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- the invention is related to wireless communication systems.
- the third generation partnership project (3GPP) has recently initiated the long term evolution (LTE) program to bring new technology, new network architecture, new configuration, and new applications and services to the wireless cellular network in order to provide improved spectral efficiency and faster user experiences.
- LTE long term evolution
- One new item adopted by the LTE program is the mobility tracking area concept, which replaces the former third generation (3G) universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) system's location area (LA), registration area (RA) and universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) registration area (URA).
- 3G third generation
- UMTS universal mobile telecommunications system
- LA location area
- RA registration area
- UTRA universal terrestrial radio access network registration area
- LTE/system architecture evolution There is only one common tracking area concept defined for radio access network (RAN) and core network (CN) in LTE/system architecture evolution (SAE).
- RAN radio access network
- CN core network
- SAE LTE/system architecture evolution
- WTRU LTE wireless transmit/receive unit
- LTE_IDLE idle state
- the goal is to reduce the mobility area management complexities and to reduce the related signaling overhead for the mobility area update whereby, instead of using both the RA/LA and the URA for UMTS, only a tracking area (TA) is used for LTE.
- the 3G UMTS mobility area management Prior to LTE, due to the second generation (2G) legacy, the 3G UMTS mobility area management has a location area, which includes one or more routing areas.
- the 3G UMTS also has a URA, which covers one or more UMTS cells.
- the mobility management involves the URA update, which is administered by a radio resource control (RRC) unit, and the routing area update (RAU) which is administered by the general packet radio service (GPRS) mobility manager (GMM) at the non-access stratum (NAS) protocol stack.
- RRC radio resource control
- RAU routing area update
- the WTRU URA update is triggered by the matching of the current URA identification (URA-ID) with the cell-published URA-ID contents in UMTS system information block (SIB) type 2 (SIB-2).
- SIB UMTS system information block
- the RAU is triggered by the changing of any one of the public land mobile network identification (PLAIN-ID), the location area code (LAC) and the routing area code (RAC). Note that both the LAC and the RAC are published to the cell via SIB-1.
- the current 3GPP UMTS system information broadcast content is shown in the following Table 1.
- System Cell Idle mode Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag System information (CELL_FACH, (CELL_FACH, “Scheduling information block type 5 CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” block type 5bis and 5bis URA_PCH, URA_PCH, is sent instead CELL_DCH CELL_DCH of system (TDD only)) (TDD only)) information block type 5 in networks that use Band IV.
- CELL_FACH Cell_FACH, “Scheduling information block type 5 CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” block type 5bis and 5bis URA_PCH, URA_PCH, is sent instead CELL_DCH CELL_DCH of system (TDD only)) (TDD only)) information block type 5 in networks that use Band IV.
- System information block type 12 If some of the optional IEs are not included in System information block type 12, the WTRU shall read the corresponding IEs in System information block type 11.
- System ANSI-41 information block type 13 System This system information information block type block is used in 14 3.84 Mcps TDD mode only.
- System Cell Idle Mode Idle Mode, Specified by the IE Value tag information CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling block type CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” 15 URA_PCH URA_PCH System Equivalent Idle Mode, Idle Mode, Specified by the IE Value tag
- This system information block is also valid while in GSM/GPRS. System This system information information block type block is used in 17 TDD mode only.
- System Cell Idle mode Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag Information CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling Block type CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” 18 URA_PCH, URA_PCH CELL_DCH
- TAU LTE tracking area update
- the LTE system information will have to reflect these changes and also be organized to facilitate the optimization of better WTRU operation and overall system resource utilization.
- the invention performs LTE TAUs, and tracking area code (TAC) and PLMN-ID assisted optimized WTRU cell reselection.
- An evolved Node-B (eNodeB) broadcasts system information including at least one SIB based at least in part on an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) parameter response message sent by an evolved packet core (EPC) network.
- E-UTRAN enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network
- EPC evolved packet core
- a WTRU processes a new TAC, which represents a tracking area identification (TA-ID) of a new cell, based on the system information, and compares the new TAC to an existing TAC, which represents a TA-ID of a previous cell.
- the WTRU transmits to the EPC network a TAU request message including the TA-ID of the new cell.
- the EPC network sends either a TAU accept message or a TAU reject message to the WTRU.
- the invention associates and groups the LTE specific mobility tracking area identifications, cell identifications and the PLMN-IDs together as system information for coverage over the E-UTRAN cells deployed in the neighborhood of a specific LTE cell that broadcasts the system information.
- the invention also provides an optimized method for LTE WTRUs to perform cell measurement and cell reselection ranking by utilizing the LTE system information for achieving the least possible TAU signaling overhead in the WTRU LTE_IDLE state.
- new LTE TA-IDs are constructed, and a new LTE SIB is provided that publishes the TA code/IDs to the serving cell, as well as to group neighboring cells, represented by their cell-IDs with PLMN-IDs and TACs for the purpose of WTRU cell reselection optimization.
- the GMM unit in the NAS can perform the checking of the TAs broadcast in the system information, which is forwarded to the NAS by the RRC unit, with its current TA allowance, to determine if a TA change triggered TAU is required.
- the RRC unit may also perform the above described TA checking and then notify the NAS protocol stack if a TAU is required.
- TACs are used as criteria in the cell reselection candidate cell selection, measurement scheduling, and ultimate cell reselection ranking ordering. The purpose is to reselect to the proper cell without causing unnecessary TAU.
- FIG. 1 is a signaling diagram of an LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure implemented in a wireless communication system including an eNodeB, an EPC network and a WTRU;
- FIG. 2 is an example of a block diagram of the WTRU used to implement the LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an example of a block diagram of the eNodeB used to implement the LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 shows an example of a TA-ID information element (IE) included in an SIB transmitted by the eNodeB of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 shows an example of an. LTE system information block/element transmitted by the eNodeB of FIG. 3 .
- wireless transmit/receive unit includes but is not limited to a user equipment (UE), a mobile station, a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a pager, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a computer, or any other type of user device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
- UE user equipment
- PDA personal digital assistant
- evolved Node-B includes but is not limited to a base station, a site controller, an access point (AP), or any other type of interfacing device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
- the tracking area concept replaces the current 3GPP routing area and UTRAN RA concepts and procedures.
- the LTE TAU procedure is a new procedure and therefore requires new mechanisms for support.
- FIG. 1 is a signaling diagram of an LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure 100 that is implemented in a wireless communication system including a WTRU 105 , an eNodeB 110 and an EPC network 115 .
- FIG. 2 is an example of a block diagram of the WTRU 105 used to implement the LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure 100 of FIG. 1 .
- the WTRU 105 may include a receiver 205 , a processor 210 , a transmitter 215 , a USIM 220 and at least one antenna 225 .
- the processor 210 may include a NAS protocol stack 120 and an access stratum (AS) protocol stack 230 .
- the NAS protocol stack 120 may include a GMM 235 or its LTE equivalent unit.
- the GMM 235 may include a TAU timer 240 .
- the AS protocol stack 230 may include an RRC unit 125 , a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) unit 245 , a radio link control (RLC) unit 250 , a medium access control unit (MAC) unit 255 and a physical layer (PHY) 260 .
- RRC packet data convergence protocol
- RLC radio link control
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- FIG. 3 is an example of a block diagram of the eNodeB 110 used to implement the LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure 100 of FIG. 1 .
- the eNodeB 110 may include a receiver 305 , a processor 310 , a transmitter 315 and at least one antenna 320 .
- the processor 310 may include a self-configuration control unit 325 and an AS protocol stack 330 .
- the AS protocol stack 330 may include an RRC unit 335 , a PDP unit 340 , an RLC unit 345 , a MAC unit 350 and a PHY 355 .
- the processor 310 checks the connection/link of the eNodeB 310 with the EPC network 115 , identifies the primary serving access gateway (aGW), (not shown), that serves the EPC network 115 , and generates an E-UTRAN parameter request message 130 that is transmitted by the transmitter 315 via the antenna 320 of the eNodeB 110 to the EPC network 115 , via the identified primary serving aGW.
- aGW primary serving access gateway
- the E-UTRAN parameter request message 130 may contain information associated with other EPC network connections, (other than the primary serving aGW and EPC network 115 in the so-called network sharing environment), information associated with connections of the eNodeB 110 with other identified eNodeBs, and the radio and channel load capabilities of the eNodeB 110 ,
- the EPC network 115 transmits an E-UTRAN parameter response message 135 , which is received by the receiver 305 of the eNodeB 110 , and is then processed by the self-configuration control unit 325 in the processor 310 .
- the E-UTRAN parameter response message 135 may contain network area partitioning information, such as the location or tracking area IDs and their operating permissions (forbidden or not), and the policy the eNodeB 110 has to observe towards the connected EPC network 115 , (i.e., network sharing or network node relocation), and towards other connected eNodeBs in terms of handover and load balancing operating policies.
- the self-configuration control unit 325 in the processor 310 of the eNodeB 110 commands the signaling actions with the EPC network 115 , and summarizes information included in the E-UTRAN parameter response message 135 and other source information to form system information for the cell and the associated E-UTRAN.
- the self-configuration control unit 325 will then assemble the system information and format the SIBs, combining/associating network/location area/cell-IDs into the proposed SIB and other SIBs).
- the RRC unit 335 in the AS protocol stack 330 of the eNodeB 110 is responsible for broadcasting the system information to the cell, and is also responsible for configuring each individual WTRU 105 in the cell for relevant operational RRC.
- the RRC unit 335 in AS protocol stack 330 of the eNodeB 110 then proceeds to broadcast system information to the whole cell via the PITY 355 of the AS protocol stack 330 in the processor 310 , the transmitter 315 and the antenna 320 of the eNodeB 110 over the cell's broadcast channels (step 145 of FIG. 1 ).
- Each WTRU 105 (when powered up or moved to a new cell and having synchronized to a serving cell serviced by the eNodeB 110 ), will automatically tune to the broadcast channel, in fixed frequency location, code and time configuration, of the cell and start reading the system information available to all WTRUs in the cell via the antenna 225 , the receiver 205 and the PHY 260 of the AS protocol stack 230 .
- the RRC unit 125 of the WTRU 105 receives, processes, stores and commands the reading of system information received by the PHY 260 from the receiver 205 , provides relevant information or parameter data to the GMM 235 in the NAS protocol stack 120 for mobility control, performs LTE cell reselection and configures the PDCP unit 245 , the RLC unit 250 , the MAC unit 255 and the PHY 260 for LTE E-UTRA data inputs and outputs, and other operations.
- the RRC unit 125 then sends a TAC and other information to the GMM 235 in the NAS protocol stack 120 via an internal interface 265 between the AS protocol stack 230 and the NAS protocol stack 120 .
- the NAS protocol stack 120 performs an LTE TAU procedure during which the GMM 235 in NAS protocol stack 120 performs a comparison of the TAC provided by the RRC unit 125 , which represents the TA-ID of a new cell, against an existing TAC, which represents the TA-ID of a previous cell. Note that a single tracking area may cover many cells.
- the NAS protocol stack 120 in the processor 210 of the WTRU 105 when the TAC indicates that the WTRU 105 is in a different tracking area, the NAS protocol stack 120 in the processor 210 of the WTRU 105 generates a TAU request message 165 including the TA-ID of the new cell, which is transmitted by the transmitter 215 via the antenna 225 to the EPC network 115 .
- the EPC network 115 In response to receiving the TAU request message 165 , the EPC network 115 sends either a TAU accept message 170 A or a TAU reject message 170 B to the WTRU 105 , which is forwarded via the PHY 260 , the MAC unit 255 , the RLC unit 250 , the PDCP unit 245 and the RRC unit 125 to the GMM 235 in NAS protocol stack 120 via the internal interface 265 .
- the TAU accept message 170 A may contain the accepted TA-ID and, optionally, other TA-IDs for tracking areas that the WTRU 105 is allowed to operate in, (to reduce the need for performing additional TAU procedures).
- these accepted TA-IDs may be used to remove a particular TA-ID in a “forbidden TA-ID list” stored in the GMM 235 if an accepted TA-ID matches the particular TA-ID.
- the TAU reject message 170 B may contain a cause/reason for the rejection upon which the operating state of the GMM 235 may be changed.
- the TAU reject message 170 B may contain the rejected TA-ID, and optionally contain a list of other TAs that the WTRU 105 is not allowed to move into.
- the rejected TA-IDs may need to be added to the “forbidden TA-ID list” stored in the GMM 235 so that the WTRU 105 will not reselect to a cell under the TAs associated with these TA-IDs.
- the RRC unit 125 in the WTRU 105 will then perform a TAC and PLMN-ID assisted optimized LTE WTRU cell reselection procedure 175 regularly.
- the cell reselection 175 shall not attempt to measure and reselect cells under the forbidden tracking areas (TA-IDs) in order to save processing and battery power.
- TA-IDs forbidden tracking areas
- the RRC unit 335 in the eNodeB 110 still provides the mobility area management information, (i.e., the PLMN-IDs, the TACs and the cell-IDs), to one or more WTRUs 105 by broadcasting system information in a cell.
- the RRC unit 335 groups the mobility area IDs and network IDs together with cell IDs of the serving cell and neighboring cells to provide the associations of the LTE networks, TAs, and cells to WTRUs in order to supply the information for the LTE TA update as well as for the optimization of WTRU cell reselection with respect to the PLMN and TA information.
- the TA information to the cell and neighboring cells are grouped with PLMN information, to form a new LTE system information block or element for the association of the mobility areas and cells and network identities.
- the TA-ID as used in the LTE TA update, needs to be defined and constructed.
- the RRC unit 125 in the WTRU 105 receives system information broadcast by the eNodeB 110 , relays the system information, (in particular the TAC), to the NAS protocol stack 120 , utilizes the system information (association of network IDs, TACs and Cell-IDs) for implementing a TAU procedure and assists in performing the WTRU cell reselection process.
- the NAS protocol stack 120 utilizes the TAC provided by the RRC unit 125 for performing an LTE TAU procedure.
- the TAC is broadcast from the LTE system information to the relevant E-UTRAN cell and is used for the cell. Since it is also possible that one cell could belong to a number of TAs, or a WTRU could also be registered with multiple TAs, (where one cell belongs to one TA), one or more TACs may be included in the system information broadcast.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of a TA-ID IE 400 that may be included in an SIB generated by the self-configuration control unit 325 in the processor 310 of the eNodeB 110 .
- the TA-ID IE 400 may also be included in the TAU request message 165 or the TAU accept/reject messages 170 A and 170 B by the NAS protocol stack 120 in the WTRU 105 , or its counterpart in the EPC network 115 , to perform an LTE TAU procedure.
- the TA-ID IE 400 may include a coded 8-bit TA identification IE-ID field 405 , and TAC fields 410 , 415 and 420 that provide up to 24 bits of field width (typically the field width used is 16-24 bits).
- the octet position field 425 is the element type and has mandatory presence (MP), as indicated by field 430 .
- the fields 432 , 434 , 436 , 438 , 440 and 442 represent the components of a normal PLMN.
- the labeled fields 444 , 446 and 448 indicate the octet position of the components ( 432 / 434 , 436 / 438 and 440 / 442 ) in the TA-ID IE 400 .
- OP optional presence
- fields 444 , 446 and 448 indicate octet positions of 2, 3 and 4.
- the fields 410 and 415 represent a TAC and have MP, (corresponding to 16 -bits), as indicated by fields 452 and 454 .
- the field 420 represents the TAC continuation, (assuming that its width extends up to 24 bits), and has OP, as indicated by field 456 .
- the TA-ID IE 400 does not include a PLMN, then it consists of fields 405 , 410 , 415 and 420 .
- the TA-ID includes a PLMN, then it consists of fields 405 , 410 , 415 , 420 , the mobile country code (MCC) digit fields 432 , 434 and 436 , and the mobile network code (MNC) digit fields 440 , 442 and 444 , which are in binary coded decimal (BCD) representation, (i.e. a 4-bit field with binary coding for digits 0-9, e.g., ‘1001’ represents a 9).
- BCD binary coded decimal
- FIG. 5 shows an LTE SIB, (or system information element), 500 used for E-UTRAN TAU and for E-UTRAN mobility area identification management information.
- the E-UTRAN SIB 500 of FIG. 5 is formed by the eNodeB 115 grouping the mobility area IDs and the available network IDs together as a clustered E-UTRAN SIB for broadcast in a cell.
- the various IDs and their associations provide the static/permanent or long term associations of the networks, the tracking areas with respect to all the cells in the neighborhood that the operations of the WTRU 105 may encounter.
- This E-UTRAN SIB first lists the ID associations with respect to the serving cell.
- the IDs may be the multiple TAs associated with the serving cell in the “overlapping TAs” scheme, or the one TA with the “multiple TAs registration” scheme, as indicated by field 505 .
- the neighboring cells are then listed with the PLMN-ID and the associated TA-I(s) sorted with the TA-IDs shown in the serving cell TA-IDs list first.
- the information element (IE) list (E-UTRAN mobility area information with neighboring cells in the system information block), also positions the cells (by cell-IDs) with similar PLMN-IDs together/adjacent for SIB signaling size reduction. Note that in FIG. 5 , the PLMN-ID and the TAC are separated to save signaling space.
- the LTE SIB, (or system IE), 500 of FIG. 5 combines/groups the LTE cell-ID, TA-ID, (shown as the TAC), and the PLMN-ID together to provide convenient guidance for the WTRU 105 to process, i.e. to evaluate the neighboring cells with this network/tracking-area/cell association information for determining whether a reselection to a certain neighboring cell should be performed.
- the invention builds maximum flexibility into the table representation of FIG. 5 to suit two competing schemes of TA assignment to a cell, (i.e., the “multiple TAs registration” and the “overlapping TAs”), as indicated by field 505 .
- the first “multiple TA” scheme one serving cell will only be assigned to one TA, but multiple TAs can be assigned to a WTRU at the TAU time.
- the second “overlapping TAs” scheme a serving cell can be assigned to multiple TAs and the “maxTAsToACell” value in FIG. 5 will be one, (i.e., one TA is assigned to a cell).
- column 510 indicates the information element name/group name.
- the “need” column 515 indicates the presence code (MP/OP) of the component there when formatting a message using this information block/element.
- the “multi” column 520 indicates whether multiple same component/element (but different value) has been put there to have a one-to-many-association.
- the “type and reference” column 525 provides further details/decomposition of a component/element in other element place.
- the “semantics” column 530 indicates how to format or process the element.
- the LTE SIB, (or system IE), 500 shown in FIG. 5 has a static or non-primary nature, whereby static means that it is not changing often with time, and non-primary means it is not to be broadcast via the primary broadcast channel (P-BCH) in LTE, and is broadcast through the dynamic broadcast channel (D-BCH) to the serving cell.
- This LTE SIB or system information element shall be read by the WTRU 105 in the LTE_IDLE mode and is mainly used while the WTRU 105 is in LTE_IDLE state
- the LTE SIB is associated with a particular serving cell.
- the RRC unit 125 of the WTRU 105 reads this system information block (SIB) while in an LTE_IDLE when a new cell is entered. Frequent re-reading of this SIB is not necessary unless the cell indicates changes to this SIB.
- SIB system information block
- the RRC unit 125 in the WTRU 105 may either pass the TAC(s) associated with the current serving cell to the NAS protocol stack 120 via the internal interface 265 and let the GMM 235 handle the TAU exclusively, or check the listed TAC(s) in the new serving cell against the currently used TAC(s) via the previous cell.
- the TA boundary is not crossed and a TAU is not required. Thus, the RRC can just hold the information. Otherwise, if there are no TACs matching, then the TAC(s) must be passed up to the NAS protocol stack 120 and let NAS protocol stack 120 perform the TAU. The purpose is to reduce the signaling/interaction overhead between the RRC unit 125 and the NAS protocol stack 120 .
- the RRC unit 125 of the WTRU 105 uses the associations of the PLMN-IDs, TACs and Cell-IDs broadcast in the SIB of FIG. 5 for optimizing the WTRU cell reselection measurement and cell reselection ranking and decision process.
- Measurement candidate cells shall be ordered with those cells in the front order: 1) those cells with H-PLMN; and those cells with the favorable TAC(s) (favorable TA(s) are those that the WTRU is currently registered with or those. TAs that covers the previous cell from which the WTRU enters the new cell). Cells with favorable TACs (from the current TA's point of view) shall be in the front order for measurement scheduling with respect to the intra-frequency, inter-frequency, or in another radio access technology (RAT) measurements.
- RAT radio access technology
- Cells with favorable TAC(s) shall be ranked higher if the measured signal strength and other evaluation criteria are about the same with respect to those cells not possessing favorable TAC(s).
- the goal is to avoid the situation that a WTRU LTE cell reselection into a neighboring cell unnecessarily crossing the TA or group TA boundary and then an unnecessary LTE TAU has to be performed.
- the GMM 235 of NAS protocol stack 120 in the WTRU 105 will perform TAU related operations if the TA entered by the WTRU 105 does not belong to a list of forbidden TAs.
- the forbidden TA list identifies one or more TAs that the WTRU 105 is not allowed to move into.
- the list may optionally be stored in the USIM 220 of the WTRU 105 when the WTRU 105 is powered off. When the WTRU is powered on, the list is loaded into the GMM 235 .
- the list may be modified by the TAU accept message 170 A or the TAU reject message 170 B.
- Tracking Area change detected if the TAC or TACs forwarded by the RRC do not have any single one matching the current TAC(s) or TA-ID(s) granted by the previous TAU accept message or by the retrieved TA-ID from the USIM 220 in the beginning of the WTRU power up, the NAS protocol stack 120 in the WTRU 105 shall initiate a TAU request or an attach effort in order to report its TA location to the EPC network 115 .
- Periodic TAU If the TAU timer 240 in the WTRU 105 indicates that a time period established for performing periodic TAUs has expired, the NAS protocol stack 120 in the WTRU 105 triggers a TAU to the EPC network 115 .
- the TAU timer 240 may, for example, be set within a range of 12 to 15 minutes or other values. If a TAU reject message 170 E is received, the subsequent TAU request(s) are administered by setting the TAU timer 240 to a much shorter range of 10-15 seconds or other values, in order to register with another TA to receive paging.
- the WTRU 105 may also update the EPC network 115 with its radio access and/or security capability.
- the WTRU 105 may negotiate discontinuous reception (DRX) or update of connection context (such as the packet data protocol (PDP) context) with the EPC network 115 .
- DRX is a parameter which determines how often the WTRU 105 in idle mode shall wake up to monitor a paging channel for possible incoming calls.
- the entries in the list of forbidden TAs are from two sources: the USIM device 220 and the TAU reject message 170 B.
- the TAU reject message 170 B is sent to the WTRU 105 if the EPC network 115 does not allow the WTRU 105 to obtain service from a reported tracking area.
- the TAU reject message 170 B may contain one or more IDs of rejecting TAs, if needed to also guide the WTRU 105 in making cell reselection choices. These rejected TA-IDs are added to the forbidden TA list.
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- semiconductor memory devices magnetic media such as internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical media, and optical media such as CD-ROM disks, and digital versatile disks (DVDs).
- Suitable processors include, by way of example, a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), and/or a state machine.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASICs Application Specific integrated Circuits
- FPGAs Field Programmable Gate Arrays
- a processor in association with software may be used to implement a radio frequency transceiver for use in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), user equipment (UE), terminal, base station, radio network controller (RNC), or any host computer.
- the WTRU may be used in conjunction with modules, implemented in hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module, a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker, a microphone, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a keyboard, a Bluetooth® module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) display unit, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display unit, a digital music player, a media player, a video game player module, an Internet browser, and/or any wireless local area network (WLAN) module.
- modules implemented in hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module, a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker,
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Abstract
The invention performs long term evolution (LTE) tracking area updates (TAUs), and tracking area code (TAC) and public land mobile network identification (PLMN-ID) assisted optimized wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) cell reselection. An evolved Node-B broadcasts system information including at least one system information block (SIB) based at least in part on an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) parameter response message sent by an evolved packet core (EPC) network. A WTRU generates a new TAC, which represents a tracking area identification (TA-ID) of a new cell, based on the system information, and compares the new TAC to an existing TAC, which represents a TA-ID of a previous cell. The WTRU transmits to the EPC network a TAU request message including the TA-ID of the new cell. The EPC network sends either a TAU accept message or a TAU reject message to the WTRU.
Description
- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application. Ser. No. 11/923,033, filed Oct. 24, 2007, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/863,528 filed Oct. 30, 2006, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth.
- The invention is related to wireless communication systems.
- The third generation partnership project (3GPP) has recently initiated the long term evolution (LTE) program to bring new technology, new network architecture, new configuration, and new applications and services to the wireless cellular network in order to provide improved spectral efficiency and faster user experiences. One new item adopted by the LTE program is the mobility tracking area concept, which replaces the former third generation (3G) universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) system's location area (LA), registration area (RA) and universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) registration area (URA).
- There is only one common tracking area concept defined for radio access network (RAN) and core network (CN) in LTE/system architecture evolution (SAE). The location of an LTE wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that is in an idle state (LTE_IDLE) is known by the network on a tracking area granularity. The goal is to reduce the mobility area management complexities and to reduce the related signaling overhead for the mobility area update whereby, instead of using both the RA/LA and the URA for UMTS, only a tracking area (TA) is used for LTE.
- Prior to LTE, due to the second generation (2G) legacy, the 3G UMTS mobility area management has a location area, which includes one or more routing areas. The 3G UMTS also has a URA, which covers one or more UMTS cells.
- The mobility management involves the URA update, which is administered by a radio resource control (RRC) unit, and the routing area update (RAU) which is administered by the general packet radio service (GPRS) mobility manager (GMM) at the non-access stratum (NAS) protocol stack. The WTRU URA update is triggered by the matching of the current URA identification (URA-ID) with the cell-published URA-ID contents in UMTS system information block (SIB) type 2 (SIB-2). The RAU is triggered by the changing of any one of the public land mobile network identification (PLAIN-ID), the location area code (LAC) and the routing area code (RAC). Note that both the LAC and the RAC are published to the cell via SIB-1. The current 3GPP UMTS system information broadcast content is shown in the following Table 1.
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TABLE 1 System WTRU WTRU Information mode/state mode/state Modification Block Area when block when block Scheduling of System Additional (SIB) scope is valid is read Information Information Comment Master Cell Idle mode, Idle mode, SIB_POS = 0 Value tag information CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, SIB_REP = 8 (FDD) block CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, SIB_REP = 8, 16, URA_PCH, URA_PCH, 32 (TDD) CELL_DCH CELL_DCH SIB_OFF = 2 (TDD only) (TDD only) Scheduling Cell Idle mode, Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag block 1 CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” in MIB URA_PCH, URA_PCH, CELL_DCH CELL_DCH (TDD only) (TDD only) Scheduling Cell Idle mode, Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag block 2 CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” in MIB URA_PCH, URA_PCH, CELL_DCH CELL_DCH (TDD only) (TDD only) System PLMN Idle mode Idle, Specified by the IE Value tag information CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “ Scheduling block type 1 CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” URA_PCH, URA_PCH CELL_DCH System Cell URA_PCH URA_PCH Specified by the IE Value tag information “ Scheduling block type 2 information” System Cell Idle mode, Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag information (CELL_FACH, (CELL_FACH, “ Scheduling block type 3 CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” URA_PCH) URA_PCH) System Cell CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, Specified by the IE Value tag If System information CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, “Scheduling information block type 4 URA_PCH URA_PCH information” block type 4 isnot broadcast in a cell, the connected mode WTRU shall apply information in System information block type 3 in connected mode. System Cell Idle mode, Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag System information (CELL_FACH, (CELL_FACH, “Scheduling information block type 5 CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” block type 5bis and 5bis URA_PCH, URA_PCH, is sent instead CELL_DCH CELL_DCH of system (TDD only)) (TDD only)) information block type 5 in networks that use Band IV. System Cell CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, Specified by the IE Value tag If system information CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, “Scheduling information block type 6 URA_PCH, URA_PCH, information” block type 6 isCELL_DCH CELL_DCH not broadcast in (TDD only) (TDD only) a cell, the connected mode WTRU shall read System information block type 5. If some of the optional IEs are not included in System information block type 6, the WTRU shall read the corresponding IEs in System information block type 5 System Cell Idle mode, Idle mode, Specified by the IE Expiration information CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling timer = block type 7CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” MAX(32, URA_PCH, URA_PCH, SIB_REP * CELL_DCH CELL_DCH ExpirationTimeFactor) (TDD only) (TDD only) System Cell Idle mode Idle mode Specified by the IE Value tag information (CELL_FACH, (CELL_FACH, “Scheduling block type CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” 11 URA_PCH, URA_PCH) CELL_DCH) System Cell CELL_FACH, Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag If system information CELL_PCH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling information block type URA_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” block type 12 is 12 CELL_DCH URA_PCH not broadcast in a cell, the connected mode WTRU shall read System information block type 11. If some of the optional IEs are not included in System information block type 12, the WTRU shall read the corresponding IEs in System information block type 11. System ANSI-41 information block type 13 System This system information information block type block is used in 14 3.84 Mcps TDD mode only. System Cell Idle Mode, Idle Mode, Specified by the IE Value tag information CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling block type CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” 15 URA_PCH URA_PCH System Equivalent Idle Mode, Idle Mode, Specified by the IE Value tag For this system information PLMN CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling information block type CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” block there may 16 URA_PCH, URA_PCH be multiple CELL_DCH occurrences. This system information block is also valid while in GSM/GPRS. System This system information information block type block is used in 17 TDD mode only. System Cell Idle mode, Idle mode, Specified by the IE Value tag Information CELL_FACH, CELL_FACH, “Scheduling Block type CELL_PCH, CELL_PCH, information” 18 URA_PCH, URA_PCH CELL_DCH - While the previously employed NAS RAU procedure and the RRC URA update procedure will no longer apply, a new LTE tracking area update (TAU) procedure and its related LTE SI, operating procedures and tasks in various protocol levels and system levels will have to be defined.
- Given the conceptual and architectural change, the LTE system information will have to reflect these changes and also be organized to facilitate the optimization of better WTRU operation and overall system resource utilization.
- The invention performs LTE TAUs, and tracking area code (TAC) and PLMN-ID assisted optimized WTRU cell reselection. An evolved Node-B (eNodeB) broadcasts system information including at least one SIB based at least in part on an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) parameter response message sent by an evolved packet core (EPC) network. A WTRU processes a new TAC, which represents a tracking area identification (TA-ID) of a new cell, based on the system information, and compares the new TAC to an existing TAC, which represents a TA-ID of a previous cell. The WTRU transmits to the EPC network a TAU request message including the TA-ID of the new cell. The EPC network sends either a TAU accept message or a TAU reject message to the WTRU.
- The invention associates and groups the LTE specific mobility tracking area identifications, cell identifications and the PLMN-IDs together as system information for coverage over the E-UTRAN cells deployed in the neighborhood of a specific LTE cell that broadcasts the system information. The invention also provides an optimized method for LTE WTRUs to perform cell measurement and cell reselection ranking by utilizing the LTE system information for achieving the least possible TAU signaling overhead in the WTRU LTE_IDLE state.
- Furthermore, new LTE TA-IDs are constructed, and a new LTE SIB is provided that publishes the TA code/IDs to the serving cell, as well as to group neighboring cells, represented by their cell-IDs with PLMN-IDs and TACs for the purpose of WTRU cell reselection optimization.
- By using WTRU procedures for handling the TA related system information, the GMM unit in the NAS can perform the checking of the TAs broadcast in the system information, which is forwarded to the NAS by the RRC unit, with its current TA allowance, to determine if a TA change triggered TAU is required. Alternatively, for implementation advantage, the RRC unit may also perform the above described TA checking and then notify the NAS protocol stack if a TAU is required.
- TACs are used as criteria in the cell reselection candidate cell selection, measurement scheduling, and ultimate cell reselection ranking ordering. The purpose is to reselect to the proper cell without causing unnecessary TAU.
- High level control of tracking areas in the NAS protocol stack (i.e., software) and UNITS subscriber identity module (USIM) device that “list of forbidden TAs” must be implemented for high level WTRU mobility control. Operations on the list of forbidden TAs are described.
- The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description, will be better understood when read with reference to the appended drawings, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a signaling diagram of an LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure implemented in a wireless communication system including an eNodeB, an EPC network and a WTRU; -
FIG. 2 is an example of a block diagram of the WTRU used to implement the LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an example of a block diagram of the eNodeB used to implement the LTE TAU and cell reselection procedure ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 shows an example of a TA-ID information element (IE) included in an SIB transmitted by the eNodeB ofFIG. 3 ; and -
FIG. 5 shows an example of an. LTE system information block/element transmitted by the eNodeB ofFIG. 3 . - When referred to hereafter, the terminology “wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)” includes but is not limited to a user equipment (UE), a mobile station, a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a pager, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a computer, or any other type of user device capable of operating in a wireless environment. When referred to hereafter, the terminology “evolved Node-B (eNodeB)” includes but is not limited to a base station, a site controller, an access point (AP), or any other type of interfacing device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
- Given the agreement in LTE mobility area tracking that “there is only one common TA concept defined for RAN and CN in LTE/SAE”, the tracking area concept replaces the current 3GPP routing area and UTRAN RA concepts and procedures. As a result, the LTE TAU procedure is a new procedure and therefore requires new mechanisms for support.
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FIG. 1 is a signaling diagram of an LTE TAU andcell reselection procedure 100 that is implemented in a wireless communication system including aWTRU 105, an eNodeB 110 and anEPC network 115. -
FIG. 2 is an example of a block diagram of the WTRU 105 used to implement the LTE TAU andcell reselection procedure 100 ofFIG. 1 . The WTRU 105 may include areceiver 205, aprocessor 210, atransmitter 215, a USIM 220 and at least oneantenna 225. Theprocessor 210 may include a NASprotocol stack 120 and an access stratum (AS)protocol stack 230. The NASprotocol stack 120 may include a GMM 235 or its LTE equivalent unit. The GMM 235 may include aTAU timer 240. TheAS protocol stack 230 may include anRRC unit 125, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP)unit 245, a radio link control (RLC)unit 250, a medium access control unit (MAC)unit 255 and a physical layer (PHY) 260. -
FIG. 3 is an example of a block diagram of theeNodeB 110 used to implement the LTE TAU andcell reselection procedure 100 ofFIG. 1 . TheeNodeB 110 may include areceiver 305, aprocessor 310, atransmitter 315 and at least oneantenna 320. Theprocessor 310 may include a self-configuration control unit 325 and anAS protocol stack 330. TheAS protocol stack 330 may include anRRC unit 335, aPDP unit 340, anRLC unit 345, aMAC unit 350 and aPHY 355. - Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 3 , when theeNodeB 110 powers up, theprocessor 310 checks the connection/link of theeNodeB 310 with theEPC network 115, identifies the primary serving access gateway (aGW), (not shown), that serves theEPC network 115, and generates an E-UTRANparameter request message 130 that is transmitted by thetransmitter 315 via theantenna 320 of theeNodeB 110 to theEPC network 115, via the identified primary serving aGW. The E-UTRANparameter request message 130 may contain information associated with other EPC network connections, (other than the primary serving aGW andEPC network 115 in the so-called network sharing environment), information associated with connections of theeNodeB 110 with other identified eNodeBs, and the radio and channel load capabilities of theeNodeB 110, - In response to receiving the E-UTRAN
parameter request message 130, theEPC network 115 transmits an E-UTRANparameter response message 135, which is received by thereceiver 305 of theeNodeB 110, and is then processed by the self-configuration control unit 325 in theprocessor 310. The E-UTRANparameter response message 135 may contain network area partitioning information, such as the location or tracking area IDs and their operating permissions (forbidden or not), and the policy theeNodeB 110 has to observe towards theconnected EPC network 115, (i.e., network sharing or network node relocation), and towards other connected eNodeBs in terms of handover and load balancing operating policies. - In
step 140 ofFIG. 1 , the self-configuration control unit 325 in theprocessor 310 of theeNodeB 110 commands the signaling actions with theEPC network 115, and summarizes information included in the E-UTRANparameter response message 135 and other source information to form system information for the cell and the associated E-UTRAN. The self-configuration control unit 325 will then assemble the system information and format the SIBs, combining/associating network/location area/cell-IDs into the proposed SIB and other SIBs). TheRRC unit 335 in theAS protocol stack 330 of theeNodeB 110 is responsible for broadcasting the system information to the cell, and is also responsible for configuring eachindividual WTRU 105 in the cell for relevant operational RRC. - Now referring to
FIGS. 1-3 , theRRC unit 335 inAS protocol stack 330 of theeNodeB 110 then proceeds to broadcast system information to the whole cell via thePITY 355 of theAS protocol stack 330 in theprocessor 310, thetransmitter 315 and theantenna 320 of theeNodeB 110 over the cell's broadcast channels (step 145 ofFIG. 1 ). EachWTRU 105, (when powered up or moved to a new cell and having synchronized to a serving cell serviced by the eNodeB 110), will automatically tune to the broadcast channel, in fixed frequency location, code and time configuration, of the cell and start reading the system information available to all WTRUs in the cell via theantenna 225, thereceiver 205 and thePHY 260 of theAS protocol stack 230. - In
step 150 ofFIG. 1 , theRRC unit 125 of theWTRU 105 receives, processes, stores and commands the reading of system information received by thePHY 260 from thereceiver 205, provides relevant information or parameter data to theGMM 235 in theNAS protocol stack 120 for mobility control, performs LTE cell reselection and configures thePDCP unit 245, theRLC unit 250, theMAC unit 255 and thePHY 260 for LTE E-UTRA data inputs and outputs, and other operations. - In
step 155 ofFIG. 1 , based on the received system information, theRRC unit 125 then sends a TAC and other information to theGMM 235 in theNAS protocol stack 120 via aninternal interface 265 between theAS protocol stack 230 and theNAS protocol stack 120. - In
step 160 ofFIG. 1 , theNAS protocol stack 120 performs an LTE TAU procedure during which theGMM 235 inNAS protocol stack 120 performs a comparison of the TAC provided by theRRC unit 125, which represents the TA-ID of a new cell, against an existing TAC, which represents the TA-ID of a previous cell. Note that a single tracking area may cover many cells. - Referring to
FIGS. 1-3 , when the TAC indicates that theWTRU 105 is in a different tracking area, theNAS protocol stack 120 in theprocessor 210 of theWTRU 105 generates aTAU request message 165 including the TA-ID of the new cell, which is transmitted by thetransmitter 215 via theantenna 225 to theEPC network 115. In response to receiving theTAU request message 165, theEPC network 115 sends either a TAU acceptmessage 170A or aTAU reject message 170B to theWTRU 105, which is forwarded via thePHY 260, theMAC unit 255, theRLC unit 250, thePDCP unit 245 and theRRC unit 125 to theGMM 235 inNAS protocol stack 120 via theinternal interface 265. - The TAU accept
message 170A may contain the accepted TA-ID and, optionally, other TA-IDs for tracking areas that theWTRU 105 is allowed to operate in, (to reduce the need for performing additional TAU procedures). - Optionally, these accepted TA-IDs may be used to remove a particular TA-ID in a “forbidden TA-ID list” stored in the
GMM 235 if an accepted TA-ID matches the particular TA-ID. - The TAU reject
message 170B may contain a cause/reason for the rejection upon which the operating state of theGMM 235 may be changed. The TAU rejectmessage 170B may contain the rejected TA-ID, and optionally contain a list of other TAs that theWTRU 105 is not allowed to move into. The rejected TA-IDs may need to be added to the “forbidden TA-ID list” stored in theGMM 235 so that theWTRU 105 will not reselect to a cell under the TAs associated with these TA-IDs. - The
RRC unit 125 in theWTRU 105 will then perform a TAC and PLMN-ID assisted optimized LTE WTRUcell reselection procedure 175 regularly. Thecell reselection 175 shall not attempt to measure and reselect cells under the forbidden tracking areas (TA-IDs) in order to save processing and battery power. - In LTE, the
RRC unit 335 in theeNodeB 110 still provides the mobility area management information, (i.e., the PLMN-IDs, the TACs and the cell-IDs), to one or more WTRUs 105 by broadcasting system information in a cell. TheRRC unit 335 groups the mobility area IDs and network IDs together with cell IDs of the serving cell and neighboring cells to provide the associations of the LTE networks, TAs, and cells to WTRUs in order to supply the information for the LTE TA update as well as for the optimization of WTRU cell reselection with respect to the PLMN and TA information. Thus, the TA information to the cell and neighboring cells are grouped with PLMN information, to form a new LTE system information block or element for the association of the mobility areas and cells and network identities. The TA-ID, as used in the LTE TA update, needs to be defined and constructed. - The
RRC unit 125 in theWTRU 105 receives system information broadcast by theeNodeB 110, relays the system information, (in particular the TAC), to theNAS protocol stack 120, utilizes the system information (association of network IDs, TACs and Cell-IDs) for implementing a TAU procedure and assists in performing the WTRU cell reselection process. TheNAS protocol stack 120 utilizes the TAC provided by theRRC unit 125 for performing an LTE TAU procedure. - LTE, the TAC is broadcast from the LTE system information to the relevant E-UTRAN cell and is used for the cell. Since it is also possible that one cell could belong to a number of TAs, or a WTRU could also be registered with multiple TAs, (where one cell belongs to one TA), one or more TACs may be included in the system information broadcast.
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FIG. 4 shows an example of a TA-ID IE 400 that may be included in an SIB generated by the self-configuration control unit 325 in theprocessor 310 of theeNodeB 110. The TA-ID IE 400 may also be included in theTAU request message 165 or the TAU accept/reject messages NAS protocol stack 120 in theWTRU 105, or its counterpart in theEPC network 115, to perform an LTE TAU procedure. - As shown in
FIG. 4 , the TA-ID IE 400 may include a coded 8-bit TA identification IE-ID field 405, andTAC fields fields ID IE 400. As indicated byfield 450, the PLMN fields 432-448 have optional presence (OP), whereby x=1 when a PLMN is present, and x=0 if a PLMN is not present. Thus, when a PLMN is present, (x=1), fields 444, 446 and 448 indicate octet positions of 2, 3 and 4. Otherwise, when a PLMN is not present, (x=0), the fields 432-442 do not exist, and fields 444, 446 and 448 are ignored, since they would all indicateoctet 1, which would be the same as field 425. - For example, if the TAC is globally unique regardless of which PLMN it belongs to, then the TA-ID is the same as the TAC, (see
field 450, where it is indicated that the PLMN field does not exist when x=0). If the TAC is only assigned by each network operator, (i.e., the TAC is per PLMN), then the TA-ID=PLMN-ID+TAC, (seefield 450, where it is indicated that the PLMN field is present when x=1), considering the roaming requirement. - The
fields fields 452 and 454. Thefield 420 represents the TAC continuation, (assuming that its width extends up to 24 bits), and has OP, as indicated byfield 456. For example, if the TA-ID IE 400 does not include a PLMN, then it consists offields fields -
FIG. 5 shows an LTE SIB, (or system information element), 500 used for E-UTRAN TAU and for E-UTRAN mobility area identification management information. TheE-UTRAN SIB 500 ofFIG. 5 is formed by theeNodeB 115 grouping the mobility area IDs and the available network IDs together as a clustered E-UTRAN SIB for broadcast in a cell. The various IDs and their associations provide the static/permanent or long term associations of the networks, the tracking areas with respect to all the cells in the neighborhood that the operations of theWTRU 105 may encounter. Note that this is independent of the neighboring cell information list, which is affected by the operational status of those neighboring cells, (sometimes available and sometimes not, due to problems with theEPC network 115 or the eNodeB 110), which will also bear other cell reselection information not relevant here. - This E-UTRAN SIB first lists the ID associations with respect to the serving cell. The IDs may be the multiple TAs associated with the serving cell in the “overlapping TAs” scheme, or the one TA with the “multiple TAs registration” scheme, as indicated by
field 505. - The neighboring cells are then listed with the PLMN-ID and the associated TA-I(s) sorted with the TA-IDs shown in the serving cell TA-IDs list first.
- The information element (IE) list, (E-UTRAN mobility area information with neighboring cells in the system information block), also positions the cells (by cell-IDs) with similar PLMN-IDs together/adjacent for SIB signaling size reduction. Note that in
FIG. 5 , the PLMN-ID and the TAC are separated to save signaling space. TheWTRU 105 may construct the TA-ID from them if the TA-ID=PLMN-ID+TAC. Otherwise, the TA-ID=TAC. - The LTE SIB, (or system IE), 500 of
FIG. 5 combines/groups the LTE cell-ID, TA-ID, (shown as the TAC), and the PLMN-ID together to provide convenient guidance for theWTRU 105 to process, i.e. to evaluate the neighboring cells with this network/tracking-area/cell association information for determining whether a reselection to a certain neighboring cell should be performed. - The invention builds maximum flexibility into the table representation of
FIG. 5 to suit two competing schemes of TA assignment to a cell, (i.e., the “multiple TAs registration” and the “overlapping TAs”), as indicated byfield 505. For the first “multiple TA” scheme, one serving cell will only be assigned to one TA, but multiple TAs can be assigned to a WTRU at the TAU time. For the second “overlapping TAs” scheme, a serving cell can be assigned to multiple TAs and the “maxTAsToACell” value inFIG. 5 will be one, (i.e., one TA is assigned to a cell). - Referring to
FIG. 5 ,column 510 indicates the information element name/group name. The “need”column 515 indicates the presence code (MP/OP) of the component there when formatting a message using this information block/element. The “multi”column 520 indicates whether multiple same component/element (but different value) has been put there to have a one-to-many-association. The “type and reference”column 525 provides further details/decomposition of a component/element in other element place. The “semantics”column 530 indicates how to format or process the element. - The LTE SIB, (or system IE), 500 shown in
FIG. 5 has a static or non-primary nature, whereby static means that it is not changing often with time, and non-primary means it is not to be broadcast via the primary broadcast channel (P-BCH) in LTE, and is broadcast through the dynamic broadcast channel (D-BCH) to the serving cell. This LTE SIB or system information element shall be read by theWTRU 105 in the LTE_IDLE mode and is mainly used while theWTRU 105 is in LTE_IDLE state The LTE SIB is associated with a particular serving cell. - The
RRC unit 125 of theWTRU 105 reads this system information block (SIB) while in an LTE_IDLE when a new cell is entered. Frequent re-reading of this SIB is not necessary unless the cell indicates changes to this SIB. When theRRC unit 125 in theWTRU 105 has received the LTE system information broadcast about the serving cell's TACs, theRRC unit 125 may either pass the TAC(s) associated with the current serving cell to theNAS protocol stack 120 via theinternal interface 265 and let theGMM 235 handle the TAU exclusively, or check the listed TAC(s) in the new serving cell against the currently used TAC(s) via the previous cell. If one of the new TAC(s) matches the currently used one, (or one of the currently registered TAs), the TA boundary is not crossed and a TAU is not required. Thus, the RRC can just hold the information. Otherwise, if there are no TACs matching, then the TAC(s) must be passed up to theNAS protocol stack 120 and letNAS protocol stack 120 perform the TAU. The purpose is to reduce the signaling/interaction overhead between theRRC unit 125 and theNAS protocol stack 120. - Meanwhile, the
RRC unit 125 of theWTRU 105 uses the associations of the PLMN-IDs, TACs and Cell-IDs broadcast in the SIB ofFIG. 5 for optimizing the WTRU cell reselection measurement and cell reselection ranking and decision process. - Measurement candidate cells shall be ordered with those cells in the front order: 1) those cells with H-PLMN; and those cells with the favorable TAC(s) (favorable TA(s) are those that the WTRU is currently registered with or those. TAs that covers the previous cell from which the WTRU enters the new cell). Cells with favorable TACs (from the current TA's point of view) shall be in the front order for measurement scheduling with respect to the intra-frequency, inter-frequency, or in another radio access technology (RAT) measurements.
- Cells with favorable TAC(s) shall be ranked higher if the measured signal strength and other evaluation criteria are about the same with respect to those cells not possessing favorable TAC(s). The goal is to avoid the situation that a WTRU LTE cell reselection into a neighboring cell unnecessarily crossing the TA or group TA boundary and then an unnecessary LTE TAU has to be performed.
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GMM 235 ofNAS protocol stack 120 in theWTRU 105 will perform TAU related operations if the TA entered by theWTRU 105 does not belong to a list of forbidden TAs. The forbidden TA list identifies one or more TAs that theWTRU 105 is not allowed to move into. The list may optionally be stored in theUSIM 220 of theWTRU 105 when theWTRU 105 is powered off. When the WTRU is powered on, the list is loaded into theGMM 235. The list may be modified by the TAU acceptmessage 170A or the TAU rejectmessage 170B. - Tracking Area change detected: if the TAC or TACs forwarded by the RRC do not have any single one matching the current TAC(s) or TA-ID(s) granted by the previous TAU accept message or by the retrieved TA-ID from the
USIM 220 in the beginning of the WTRU power up, theNAS protocol stack 120 in theWTRU 105 shall initiate a TAU request or an attach effort in order to report its TA location to theEPC network 115. - Periodic TAU: If the
TAU timer 240 in theWTRU 105 indicates that a time period established for performing periodic TAUs has expired, theNAS protocol stack 120 in theWTRU 105 triggers a TAU to theEPC network 115. When theWTRU 105 is in an LTE_IDLE state, theTAU timer 240 may, for example, be set within a range of 12 to 15 minutes or other values. If a TAU reject message 170E is received, the subsequent TAU request(s) are administered by setting theTAU timer 240 to a much shorter range of 10-15 seconds or other values, in order to register with another TA to receive paging. - In the TAU, the
WTRU 105 may also update theEPC network 115 with its radio access and/or security capability. TheWTRU 105 may negotiate discontinuous reception (DRX) or update of connection context (such as the packet data protocol (PDP) context) with theEPC network 115. DRX is a parameter which determines how often theWTRU 105 in idle mode shall wake up to monitor a paging channel for possible incoming calls. Note that the entries in the list of forbidden TAs are from two sources: theUSIM device 220 and the TAU rejectmessage 170B. The TAU rejectmessage 170B is sent to theWTRU 105 if theEPC network 115 does not allow theWTRU 105 to obtain service from a reported tracking area. The TAU rejectmessage 170B may contain one or more IDs of rejecting TAs, if needed to also guide theWTRU 105 in making cell reselection choices. These rejected TA-IDs are added to the forbidden TA list. - Although the features and elements are described in the embodiments in particular combinations, each feature or element can be used alone without the other features and elements of the embodiments or in various combinations with or without other features and elements of the invention. The methods or flow charts provided herein may be implemented in a computer program, software, or firmware tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium for execution by a general purpose computer or a processor. Examples of computer-readable storage mediums include a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a register, cache memory, semiconductor memory devices, magnetic media such as internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical media, and optical media such as CD-ROM disks, and digital versatile disks (DVDs).
- Suitable processors include, by way of example, a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), and/or a state machine.
- A processor in association with software may be used to implement a radio frequency transceiver for use in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), user equipment (UE), terminal, base station, radio network controller (RNC), or any host computer. The WTRU may be used in conjunction with modules, implemented in hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module, a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker, a microphone, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a keyboard, a Bluetooth® module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) display unit, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display unit, a digital music player, a media player, a video game player module, an Internet browser, and/or any wireless local area network (WLAN) module.
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15. A base station comprising:
at least one antenna;
a processor configured to at least generate an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) system information comprising a system information block (SIB), wherein the SIB comprises a tracking area code (TAC) for a current cell, a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MNC), wherein the TAC, the MCC, and the MNC represent a tracking area identification (TA-ID) of the current cell;
a transmitter configured to transmit the E-UTRAN system information to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via the at least one antenna;
a receiver configured to receive from the WTRU a tracking area update (TAU) request message if the TA-ID of the current cell is not the same as the WTRU's previous cell.
16. The base station of claim 15 wherein the MCC comprises a first MCC digit, a second MCC digit and a third MCC digit, and wherein the MNC comprises a first MNC digit, a second MNC digit and a third MNC digit.
17. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the SIB includes a plurality of octets, and each octet of the plurality of octets contains 8 bits and is in binary coded decimal (BCD) representation.
18. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of octets comprises a second octet including the second MCC digit and the first MCC digit, a third octet including the third MNC digit and the third MCC digit, a fourth octet including the second MNC digit and the first MNC digit, a fifth octet including a first portion of the TAC, and a sixth octet including a second portion of the TAC.
19. A tracking area update method comprising:
generating an enhanced universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) system information comprising a system information block (SIB), wherein the SIB comprises a tracking area code (TAC) for a current cell, a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MNC), wherein the TAC, the MCC, and the MNC represent a tracking area identification (TA-ID) of the current cell;
transmitting the E-UTRAN system information to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via the at least one antenna;
receiving from the WTRU a tracking area update (TAU) request message if the TA-ID of the current cell is not the same as the WTRU's previous cell.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the MCC comprises a first MCC digit, a second MCC digit and a third MCC digit, and wherein the MNC comprises a first MNC digit, a second MNC digit and a third MNC digit.
21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the SIB includes a plurality of octets, and each octet of the plurality of octets contains 8 bits and is in binary coded decimal (BCD) representation.
22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the plurality of octets comprises a second octet including the second MCC digit and the first MCC digit, a third octet including the third MNC digit and the third MCC digit, a fourth octet including the second MNC digit and the first MNC digit, a fifth octet including a first portion of the TAC, and a sixth octet including a second portion of the TAC.
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