobile device and the high-speed Internet service provided from the femtocell base station, the additional device interworking system in the femtocell, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein the mobile communication terminal, And storing the contents according to the mobile communication service and the high-speed Internet service, and providing the stored contents to the additional apparatus according to a connection with the additional apparatus. The method of claim 3, wherein the additional device, And an apparatus for interworking an additional device in a femtocell, wherein the content includes a text, a voice, an image, and a video transmitted from the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the additional device, A terminal connection unit for connecting to the external interface according to the connection of the mobile communication terminal; A data converter converting the content received from the mobile communication terminal through the terminal connection unit into its own output format; And And a data output unit for reproducing and displaying the contents output from the data conversion unit. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the additional device, And any one of a digital TV, a web (WEB) TV, and a personal video recorder (PVR) located in the home. In the attached device interworking method in a femtocell, a) femtocell base station authenticating the mobile communication terminal based on identification information of the mobile communication terminal entering the home femtocell coverage; b) the femtocell base station providing the mobile communication terminal with a mobile communication service provided from a communication provider through a wired IP network at the request of the mobile communication terminal; c) docking, by the mobile terminal, to a terminal connection on an additional device located in the home; d) delivering, by the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication service provided from the femtocell base station and a separate high-speed Internet service through the wired IP network to the additional device in real time according to a connection with the additional device; And and e) playing, by the additional device, contents according to a mobile communication service and a high-speed Internet service delivered from the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 8, wherein the d) step, And the mobile communication terminal stores contents according to a mobile communication service and a high speed internet service, and provides the stored contents to the supplementary device according to the supplementary device. The method of claim 8, wherein step e) The method of interworking with an additional device in a femtocell, characterized in that for playing the content including the text, voice, image, and video transmitted from the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 10, wherein step e) And the content transmitted from the mobile communication terminal is converted into its own output format and reproduced.

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