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- the present invention relates to wireless communication, and more particularly, to a traffic steering method and a device using the same in a wireless communication system.
- 3GPP LTE long term evolution
- UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
- 3GPP LTE uses orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) in downlink and single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) in uplink.
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier-frequency division multiple access
- LTE-A 3GPP LTE-Advanced
- the wireless communication system can support providing a terminal with a service through a plurality of access networks.
- a terminal may be provided with a service from a 3GPP access network, which is a mobile wireless communication system, and may also provide a service from a non-3GPP access network such as a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) or a wireless local area network (WLAN). I can receive it.
- a 3GPP access network which is a mobile wireless communication system
- a non-3GPP access network such as a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) or a wireless local area network (WLAN). I can receive it.
- WiMAX worldwide interoperability for microwave access
- WLAN wireless local area network
- the terminal When the terminal establishes a connection with the 3GPP access network and receives a service, and the traffic is overloaded in the 3GPP access network, the terminal processes the traffic to be processed through another access network, that is, a non-3GPP access network. Doing so can improve network-wide efficiency. As such, steering the traffic or the path of the traffic so that the traffic can be handled variably through the 3GPP access network and / or the non-GPP access network is referred to as traffic steering.
- the terminal may be configured with a policy for interworking with 3GPP access networks and non-3GPP access networks, such as ANDSF (Access Network Discovery and Selection Functions), which is separate from the interworking policy set by the network. Can be managed.
- ANDSF Access Network Discovery and Selection Functions
- PLMN public land mobile network
- PLMN is a network deployed and operated by a mobile network operator. In general, there are a plurality of mobile communication network operators in each country, so there may be a plurality of PLMNs.
- the UE selects / registers an appropriate PLMN, the UE selects a cell having a signal quality and a characteristic that the UE can receive an appropriate service from among cells provided by the selected PLMN.
- traffic control may be performed between a first type network (eg, 3GPP LTE / LTE-A) and a second type network (eg, a wireless LAN) according to the traffic in the cell.
- the cell provides policy / parameters for traffic steering between the first type network and the second type network, which may be referred to as RAN assistance information.
- each mobile communication network operator may share the cell in terms of cost / efficiency / strategy. That is, a cell operated by a first mobile communication network operator (first PLMN) may also be shared by a second mobile communication network operator (second PLMN) (or vice versa). In this case, since the cell is operated by the first mobile communication network operator, only the RAN assistance information optimized for the first PLMN may be provided. Therefore, when the UE registered in the second PLMN accesses the cell, the optimized RAN assistance information may not be provided. This can reduce the efficiency of traffic steering and consequently degrade system performance.
- first PLMN first mobile communication network operator
- second PLMN second mobile communication network operator
- the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a traffic control method and apparatus using the same in a wireless communication system.
- a traffic steering method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system.
- the method receives first system information comprising a PLMN-ID list describing the IDs of the PLMNs in a particular order, and receives second system information including RAN assistance information regarding traffic steering between the first network and the second network.
- Receiving and performing traffic steering between the first and second networks based on the first and second system information.
- the second system information provides RAN assistance information for each PLMN, includes RAN assistance information equal to the number of PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list, and includes PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list.
- RAN assistance information in the same order as the specific order.
- a terminal operating in a wireless communication system includes a RF (Radio Frequenc) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal and a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit.
- the processor receives first system information including a PLMN-ID list describing IDs of a public land mobile network (PLMN) in a specific order and RAN assistance for traffic steering between the first network and the second network.
- PLMN public land mobile network
- Receive second system information including information, and perform traffic steering between the first and second networks based on the first and second system information.
- the second system information provides RAN assistance information for each PLMN, includes RAN assistance information equal to the number of PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list, and includes PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list. And RAN assistance information in the same order as the specific order.
- RAN assistance information is provided for each of a plurality of PLMNs.
- optimal RAN assistance information for each PLMN can be provided.
- system performance is improved.
- separate signaling is not required to inform which PLMN each RAN assistance information is.
- signaling overhead can be reduced.
- FIG. 1 shows a wireless communication system to which the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a radio protocol architecture for a user plane.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a radio protocol structure for a control plane.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a terminal in an RRC idle state.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of establishing an RRC connection.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a RRC connection resetting process.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a RRC connection reestablishment procedure.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an environment in which a 3GPP access network and a WLAN access network coexist.
- FIG. 10 shows another example of a traffic steering method.
- 11 shows an example of association between a plurality of conventional PLMNs and RAN assistance information.
- FIG. 12 illustrates a method for providing RAN assistance information in a cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 illustrates a method for providing RAN assistance information in a cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 illustrates an association relationship between lists of PLMN IDs signaled as system information and RAN assistance information and a method of informing the same.
- FIG. 15 illustrates a traffic steering method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 shows a specific example of applying the traffic steering method of FIG. 15.
- FIG. 17 illustrates an association relationship between lists of PLMN IDs signaled as system information and RAN assistance information, and another method of informing the same.
- 19 illustrates RAN assistance information applied when a UE camps on a specific cell through a PLMN.
- 20 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device in which an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
- E-UTRAN Evolved-UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the E-UTRAN includes a base station (BS) 20 that provides a control plane and a user plane to a user equipment (UE).
- the terminal 10 may be fixed or mobile and may be called by other terms such as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a mobile terminal (MT), a wireless device (Wireless Device), and the like.
- the base station 20 refers to a fixed station communicating with the terminal 10, and may be referred to by other terms such as an evolved-NodeB (eNB), a base transceiver system (BTS), an access point, and the like.
- eNB evolved-NodeB
- BTS base transceiver system
- access point and the like.
- the base stations 20 may be connected to each other through an X2 interface.
- the base station 20 is connected to a Serving Gateway (S-GW) through an MME (Mobility Management Entity) and an S1-U through an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) 30, more specifically, an S1-MME through an S1 interface.
- S-GW Serving Gateway
- MME Mobility Management Entity
- EPC Evolved Packet Core
- EPC 30 is composed of MME, S-GW and P-GW (Packet Data Network-Gateway).
- the MME has information about the access information of the terminal or the capability of the terminal, and this information is mainly used for mobility management of the terminal.
- S-GW is a gateway having an E-UTRAN as an endpoint
- P-GW is a gateway having a PDN as an endpoint.
- Layers of the Radio Interface Protocol between the terminal and the network are based on the lower three layers of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model, which is widely known in communication systems.
- L2 second layer
- L3 third layer
- the RRC Radio Resource Control
- the RRC layer located in the third layer plays a role of controlling radio resources between the terminal and the network. To this end, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the terminal and the base station.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a radio protocol architecture for a user plane.
- 3 is a block diagram illustrating a radio protocol structure for a control plane.
- the user plane is a protocol stack for user data transmission
- the control plane is a protocol stack for control signal transmission.
- a physical layer (PHY) layer provides an information transfer service to a higher layer using a physical channel.
- the physical layer is connected to a medium access control (MAC) layer, which is an upper layer, through a transport channel. Data is moved between the MAC layer and the physical layer through the transport channel. Transport channels are classified according to how and with what characteristics data is transmitted over the air interface.
- MAC medium access control
- the physical channel may be modulated by an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme and utilizes time and frequency as radio resources.
- OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- the functions of the MAC layer include mapping between logical channels and transport channels and multiplexing / demultiplexing into transport blocks provided as physical channels on transport channels of MAC service data units (SDUs) belonging to the logical channels.
- the MAC layer provides a service to a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer through a logical channel.
- RLC Radio Link Control
- Functions of the RLC layer include concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs.
- QoS Quality of Service
- the RLC layer uses a transparent mode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode.
- TM transparent mode
- UM unacknowledged mode
- AM Three modes of operation
- AM RLC provides error correction through an automatic repeat request (ARQ).
- the RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer is defined only in the control plane.
- the RRC layer is responsible for the control of logical channels, transport channels, and physical channels in connection with configuration, re-configuration, and release of radio bearers.
- RB means a logical path provided by the first layer (PHY layer) and the second layer (MAC layer, RLC layer, PDCP layer) for data transmission between the terminal and the network.
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- Functions of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer in the user plane include delivery of user data, header compression, and ciphering.
- the functionality of the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer in the control plane includes the transfer of control plane data and encryption / integrity protection.
- the establishment of the RB means a process of defining characteristics of a radio protocol layer and a channel to provide a specific service, and setting each specific parameter and operation method.
- RB can be further divided into SRB (Signaling RB) and DRB (Data RB).
- SRB is used as a path for transmitting RRC messages in the control plane
- DRB is used as a path for transmitting user data in the user plane.
- the UE If an RRC connection is established between the RRC layer of the UE and the RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC connected state, otherwise it is in an RRC idle state.
- the downlink transmission channel for transmitting data from the network to the UE includes a BCH (Broadcast Channel) for transmitting system information and a downlink shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages.
- Traffic or control messages of a downlink multicast or broadcast service may be transmitted through a downlink SCH or may be transmitted through a separate downlink multicast channel (MCH).
- the uplink transport channel for transmitting data from the terminal to the network includes a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting an initial control message and an uplink shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages.
- RACH random access channel
- SCH uplink shared channel
- BCCH broadcast control channel
- PCCH paging control channel
- CCCH common control channel
- MCCH multicast control channel
- MTCH multicast traffic
- the physical channel is composed of several OFDM symbols in the time domain and several sub-carriers in the frequency domain.
- One sub-frame consists of a plurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain.
- the RB is a resource allocation unit and includes a plurality of OFDM symbols and a plurality of subcarriers.
- each subframe may use specific subcarriers of specific OFDM symbols (eg, the first OFDM symbol) of the corresponding subframe for the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), that is, the L1 / L2 control channel.
- Transmission Time Interval is a unit time of subframe transmission.
- a physical channel is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a physical channel (PCFICH). It may be divided into a Control Format Indicator Channel (PHICH), a Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH), and a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- PUSCH physical downlink shared channel
- PDCCH physical downlink control channel
- PCFICH physical channel
- the PCFICH transmitted in the first OFDM symbol of a subframe carries a control format indicator (CFI) regarding the number of OFDM symbols (that is, the size of the control region) used for transmission of control channels in the subframe.
- CFI control format indicator
- the terminal first receives the CFI on the PCFICH, and then monitors the PDCCH.
- the PDCCH is a downlink control channel and is also called a scheduling channel in that it carries scheduling information.
- Control information transmitted through the PDCCH is called downlink control information (DCI).
- DCI is a resource allocation of PDSCH (also called DL grant), a PUSCH resource allocation (also called UL grant), a set of transmit power control commands for individual UEs in any UE group. And / or activation of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
- VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
- blind decoding is used to detect the PDCCH.
- Blind decoding is a method of demasking a desired identifier in a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of a received PDCCH (referred to as a candidate PDCCH) and checking a CRC error to determine whether the corresponding PDCCH is its control channel.
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- the base station determines the PDCCH format according to the DCI to be sent to the terminal, attaches the CRC to the DCI, and masks a unique identifier (referred to as Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI)) to the CRC according to the owner or purpose of the PDCCH. .
- RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identifier
- the RRC state refers to whether or not the RRC layer of the UE is in a logical connection with the RRC layer of the E-UTRAN. If connected, the RRC connection state is called. Since the UE in the RRC connected state has an RRC connection, the E-UTRAN can grasp the existence of the corresponding UE in a cell unit, and thus can effectively control the UE. On the other hand, the UE of the RRC idle state cannot be understood by the E-UTRAN, and is managed by the CN (core network) in units of a tracking area, which is a larger area unit than the cell. That is, the UE in the RRC idle state is identified only in a large area unit, and must move to the RRC connected state in order to receive a normal mobile communication service such as voice or data.
- CN core network
- the terminal When the user first powers on the terminal, the terminal first searches for an appropriate cell and then stays in an RRC idle state in the cell.
- the UE in the RRC idle state needs to establish an RRC connection, it establishes an RRC connection with the E-UTRAN through an RRC connection procedure and transitions to the RRC connected state.
- RRC connection procedure There are several cases in which the UE in RRC idle state needs to establish an RRC connection. For example, an uplink data transmission is necessary due to a user's call attempt, or a paging message is sent from E-UTRAN. If received, a response message may be sent.
- the non-access stratum (NAS) layer located above the RRC layer performs functions such as session management and mobility management.
- EMM-REGISTERED EPS Mobility Management-REGISTERED
- EMM-DEREGISTERED EMM-DEREGISTERED
- the initial terminal is in the EMM-DEREGISTERED state, and the terminal performs a process of registering with the corresponding network through an initial attach procedure to access the network. If the attach procedure is successfully performed, the UE and the MME are in the EMM-REGISTERED state.
- an EPS Connection Management (ECM) -IDLE state In order to manage a signaling connection between the UE and the EPC, two states are defined, an EPS Connection Management (ECM) -IDLE state and an ECM-CONNECTED state, and these two states are applied to the UE and the MME.
- ECM EPS Connection Management
- ECM-IDLE state When the UE in the ECM-IDLE state establishes an RRC connection with the E-UTRAN, the UE is in the ECM-CONNECTED state.
- the MME in the ECM-IDLE state becomes the ECM-CONNECTED state when it establishes an S1 connection with the E-UTRAN.
- the E-UTRAN does not have context information of the terminal.
- the UE in the ECM-IDLE state performs a terminal-based mobility related procedure such as cell selection or cell reselection without receiving a command from the network.
- a terminal-based mobility related procedure such as cell selection or cell reselection without receiving a command from the network.
- the terminal when the terminal is in the ECM-CONNECTED state, the mobility of the terminal is managed by the command of the network.
- the terminal In the ECM-IDLE state, if the position of the terminal is different from the position known by the network, the terminal informs the network of the corresponding position of the terminal through a tracking area update procedure.
- the system information includes essential information that the terminal needs to know in order to access the base station. Therefore, the terminal must receive all system information before accessing the base station, and must always have the latest system information. In addition, since the system information is information that all terminals in a cell should know, the base station periodically transmits the system information.
- System information is divided into a master information block (MIB) and a plurality of system information blocks (SIB).
- the MIB may include a limited number of the most essential and most frequently transmitted parameters that need to be obtained for other information from the cell.
- the terminal first finds the MIB after downlink synchronization.
- the MIB may include information such as downlink channel bandwidth, PHICH settings, SFNs that support synchronization and operate as timing criteria, and eNB transmit antenna settings.
- the MIB may be broadcast transmitted on the BCH.
- SIB1 SystemInformationBlockType1
- SIB2 SystemInformationBlockType2
- SIB1 and all system information messages are sent on the DL-SCH.
- the E-UTRAN may be dedicated signaling while the SIB1 includes a parameter set equal to a previously set value, and in this case, the SIB1 may be transmitted by being included in an RRC connection reconfiguration message.
- SIB1 includes information related to UE cell access and defines scheduling of other SIBs.
- SIB1 is a PLMN identifier of a network, a tracking area code (TAC) and a cell ID, a cell barring status indicating whether a cell can be camped on, and a cell required for cell reselection. It may include the lowest reception level, and information related to the transmission time and period of other SIBs.
- TAC tracking area code
- SIB2 may include radio resource configuration information common to all terminals.
- SIB2 includes uplink carrier frequency and uplink channel bandwidth, RACH configuration, paging configuration, uplink power control configuration, sounding reference signal configuration, PUCCH configuration supporting ACK / NACK transmission, and It may include information related to the PUSCH configuration.
- the terminal may apply the acquisition and change detection procedure of the system information only to the PCell.
- the E-UTRAN may provide all system information related to the RRC connection state operation through dedicated signaling.
- the E-UTRAN may release the SCell under consideration and add it later, which may be performed with a single RRC connection reset message.
- the E-UTRAN may set parameter values different from those broadcast in the SCell under consideration through dedicated signaling.
- Essential system information can be defined as follows.
- the UE When the UE is in the RRC idle state: The UE should ensure that it has valid versions of MIB and SIB1 as well as SIB2 to SIB8, which may be subject to the support of the considered RAT.
- the terminal When the terminal is in the RRC connection state: The terminal should ensure that it has a valid version of MIB, SIB1 and SIB2.
- the system information can be guaranteed valid up to 3 hours after acquisition.
- services provided by a network to a terminal can be classified into three types as follows.
- the terminal also recognizes the cell type differently according to which service can be provided. The following describes the service type first, followed by the cell type.
- Limited service This service provides Emergency Call and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) and can be provided in an acceptable cell.
- ETWS Emergency Call and Tsunami Warning System
- Normal service This service means a public use for general use, and can be provided in a suitable or normal cell.
- This service means service for network operator. This cell can be used only by network operator and not by general users.
- the cell types may be classified as follows.
- Acceptable cell A cell in which the terminal can receive limited service. This cell is a cell that is not barred from the viewpoint of the terminal and satisfies the cell selection criteria of the terminal.
- Suitable cell The cell that the terminal can receive a regular service. This cell satisfies the conditions of an acceptable cell and at the same time satisfies additional conditions. As an additional condition, this cell must belong to a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) to which the terminal can access, and must be a cell which is not prohibited from performing a tracking area update procedure of the terminal. If the cell is a CSG cell, the terminal should be a cell that can be connected to the cell as a CSG member.
- PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
- Barred cell A cell that broadcasts information that a cell is a prohibited cell through system information.
- Reserved cell A cell that broadcasts information that a cell is a reserved cell through system information.
- 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a terminal in an RRC idle state. 4 illustrates a procedure in which a UE, which is initially powered on, registers with a network through a cell selection process and then reselects a cell if necessary.
- the terminal selects a radio access technology (RAT) for communicating with a public land mobile network (PLMN), which is a network to be serviced (S410).
- RAT radio access technology
- PLMN public land mobile network
- S410 a network to be serviced
- Information about the PLMN and the RAT may be selected by a user of the terminal or may be stored in a universal subscriber identity module (USIM).
- USIM universal subscriber identity module
- the terminal selects a cell having the largest value among the measured base station and a cell whose signal strength or quality is greater than a specific value (Cell Selection) (S420). This is referred to as initial cell selection by the UE that is powered on to perform cell selection. The cell selection procedure will be described later.
- the terminal receives system information periodically transmitted by the base station.
- the above specific value refers to a value defined in the system in order to ensure the quality of the physical signal in data transmission / reception. Therefore, the value may vary depending on the RAT applied.
- the terminal performs a network registration procedure (S430).
- the terminal registers its information (eg IMSI) in order to receive a service (eg paging) from the network.
- a service eg paging
- the terminal selects a cell, the terminal does not register to the access network, and if the network information received from the system information (e.g., tracking area identity; do.
- the terminal performs cell reselection based on the service environment provided by the cell or the environment of the terminal (S440).
- the terminal selects one of the other cells that provides better signal characteristics than the cell of the base station to which the terminal is connected if the strength or quality of the signal measured from the base station being service is lower than the value measured from the base station of the adjacent cell. do.
- This process is called Cell Re-Selection, which is distinguished from Initial Cell Selection of Step 2.
- a time constraint is placed. The cell reselection procedure will be described later.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of establishing an RRC connection.
- the terminal sends an RRC connection request message to the network requesting an RRC connection (S510).
- the network sends an RRC connection setup message in response to the RRC connection request (S520). After receiving the RRC connection configuration message, the terminal enters the RRC connection mode.
- the terminal sends an RRC Connection Setup Complete message used to confirm successful completion of RRC connection establishment to the network (S530).
- RRC connection reconfiguration is used to modify an RRC connection. It is used to establish / modify / release RBs, perform handovers, and set up / modify / release measurements.
- the network sends an RRC connection reconfiguration message for modifying the RRC connection to the terminal (S610).
- the UE sends an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message used to confirm successful completion of the RRC connection reconfiguration to the network (S620).
- PLMN public land mobile network
- PLMN is a network deployed and operated by mobile network operators. Each mobile network operator runs one or more PLMNs. Each PLMN may be identified by a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MCC). The PLMN information of the cell is included in the system information and broadcasted.
- MCC mobile country code
- MCC mobile network code
- PLMN selection In PLMN selection, cell selection and cell reselection, various types of PLMNs may be considered by the terminal.
- HPLMN Home PLMN
- MCC Mobility Management Entity
- Equivalent HPLMN A PLMN that is equivalent to an HPLMN.
- Registered PLMN A PLMN that has successfully completed location registration.
- ELMN Equivalent PLMN
- Each mobile service consumer subscribes to HPLMN.
- HPLMN When a general service is provided to a terminal by HPLMN or EHPLMN, the terminal is not in a roaming state.
- a service is provided to a terminal by a PLMN other than HPLMN / EHPLMN, the terminal is in a roaming state, and the PLMN is called a VPLMN (Visited PLMN).
- PLMN public land mobile network
- PLMN is a network deployed or operated by a mobile network operator. Each mobile network operator operates one or more PLMNs. Each PLMN may be identified by a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MCC). The PLMN information of the cell is included in the system information and broadcasted.
- MCC mobile country code
- MCC mobile network code
- the terminal attempts to register the selected PLMN. If the registration is successful, the selected PLMN becomes a registered PLMN (RPLMN).
- the network may signal the PLMN list to the UE, which may consider PLMNs included in the PLMN list as PLMNs such as RPLMNs.
- the terminal registered in the network should be reachable by the network at all times. If the terminal is in the ECM-CONNECTED state (same as RRC connected state), the network recognizes that the terminal is receiving the service. However, when the terminal is in the ECM-IDLE state (same as the RRC idle state), the situation of the terminal is not valid in the eNB but is stored in the MME. In this case, the location of the UE in the ECM-IDLE state is known only to the MME as the granularity of the list of tracking areas (TAs).
- a single TA is identified by a tracking area identity (TAI) consisting of the PLMN identifier to which the TA belongs and a tracking area code (TAC) that uniquely represents the TA within the PLMN.
- TAI tracking area identity
- TAC tracking area code
- the UE selects a cell having a signal quality and characteristics capable of receiving an appropriate service from among cells provided by the selected PLMN.
- the terminal selects / reselects a cell of appropriate quality and performs procedures for receiving service.
- the UE in the RRC idle state should always select a cell of appropriate quality and prepare to receive service through this cell. For example, a terminal that has just been powered on must select a cell of appropriate quality to register with the network. When the terminal in the RRC connected state enters the RRC idle state, the terminal should select a cell to stay in the RRC idle state. As such, the process of selecting a cell satisfying a certain condition in order for the terminal to stay in a service standby state such as an RRC idle state is called cell selection.
- the cell selection is performed in a state in which the UE does not currently determine a cell to stay in the RRC idle state, it is most important to select the cell as soon as possible. Therefore, if the cell provides a radio signal quality of a predetermined criterion or more, even if this cell is not the cell providing the best radio signal quality to the terminal, it may be selected during the cell selection process of the terminal.
- an initial cell selection process in which the terminal does not have prior information on the radio channel. Accordingly, the terminal searches all radio channels to find an appropriate cell. In each channel, the terminal finds the strongest cell. Thereafter, the terminal selects a corresponding cell if it finds a suitable cell that satisfies a cell selection criterion.
- the terminal may select the cell by using the stored information or by using the information broadcast in the cell.
- cell selection can be faster than the initial cell selection process.
- the UE selects a corresponding cell if it finds a cell that satisfies a cell selection criterion. If a suitable cell that satisfies the cell selection criteria is not found through this process, the UE performs an initial cell selection process.
- the cell selection criteria may be defined as in Equation 1 below.
- Equation 1 each variable of Equation 1 may be defined as shown in Table 1 below.
- Srxlev Cell selection RX level value (dB) Squal Cell selection quality value (dB) Q rxlevmeas Measured cell RX level value (RSRP) Q qualmeas Measured cell quality value (RSRQ) Q rxlevmin Minimum required RX level in the cell (dBm) Q qualmin Minimum required quality level in the cell (dB) Q rxlevminoffset Offset to the signaled Q rxlevmin taken into account in the Srxlev evaluation as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN [5] Q qualminoffset Offset to the signaled Q qualmin taken into account in the Squal evaluation as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN [5] Pcompensation max (P EMAX –P PowerClass , 0) (dB) P EMAX Maximum TX power level an UE may use when transmitting on the
- the signaled values Q rxlevminoffset and Q qualminoffset may be applied only when cell selection is evaluated as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority PLMN while the UE is camping on a regular cell in the VPLMN.
- the terminal may perform cell selection evaluation using stored parameter values from other cells of the higher priority PLMN.
- the terminal After the terminal selects a cell through a cell selection process, the strength or quality of a signal between the terminal and the base station may change due to a change in mobility or a wireless environment of the terminal. Therefore, if the quality of the selected cell is degraded, the terminal may select another cell that provides better quality. When reselecting a cell in this way, a cell that generally provides better signal quality than the currently selected cell is selected. This process is called cell reselection.
- the cell reselection process has a basic purpose in selecting a cell that generally provides the best quality to a terminal in view of the quality of a radio signal.
- the network may determine the priority for each frequency and notify the terminal. Upon receiving this priority, the UE considers this priority prior to the radio signal quality criteria in the cell reselection process.
- a method of selecting or reselecting a cell according to a signal characteristic of a wireless environment In selecting a cell for reselection when reselecting a cell, the following cell reselection is performed according to a cell's RAT and frequency characteristics. There may be a method of selection.
- Intra-frequency cell reselection Reselection of a cell having a center-frequency equal to the RAT, such as a cell in which the UE is camping
- Inter-frequency cell reselection Reselects a cell having a center frequency different from that of the same RAT as the cell camping
- Inter-RAT cell reselection The UE reselects a cell that uses a different RAT from the camping RAT.
- the UE measures the quality of a serving cell and a neighboring cell for cell reselection.
- cell reselection is performed based on cell reselection criteria.
- the cell reselection criteria have the following characteristics with respect to serving cell and neighbor cell measurements.
- Intra-frequency cell reselection is basically based on ranking.
- Ranking is an operation of defining index values for cell reselection evaluation and using the index values to order the cells in the order of the index values.
- the cell with the best indicator is often called the highest ranked cell.
- the cell index value is a value obtained by applying a frequency offset or a cell offset as necessary based on the value measured by the terminal for the corresponding cell.
- Inter-frequency cell reselection is based on the frequency priority provided by the network.
- the terminal attempts to camp on the frequency with the highest frequency priority.
- the network may provide the priorities to be commonly applied to the terminals in the cell or provide the frequency priority through broadcast signaling, or may provide the priority for each frequency for each terminal through dedicated signaling.
- the cell reselection priority provided through broadcast signaling may be referred to as common priority, and the cell reselection priority set by the network for each terminal may be referred to as a dedicated priority.
- the terminal may also receive a validity time associated with the dedicated priority.
- the terminal starts a validity timer set to the valid time received together.
- the terminal applies the dedicated priority in the RRC idle mode while the validity timer is running.
- the validity timer expires, the terminal discards the dedicated priority and applies the public priority again.
- the network may provide the UE with a parameter (for example, frequency-specific offset) used for cell reselection for each frequency.
- a parameter for example, frequency-specific offset
- the network may provide the UE with a neighboring cell list (NCL) used for cell reselection.
- NCL neighboring cell list
- This NCL contains cell-specific parameters (eg cell-specific offsets) used for cell reselection.
- the network may provide the UE with a cell reselection prohibition list (black list) used for cell reselection.
- the UE does not perform cell reselection for a cell included in the prohibition list.
- the ranking criterion used to prioritize the cells is defined as in Equation 2.
- R s Q meas, s + Q hyst
- R n Q meas, n – Q offset
- R s is the ranking indicator of the serving cell
- R n is the ranking indicator of the neighbor cell
- Q meas s is the quality value measured by the UE for the serving cell
- Q meas n is the quality measured by the UE for the neighbor cell
- Q hyst is a hysteresis value for ranking
- Q offset is an offset between two cells.
- the terminal may alternately select two cells.
- Q hyst is a parameter for giving hysteresis in cell reselection to prevent the UE from reselecting two cells alternately.
- the UE measures R s of the serving cell and R n of the neighboring cell according to the above equation, considers the cell having the highest ranking indicator value as the highest ranked cell, and reselects the cell.
- the quality of the cell serves as the most important criterion in cell reselection. If the reselected cell is not a normal cell, the terminal excludes the frequency or the corresponding cell from the cell reselection target.
- the UE When the UE performs cell reselection according to the cell reselection evaluation, if the cell reselection criterion is satisfied for a specific time, the UE may determine that the cell reselection criterion is satisfied and move the cell to the selected target cell.
- a specific time can be given from the network as a Treselection parameter.
- Treselection specifies a cell reselection timer value and can be defined for each frequency of the E-UTRAN and for a different RAT.
- the cell reselection information may be included in system information broadcast from a network in the form of a cell reselection parameter, transmitted, and provided to the terminal.
- Cell reselection parameters provided to the terminal may include the following types.
- the cellReselectionPriority parameter specifies the priority for the frequency of the E-UTRAN, the frequency of the UTRAN, the group of GERAN frequencies, the band class of CDMA2000 HRPD, or the band class of CDMA2000 1xRTT.
- Qoffset frequency specifies a frequency specific offset for the E-UTRAN frequency of the same priority.
- Q hyst Specifies the hysteresis value for the rank index.
- Q qualmin Specifies the minimum required quality level, specified in dB.
- Q rxlevmin Specifies the minimum required Rx level, specified in dB.
- Treselection EUTRA Specifies a cell reselection timer value for the E-UTRAN and may be set for each frequency of the E-UTRAN.
- Treselection UTRAN Specifies the cell reselection timer value for the UTRAN.
- Treselection GERA Specifies the cell reselection timer value for GERAN.
- Treselection CDMA_HRPD specifies a cell reselection timer value for CDMA HRPD.
- Treselection CDMA_1xRTT specifies a cell reselection timer value for CDMA 1xRTT.
- Thresh x, HighP Specifies the Srxlev threshold value used by the UE in dB units when reselecting a cell to a RAT / frequency of higher priority than the serving frequency.
- Specific thresholds can be set individually for each frequency of E-UTRAN and UTRAN, each group of GERAN frequencies, each band class of CDMA2000 HRPD, and each band class of CDMA2000 1 ⁇ RTT.
- Thresh x, HighQ Specifies the Squal threshold value used by the terminal in dB units when reselecting a cell to a RAT / frequency having a higher priority than the serving frequency. Specific thresholds may be set separately for each frequency of the E-UTRAN and UTRAN FDD.
- Thresh x, LowP Specifies the Srxlev threshold value used by the terminal in dB units when reselecting a cell to a RAT / frequency having a lower priority than the serving frequency.
- Specific thresholds can be set individually for each frequency of E-UTRAN and UTRAN, each group of GERAN frequencies, each band class of CDMA2000 HRPD, and each band class of CDMA2000 1 ⁇ RTT.
- Thresh x, LowQ specifies the Squal threshold used by the terminal in dB units when reselecting a cell to a lower priority RAT / frequency than the serving frequency. Specific thresholds may be set separately for each frequency of the E-UTRAN and UTRAN FDD.
- Thresh Serving, LowP Specifies the Srxlev threshold used by the UE on the serving cell in dB units when reselecting a cell with a lower RAT / frequency.
- Thresh Serving, LowQ Specifies the Squal threshold used by the UE on the serving cell in dB units when reselecting a cell with a lower RAT / frequency.
- S IntraSerachP Specifies the Srxlev threshold for intra-frequency measurement in dB.
- S IntraSerachQ Specifies the Squal threshold for intra-frequency measurement in dB.
- S nonIntraSerachP Specifies the Srxlev threshold for the E-UTRAN inter-frequency and inter-RAT measurement in dB.
- S nonIntraSerachQ Specifies the Squal threshold for the E-UTRAN inter-frequency and inter-RAT measurement in dB.
- the cell reselection information may be included in an RRC connection release message, which is an RRC message transmitted for RRC connection release between the network and the terminal, and may be provided to the terminal.
- the RRC disconnection message may include a subcarrier frequency list and cell reselection priority of E-UTRAN, a subcarrier frequency list and cell reselection priority of UTRA-FDD, a subcarrier frequency list and cell reselection priority of UTRA-TDD. It may include a subcarrier frequency list and cell reselection priority of GERAN, a band class list and cell reselection priority of CDMA2000 HRPD, a band class list and cell reselection priority of CDMA2000 1xRTT.
- RLM Radio Link Monitoring
- the terminal monitors the downlink quality based on a cell-specific reference signal to detect the downlink radio link quality of the PCell.
- the UE estimates the downlink radio link quality for PCell downlink radio link quality monitoring purposes and compares it with thresholds Qout and Qin.
- the threshold Qout is defined as the level at which the downlink radio link cannot be stably received, which corresponds to a 10% block error rate of hypothetical PDCCH transmission in consideration of the PDFICH error.
- the threshold Qin is defined as a downlink radio link quality level that can be received more stably than the level of Qout, which corresponds to a 2% block error rate of virtual PDCCH transmission in consideration of PCFICH errors.
- RLF Radio Link Failure
- the UE continuously measures to maintain the quality of the radio link with the serving cell receiving the service.
- the terminal determines whether communication is impossible in the current situation due to deterioration of the quality of the radio link with the serving cell. If the quality of the serving cell is so low that communication is almost impossible, the terminal determines the current situation as a radio connection failure.
- the UE abandons communication with the current serving cell, selects a new cell through a cell selection (or cell reselection) procedure, and reestablishes an RRC connection to the new cell (RRC connection re). -establishment).
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a RRC connection reestablishment procedure.
- the UE stops using all radio bearers that are set except for Signaling Radio Bearer # 0 (SRB 0) and initializes various sublayers of an access stratum (AS) (S810). In addition, each sublayer and physical layer are set to a default configuration. During this process, the UE maintains an RRC connection state.
- SRB 0 Signaling Radio Bearer # 0
- AS Access stratum
- the UE performs a cell selection procedure for performing an RRC connection reconfiguration procedure (S820).
- the cell selection procedure of the RRC connection reestablishment procedure may be performed in the same manner as the cell selection procedure performed by the UE in the RRC idle state, although the UE maintains the RRC connection state.
- the UE After performing the cell selection procedure, the UE checks the system information of the corresponding cell to determine whether the corresponding cell is a suitable cell (S830). If it is determined that the selected cell is an appropriate E-UTRAN cell, the UE transmits an RRC connection reestablishment request message to the cell (S840).
- the RRC connection re-establishment procedure is stopped, the terminal is in the RRC idle state Enter (S850).
- the terminal may be implemented to complete the confirmation of the appropriateness of the cell within a limited time through the cell selection procedure and the reception of system information of the selected cell.
- the UE may drive a timer as the RRC connection reestablishment procedure is initiated.
- the timer may be stopped when it is determined that the terminal has selected a suitable cell. If the timer expires, the UE may consider that the RRC connection reestablishment procedure has failed and may enter the RRC idle state.
- This timer is referred to hereinafter as a radio link failure timer.
- a timer named T311 may be used as a radio link failure timer.
- the terminal may obtain the setting value of this timer from the system information of the serving cell.
- the cell When the RRC connection reestablishment request message is received from the terminal and the request is accepted, the cell transmits an RRC connection reestablishment message to the terminal.
- the UE Upon receiving the RRC connection reestablishment message from the cell, the UE reconfigures the PDCP sublayer and the RLC sublayer for SRB1. In addition, it recalculates various key values related to security setting and reconfigures the PDCP sublayer responsible for security with newly calculated security key values. Through this, SRB 1 between the UE and the cell is opened and an RRC control message can be exchanged. The terminal completes the resumption of SRB1 and transmits an RRC connection reestablishment complete message indicating that the RRC connection reestablishment procedure is completed to the cell (S860).
- the cell transmits an RRC connection reestablishment reject message to the terminal.
- the cell and the terminal performs the RRC connection reestablishment procedure.
- the UE recovers the state before performing the RRC connection reestablishment procedure and guarantees the continuity of the service to the maximum.
- ANDSF Access Network Discovery and Selection Functions
- ANDSF provides access network discovery information (eg WLAN, WiMAX location information, etc.) accessible from the terminal location, Inter-System Mobility Policies (ISMP) that can reflect the policy of the operator, Inter-System Routing Policy (Inter It carries a System Routing Policy (ISRP), and based on this information, the UE can determine which traffic to transmit via which access network.
- the ISMP may include a network selection rule for the terminal to select one active access network connection (eg, WLAN or 3GPP).
- the ISRP may include network selection rules for the terminal to select a potential one or more active access network connections (eg, both WLAN and 3GPP).
- Inter-system routing policies include MAPCON (Multiple Access PDN Connectivity), IFOM (IP Flow Mobility), and non-seamless WLAN offloading.
- MAPCON Multiple Access PDN Connectivity
- IFOM IP Flow Mobility
- OMA DM Open Mobile Alliance Device Management
- the ANDSF server determines the access point name (APN) information to perform offloading, the routing rules between access networks, the time of day when the offloading method is applied, and the access network to offload. Provide information, etc.
- offloading may be defined as moving a load / traffic from the first access network to the second access network.
- IFOM supports more flexible and granular unit of IP flow unit mobility and seamless offloading than MAPCON. Unlike the MAPCON, the technical characteristics of IFOM can be accessed through different access networks even when the terminal is connected to the packet data network using the same APN.
- the unit of mobility and offloading is a packet data network (PDN).
- PDN packet data network
- the ANDSF server can determine the IP flow information to perform offloading, routing rules between access networks, time of day when the offloading method is applied, and access network (Validity Area) information to be offloaded. to provide.
- Non-seamless WLAN offloading refers to a technique that not only redirects certain specific IP traffic to WLAN, but also completely offloads the traffic so that it does not go through the EPC. It does not anchor the P-GW to support mobility, so offloaded IP traffic cannot be seamlessly moved back to the 3GPP access network.
- the ANDSF server provides information similar to the information provided to the terminal to perform IFOM.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an environment in which a 3GPP access network and a WLAN access network coexist.
- a cell 1 centered on a base station 1 1310 and a cell 2 centered on a base station 2 1320 are deployed as a 3GPP access network.
- BSS Base Service Set
- AP Access Point
- BSS 2 centering on AP2 1340 are deployed.
- the BSS 3 centering on the AP3 1350 existing in the cell 2 is deployed.
- the coverage of the cell is shown by the solid line and the coverage of the BSS is shown by the dotted line.
- the terminal 1300 is configured to perform communication through at least one of a 3GPP access network and a WLAN access network.
- the terminal 1300 may be called a station.
- the terminal 1300 may establish a connection with BS 1 1310 in cell 1 to process traffic through a 3GPP access network.
- the terminal 1300 enters the coverage of the BSS 1 while moving within the coverage of the cell 1.
- the traffic may be moved from the 3GPP access network to the WLAN access network.
- Traffic steering refers to steering traffic or the route of traffic so that it can be handled variably through 3GPP access networks and / or non-GPP access networks.
- the 3GPP access network is UTRAN / E-UTRAN and the non-3GPP access network is a WLAN access network.
- the 3GPP access network may be referred to as a first network, RAN or LTE, and the non-3GPP access network may be referred to as a second network or a WLAN.
- an eNB / RNC may be referred to as a base station of a first network (RAN) and a WLAN AP may be referred to as a base station of a second network.
- the eNB / RNC may provide the RAN assistance information to the terminal through the system information.
- the RAN assistance information may be referred to as network assistance information.
- RAN assistance information may be broadcast or provided via a dedicated signal.
- the RAN assistance information may include at least one of the following parameters.
- Load information Directly or indirectly direct UMTS / LTE loads.
- Load Information Directly or indirectly direct UMTS / LTE loads.
- Resource Allocation Maximum resource allocation that UE can receive in UMTS / LTE WLAN thresholds (thresholds) (WLAN Thresholds) WLAN received signal strength indicator (RSSI) threshold, WLAN BSS load threshold, and WLAN WAN metric threshold Thresholds for the available downlink and uplink backhaul bands.
- WLAN thresholds thresholds
- RAN Thresholds RSRP / RSCP Thresholds
- the terminal may move, i.e. offload, the load from the first network to the second network based on the parameters included in the RAN assistance information.
- a rule indicating under what conditions the load is to be moved may be referred to as a RAN rule.
- the terminal may use the parameters provided by the RAN assistance information.
- the RAN rule may be determined as follows. That is, the reference signal received power (RSRP) of the first network is smaller than the threshold s, the load / traffic of the first network is greater than the threshold x, and the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the second network is greater than the threshold r and the second If the load / traffic of the network is less than the threshold y, the load can be moved to the second network.
- RSRP reference signal received power
- RSSI received signal strength indicator
- the RSRP of the first network is greater than the threshold s ', the load / traffic of the first network is less than the threshold x', the RSSI of the second network is less than the threshold r 'and the load / traffic of the second network is greater than the threshold y' If large, the load can be moved to the first network.
- the thresholds s, s ', x, x' used in this RAN rule may be RAN thresholds provided by the RAN assistance information of Table 2, and r, r ', y, y' may be WRAN thresholds.
- the reference signal received power (RSRP) of the first network is less than the threshold s
- the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the second network is greater than the threshold r
- the load / traffic of the second network is the threshold y If smaller, the load can be moved to the second network. Otherwise, if the RSRP of the first network is greater than the threshold s', the RSSI of the second network is less than the threshold r 'or the load / traffic of the second network is greater than the threshold y', then move the load to the first network. You can.
- traffic steering conditions to WLAN and traffic steering conditions to 3GPP access network may be as follows.
- RSRP measurement value (measured_RSRP) ⁇ low RSRP threshold value (Threshold_RSRP_low), 3GPP load measurement value (measured_3GPPLoad)> high 3GPP load threshold value (Threshold_3GPPLoad_High): That is, the RSRP measurement value of the first network LTE is lower than the threshold
- the load measurement value is a case where a condition higher than a threshold is satisfied.
- WLAN load measurement value (measured_WLANLoad) ⁇ low WLAN load threshold value (Threshold_WLANLoad_low), WLAN signal strength measurement value (measured_WLANsignal)> high WLAN signal strength threshold value (Threshold_WLANsignal_high): That is, the signal strength of the second network WLAN is threshold Higher and load measurements are where the low conditions are met.
- the traffic steering condition may be as follows.
- RSRP measurement (measured_RSRP)> high RSRP threshold (Threshold_RSRP_high)
- 3GPP load measurement (measured_3GPPLoad) ⁇ low 3GPP load threshold (Threshold_3GPPLoad_High)
- WLAN load measurement (measured_WLANLoad)> high WLAN load threshold (Threshold_WLANLoad_high)
- WLAN signal strength measurement (measured_WLANsignal) ⁇ low WLAN signal strength threshold (Threshold_WLANsignal_low)
- the one or more conditions may be set to be combined with and / or.
- the traffic steering evaluation condition implemented by combining one or more conditions may be implemented as follows.
- FIG. 10 shows another example of a traffic steering method.
- an eNB / RNC may be referred to as a base station of a first network (RAN) and a WLAN AP may be referred to as a base station of a second network.
- the eNB / RNC transmits parameters related to access network selection and traffic steering, that is, parameters for traffic steering evaluation according to the RAN rule, to the terminal (S101).
- the RAN rule means a rule regarding an interworking policy reflecting measurement parameters such as load, signal quality, etc. of the 3GPP access network and / or WLAN access network.
- the parameter may be broadcast or provided via a dedicated signal.
- Parameters for the RAN rule and the RAN rule may be set as follows.
- the RAN rule may indicate whether traffic steering to the WLAN is allowed.
- the RAN rule may indicate a traffic steering evaluation condition, which is a condition in which the UE is allowed or required to perform traffic steering from the 3GPP access network to the WLAN access network.
- Conditions according to the RAN rule may involve evaluation of measurement results for an LTE cell.
- a condition according to the RAN rule may involve the evaluation of measurement results for the WLAN. The evaluation may be compared with the measurement result and the RAN rule parameter (e.g. measurement threshold, etc.) indicated in the traffic steering information.
- the RAN rule may indicate a condition in which the terminal is allowed or required to perform traffic steering from the WLAN access network to the 3GPP access network.
- the RAN rule may indicate the target WLAN access network where the terminal is allowed or required to perform traffic steering from the 3GPP access network.
- the RAN rule may indicate the type of traffic that is allowed to route to the WLAN access network.
- the RAN rule may indicate one or more traffics that are allowed to route to the WLAN access network, that is, can only be serviced by the 3GPP access network.
- the terminal may compare the aforementioned parameter value with the values measured by the terminal and move the load from the first network to the second network according to the result (S102).
- the terminal searches for an available public land mobile network (PLMN) and selects an appropriate PLMN capable of receiving a service.
- PLMN public land mobile network
- the UE selects / registers an appropriate PLMN
- the UE selects a cell having a signal quality and a characteristic that the UE can receive an appropriate service from among cells provided by the selected PLMN.
- traffic control may be performed between a first type network (eg, 3GPP LTE / LTE-A) and a second type network (eg, a wireless LAN) according to the traffic in the cell.
- the cell provides policy / parameters for traffic steering between the first type network and the second type network, which may be referred to as RAN assistance information.
- each mobile communication network operator may share the cell in terms of cost / efficiency / strategy. That is, a cell operated by a first mobile communication network operator (first PLMN) may also be shared by a second mobile communication network operator (second PLMN) (or vice versa).
- first PLMN first mobile communication network operator
- second PLMN second mobile communication network operator
- a plurality of mobile communication network operators can share the same cell, which is called RAN sharing. That is, specific cells may be shared by a plurality of PLMNs. As such, the shared cell may broadcast a list containing PLMN IDs (called PLMN-ID list).
- PLMN-ID list a list containing PLMN IDs
- the following table is an example of system information broadcast by a cell, and the system information may include a PLMN-ID list.
- -ASN1STA SystemInformationBlockType1 SEQUENCE ⁇ cellAccessRelatedInfo SEQUENCE ⁇ plmn-IdentityList PLMN-IdentityList, trackingAreaCode TrackingAreaCode, cellIdentity CellIdentity, cellBarred ENUMERATED ⁇ barred, notBarred ⁇ , intraFreqReselection ENUMERATED ⁇ allowed, notAllowed ⁇ , csg-Indication BOOLEAN, csg-Identity CSG-Identity OPTIONAL-- Need OR ⁇ , cellSelectionInfo SEQUENCE ⁇ q-RxLevMin Q-RxLevMin, q-RxLevMinOffset INTEGER (1..8) OPTIONAL-- Need OP ⁇ , p-Max P-Max OPTIONAL,-Need OP freqBandIndicator FreqBandIndicator, schedulingInfoList SchedulingInfoList, tdd-Config TDD-Config OPTIONAL,-Cond TDD si
- 'plmn-IdentityList' is a list of PLMN IDs, and the PLMN IDs are described in order.
- the PLMN ID first described in this PLMN-ID list is the primary PLMN, and the next PLMN ID is the secondary PLMN. There is only one primary PLMN, and there may be one or more secondary PLMNs.
- RAN assistance information mainly transmitted in accordance with the policy of the primary PLMN is transmitted. Accordingly, the terminal accessing the cell with the secondary PLMN applies RAN assistance information that is not optimized for the secondary PLMN.
- the optimized RAN assistance information may not be provided.
- 11 shows an example of association between a plurality of conventional PLMNs and RAN assistance information.
- a cell may broadcast a PLMN-ID list through system information.
- the PLMN-ID list contains pPLMN, sPLMN_1, sPLMN_2, and sPLMN_3.
- the cell is transmitting RAN assistance information # 1 optimized for pPLMN.
- the UE applies the RAN assistance information # 1 regardless of which PLMN is connected to the cell. If the terminal accesses the cell through sPLMN_1, the terminal applies RAN assistance information that is not optimized.
- FIG. 12 illustrates a method for providing RAN assistance information in a cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a cell may inform a plurality of PLMNs through system information.
- the primary PLMN (pPLMN) and the secondary PLMN (sPLMN_1, sPLMN_2, sPLMN_3) may be informed through the PLMN-ID list.
- the cell may provide RAN assistance information for the primary PLMN and RAN assistance information that can be commonly applied to the secondary PLMNs. That is, RAN assistance information provided by a cell may be classified into two types. The first kind is RAN assistance information applied to the primary PLMN, and the second kind is RAN assistance information that can be commonly applied to all secondary PLMNs.
- FIG. 13 illustrates a method for providing RAN assistance information in a cell according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- a cell may inform a plurality of PLMNs through system information.
- the primary PLMN (pPLMN) and the secondary PLMN (sPLMN_1, sPLMN_2, sPLMN_3) may be informed through the PLMN-ID list.
- the cell may provide RAN assistance information that can be applied to each of the primary PLMN and the secondary PLMN. That is, the cell may provide as much RAN assistance information as the number of PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list signaled by the cell.
- RAN assistance information # 1 may be applied to pPLMN
- RAN assistance information # 2 may be applied to sPLMN_1
- RAN assistance information # 3 may be applied to sPLMN_2
- RAN assistance information # 4 may be applied to sPLMN_3.
- RAN assistance information corresponding to each secondary PLMN may have a 1: 1 relationship, and different RAN assistance information may be applied to different secondary PLMNs.
- FIG. 14 illustrates an association relationship between lists of PLMN IDs signaled as system information and RAN assistance information and a method of informing the same.
- the cell when the cell provides RAN assistance information, the cell provides the same number of RAN assistance information as the number of PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list, and also the order of the PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list.
- Corresponding RAN assistance information may be provided in the same order as. That is, the cell may not explicitly indicate the PLMN associated with the RAN assistance information and may implicitly provide it.
- the UE may identify RAN assistance information corresponding to each PLMN based on the order of the PLMN-ID list broadcast by the cell and the order of the RAN assistance information.
- a PLMN-ID list broadcasted by a cell includes four PLMN IDs in the order pPLMN, sPLMN_1, sPLMN_2, and sPLMN_3.
- SIB17 system information including the RAN assistance information is provided as shown in the following table.
- SystemInformationBlockType17-r12 SEQUENCE ⁇ wlan-OffloadInfoPerPLMN-List-r12 SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxPLMN-r11)) OF WLAN-OffloadInfoPerPLMN-r12 OPTIONAL,-Need OR lateNonCriticalExtension OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, ...
- 'Wlan-OffloadInfoPerPLMN-List' in the table may include 'maxPLMN' 'WLAN-OffloadInfoPerPLMN'.
- Each 'WLAN-OffloadInfoPerPLMN' includes a 'WLAN-OffloadConfig', and the 'WLAN-OffloadConfig' may include various thresholds related to traffic control as shown in Table 2 above.
- 'WLAN-OffloadInfoPerPLMN' or 'WLAN-OffloadConfig' may be an example of RAN assistance information.
- 'bssid' represents a basic service set identifier defined in a WLAN.
- 'Hessid' represents a homogeneous extended service set identifier (ID) defined by the WLAN.
- 'Ssid' represents a service set ID defined in a WLAN.
- RAN assistance information is provided in the order of RAN assistance information # 1, # 3, # 4, and # 2.
- RAN assistance information # 1 is associated with pPLMN
- RAN assistance information # 3 is associated with sPLMN_1
- RAN assistance information # 4 is associated with sPLMN_2
- RAN assistance information # 2 is associated with sPLMN_3. Is associated.
- the cell does not explicitly provide the PLMN information to which each RAN assistance information is associated, and the PLMN by matching the order of PLMNs in the PLMN-ID list with the corresponding RAN assistance information included in the system information (SIB17). And the association of the RAN assistance information.
- RAN assistance information associated with the primary PLMN may be determined regardless of the signaling order, and only RAN assistance information associated with the secondary PLMNs may be determined according to the signaling order.
- RAN assistance information associated with the primary PLMN is provided through SIB 4, and additional RAN assistance information may be provided in an extension of the SIB 4, and the additionally provided RAN assistance information may be based on a signaling order.
- the secondary PLMN to be associated may be determined.
- FIG. 15 illustrates a traffic steering method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal receives first system information including a PLMN-ID list describing PLMN IDs in a specific order (S121).
- the first system information is system information including information necessary for evaluating whether the terminal is allowed to access a cell.
- the above-described system information of Table 3 may be an example of the first system information.
- the terminal receives the second system information including the RAN assistance information (S122).
- the above system information of Table 4 may be an example of the second system information.
- the RAN assistance information may include information regarding traffic steering between the first network and the second network.
- the RAN assistance information may include a threshold for signal measurement received from the first network and a threshold for signal measurement received from the second network.
- the first network may be an Evolved-UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN), and the second network may be a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
- E-UTRAN Evolved-UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
- the second system information may provide RAN assistance information for each PLMN, and may include the same number of RAN assistance information as the number of PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list included in the first system information. have.
- RAN assistance information corresponding to the order of the PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list may be included.
- the terminal controls traffic between the first network and the second network based on the first and second system information (S123).
- FIG. 16 shows a specific example of applying the traffic steering method of FIG. 15.
- a first network LTE in a cell provides a PLMN-ID list to a terminal (S131).
- the first network provides the RAN assistance information to the terminal (S132).
- the RAN assistance information may be provided included in the system information and may be provided in the same manner as the number of PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list.
- RAN assistance information corresponding to the PLMN-ID list in the same order may be provided.
- the terminal detects RAN assistance information corresponding to the PLMN (S133). For example, the terminal may detect RAN assistance information corresponding to a PLMN registered with the terminal (called a registered RPLMN, RPLMN). The terminal may detect RAN assistance information corresponding to the PLMN registered by the terminal based on the order of the PLMN ID and the order of the RAN assistance information included in the system information on the PLMN-ID list.
- the terminal may evaluate the traffic steering condition (S134), and may offload the traffic between the first network and the second network according to the traffic steering condition evaluation result (S135).
- the association between the secondary PLMNs and the RAN assistance information may be explicitly signaled. That is, when RAN assistance information is signaled, the PLMN to which the RAN assistance information is associated may be explicitly signaled together.
- FIG. 17 illustrates an association relationship between lists of PLMN IDs signaled as system information and RAN assistance information, and another method of informing the same.
- the cell when signaling RAN assistance information through system information, the cell may signal the ID of the secondary PLMN to which the RAN assistance information is associated.
- the RAN assistance information is associated with a PLMN having an ID of the secondary PLMN signaled together.
- the cell may transmit RAN assistance information # 2, 3, and 4 in addition to RAN assistance information # 1 corresponding to pPLMN.
- the cell explicitly informs which PLMN is applied through the ID of the secondary PLMN. .
- RAN assistance information # 2 is applied to sPLMN_1
- RAN assistance information # 3 is applied to sPLMN_2
- RAN assistance information # 4 is applied to sPLMN_3.
- the cell does not include information on the PLMN associated with all the RAN assistance information, only some RAN assistance information may provide a corresponding PLMN ID.
- the UE may regard the RAN assistance information that does not include the information on the associated PLMN to be associated with the secondary PLMN that is not explicitly associated with any RAN assistance information.
- a cell transmits RAN assistance information # 1 applied to pPLMN.
- the RAN assistance information # 2 may be transmitted including the ID of the associated secondary PLMN called 'sPLMN_1', and the RAN assistance information # 3 may be transmitted without including information on the associated secondary PLMN.
- the UE since the sPLMN_2 and sPLMN_3 are not explicitly associated with any RAN assistance information, the UE may consider that the RAN assistance information # 3 is related to the sPLMN_2 and sPLMN_3.
- 19 illustrates RAN assistance information applied when a UE camps on a specific cell through a PLMN.
- the UE may camp on a cell shared through a specific PLMN (referred to as RPLMN for convenience) among the primary PLMN and the plurality of secondary PLMNs.
- the terminal applies RAN assistance information associated with the specific PLMN (RPLMN). If the terminal camps on a cell shared through the primary PLMN, the terminal applies RAN assistance information associated with the primary PLMN. If the terminal camps on a cell shared through the secondary PLMN, the terminal applies RAN assistance information associated with the secondary PLMN.
- RPLMN RAN assistance information associated with the specific PLMN
- 20 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device in which an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.
- the wireless device 1100 includes a processor 1110, a memory 1120, and an RF unit 1130.
- the processor 1110 implements the proposed functions, processes, and / or methods.
- the processor 1110 receives first system information including a PLMN-ID list describing the IDs of the PLMNs in a specific order, and includes a second system including RAN assistance information regarding traffic steering between the first network and the second network. After receiving the information, traffic steering is performed between the first and second networks based on the first and second system information.
- the second system information provides RAN assistance information for each PLMN and includes the same number of RAN assistance information as the number of PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list.
- the RAN assistance information is included in the same order as the specific order of the PLMNs included in the PLMN-ID list.
- the RF unit 1130 is connected to the processor 1110 to transmit and receive a radio signal.
- the RF unit 1130 may include one or more RF units for communicating a 3GPP based access network and communicating a non-3GPP based access network.
- the processor 1110 may include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chipset, a logic circuit, and / or a data processing device. Although the single processor 1110 is shown in FIG. 20 to control and manage all RF units for each access network communication, the wireless device according to the present invention is not limited thereto. Each RF unit for each access network communication may also be an embodiment functionally coupled with a respective processor.
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- the memory 1120 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory card, storage medium, and / or other storage device.
- the RF unit 1130 may include a baseband circuit for processing a radio signal.
- the above-described technique may be implemented as a module (process, function, etc.) for performing the above-described function.
- the module may be stored in the memory 1120 and executed by the processor 1110.
- the memory 1120 may be inside or outside the processor 1110 and may be connected to the processor 1110 by various well-known means.
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Srxlev | Cell selection RX level value (dB) |
Squal | Cell selection quality value (dB) |
Qrxlevmeas | Measured cell RX level value (RSRP) |
Qqualmeas | Measured cell quality value (RSRQ) |
Qrxlevmin | Minimum required RX level in the cell (dBm) |
Qqualmin | Minimum required quality level in the cell (dB) |
Qrxlevminoffset | Offset to the signalled Qrxlevmin taken into account in the Srxlev evaluation as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN [5] |
Qqualminoffset | Offset to the signalled Qqualmin taken into account in the Squal evaluation as a result of a periodic search for a higher priority PLMN while camped normally in a VPLMN [5] |
Pcompensation | max(PEMAX –PPowerClass, 0) (dB) |
PEMAX | Maximum TX power level an UE may use when transmitting on the uplink in the cell (dBm) defined as PEMAX in [TS 36.101] |
PPowerClass | Maximum RF output power of the UE (dBm) according to the UE power class as defined in [TS 36.101] |
파라미터 | 기술(Description) |
부하 정보 (Load Information) |
UMTS/LTE 부하를 직/간접으로 지시. (예를 들어, UMTS/LTE 부하의 퍼센티지를 표시하거나, 오프로드 퍼센티지를 표시) |
자원 할당(Resource Allocation) | 단말이 UMTS/LTE에서 받을 수 있는 최대 자원 할당 |
WLAN 문턱치들(임계값) (WLAN Thresholds) |
WLAN 수신신호세기 지시자(RSSI)의 문턱치, WLAN BSS 부하 문턱치 및 WLAN WAN 메트릭 문턱치 가용한 하향링크 및 상향링크 백홀 대역에 대한 문턱치. |
RAN 문턱치들(임계값) (RAN Thresholds) |
RSRP/ RSCP 문턱치들 3GPP RAN 측정을 위한 RSRP 측정 문턱치 WLAN 측정을 위한 RSCP 측정 문턱치 |
-- ASN1STA SystemInformationBlockType1 ::= SEQUENCE { cellAccessRelatedInfo SEQUENCE { plmn-IdentityList PLMN-IdentityList, trackingAreaCode TrackingAreaCode, cellIdentity CellIdentity, cellBarred ENUMERATED {barred, notBarred}, intraFreqReselection ENUMERATED {allowed, notAllowed}, csg-Indication BOOLEAN, csg-Identity CSG-Identity OPTIONAL-- Need OR }, cellSelectionInfo SEQUENCE { q-RxLevMin Q-RxLevMin, q-RxLevMinOffset INTEGER (1..8) OPTIONAL-- Need OP }, p-Max P-Max OPTIONAL, -- Need OP freqBandIndicator FreqBandIndicator, schedulingInfoList SchedulingInfoList, tdd-Config TDD-Config OPTIONAL,-- Cond TDD si-WindowLength ENUMERATED { ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40}, systemInfoValueTag INTEGER (0..31), nonCriticalExtension SystemInformationBlockType1-v890-IEs OPTIONAL } SystemInformationBlockType1-v890-IEs::=SEQUENCE { lateNonCriticalExtension OCTET STRING (CONTAINING SystemInformationBlockType1-v8h0-IEs) OPTIONAL,-- Need OP nonCriticalExtension SystemInformationBlockType1-v920-IEsOPTIONAL } SystemInformationBlockType1-v8h0-IEs ::=SEQUENCE { multiBandInfoList MultiBandInfoList OPTIONAL,-- Need OR nonCriticalExtension SEQUENCE {} OPTIONAL-- Need OP } SystemInformationBlockType1-v920-IEs ::=SEQUENCE { ims-EmergencySupport-r9 ENUMERATED {true} OPTIONAL,-- Need OR cellSelectionInfo-v920 CellSelectionInfo-v920 OPTIONAL,-- Cond RSRQ nonCriticalExtension SystemInformationBlockType1-v11xy-IEs OPTIONAL } SystemInformationBlockType1-v11xy-IEs ::=SEQUENCE { tdd-Config-v11xy TDD-Config-v11xy OPTIONAL,-- Cond TDD-OR nonCriticalExtension SEQUENCE {} OPTIONAL-- Need OP } PLMN-IdentityList ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..6)) OF PLMN-IdentityInfo PLMN-IdentityInfo ::= SEQUENCE { plmn-Identity PLMN-Identity, cellReservedForOperatorUse ENUMERATED {reserved, notReserved} } SchedulingInfoList ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxSI-Message)) OF SchedulingInfo SchedulingInfo ::=SEQUENCE { si-Periodicity ENUMERATED { rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512}, sib-MappingInfo SIB-MappingInfo } SIB-MappingInfo ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (0..maxSIB-1)) OF SIB-Type SIB-Type ::= ENUMERATED { sibType3, sibType4, sibType5, sibType6, sibType7, sibType8, sibType9, sibType10, sibType11, sibType12-v920, sibType13-v920, sibType14-v11xy, sibType15-v11x0, spare3, spare2, spare1, ...} CellSelectionInfo-v920 ::= SEQUENCE { q-QualMin-r9 Q-QualMin-r9, q-QualMinOffset-r9 INTEGER (1..8) OPTIONAL-- Need OP } -- ASN1STOP |
-- ASN1START SystemInformationBlockType17-r12 ::=SEQUENCE { wlan-OffloadInfoPerPLMN-List-r12 SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxPLMN-r11)) OF WLAN-OffloadInfoPerPLMN-r12 OPTIONAL, -- Need OR lateNonCriticalExtension OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, ... } WLAN-OffloadInfoPerPLMN-r12 ::= SEQUENCE { wlan-OffloadConfigCommon-r12 WLAN-OffloadConfig-r12 OPTIONAL, -- Need OR wlan-Id-List-r12 WLAN-Id-List-r12 OPTIONAL-- Need OR } WLAN-Id-List-r12 ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (1..maxWLAN-Id-r12)) OF WLAN-Id-r12 WLAN-Id-r12 ::= CHOICE { ssid-r12 OCTET STRING (SIZE (1..32)), bssid-r12 OCTET STRING (SIZE (6)), hessid-r12 OCTET STRING (SIZE (6)) } -- ASN1STOP |
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- 무선 통신 시스템에서 단말(User Equipment: UE)에 의해 수행되는 트래픽 조종 방법에 있어서,
PLMN(public land mobile network)의 ID(identity)들을 특정 순서로 기재한 PLMN-ID 리스트를 포함하는 제1 시스템 정보를 수신하고,
제1 네트워크와 제2 네트워크 간의 트래픽 조종에 관한 RAN 보조 정보를 포함하는 제2 시스템 정보를 수신하고, 및
상기 제1, 2 시스템 정보에 기반하여 상기 제1, 2 네트워크 간에서 트래픽 조종을 수행하되,
상기 제2 시스템 정보는 PLMN 별로 RAN 보조 정보를 제공하고, 상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 포함된 PLMN들의 개수와 동일한 개수의 RAN 보조 정보를 포함하고, 상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 포함된 PLMN들의 상기 특정 순서와 동일한 순서로 RAN 보조 정보를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 제 1항에 있어서,
상기 제1 시스템 정보는 상기 단말이 셀에 접속하는 것이 허용되는지 여부를 평가하는데 필요한 정보를 포함하는 시스템 정보인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 제 1 항에 있어서,
상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 N(N은 2 이상의 자연수)개의 PLMN ID들이 차례로 기재된 경우,
상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 포함된 PLMN들의 순서와 동일한 순서로 각 PLMN에 연관되는 N개의 RAN 보조 정보가 상기 제2 시스템 정보에 포함되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 첫번째로 기재된 PLMN ID는 프라이머리 PLMN의 ID인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1항에 있어서, 상기 제1 네트워크는 E-UTRAN(Evolved-UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network)이고, 상기 제2 네트워크는 WLAN(Wireless Local Area Network)인 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1항에 있어서, 상기 RAN 보조 정보는 상기 제1 네트워크로부터 수신한 신호 측정에 대한 문턱치 및 상기 제2 네트워크로부터 수신한 신호 측정에 대한 문턱치를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.
- 제 1항에 있어서,
상기 단말은 상기 제 2 시스템 정보 중 상기 단말이 등록한 PLMN에 연관되는 RAN 보조 정보에 기반하여 상기 제 1 네트워크와 상기 제 2 네트워크 간의 트래픽 조종을 수행하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법. - 무선 통신 시스템에서 동작하는 단말에 있어서, 상기 단말은,
무선 신호를 송신 및 수신하는 RF(Radio Frequenc) 부; 및
상기 RF부와 기능적으로 결합하여 동작하는 프로세서;를 포함하되, 상기 프로세서는,
PLMN(public land mobile network)의 ID(identity)들을 특정 순서로 기재한 PLMN-ID 리스트를 포함하는 제1 시스템 정보를 수신하고,
제1 네트워크와 제2 네트워크 간의 트래픽 조종에 관한 RAN 보조 정보를 포함하는 제2 시스템 정보를 수신하고, 및
상기 제1, 2 시스템 정보에 기반하여 상기 제1, 2 네트워크 간에서 트래픽 조종을 수행하되,
상기 제2 시스템 정보는 PLMN 별로 RAN 보조 정보를 제공하고, 상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 포함된 PLMN들의 개수와 동일한 개수의 RAN 보조 정보를 포함하고, 상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 포함된 PLMN들의 상기 특정 순서와 동일한 순서로 RAN 보조 정보를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말. - 제 8 항에 있어서,
상기 제1 시스템 정보는 상기 단말이 셀에 접속하는 것이 허용되는지 여부를 평가하는데 필요한 정보를 포함하는 시스템 정보인 것을 특징으로 하는 단말. - 제 8 항에 있어서,
상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 N(N은 2 이상의 자연수)개의 PLMN ID들이 차례로 기재된 경우,
상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 포함된 PLMN들의 순서와 동일한 순서로 각 PLMN에 연관되는 N개의 RAN 보조 정보가 상기 제2 시스템 정보에 포함되는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말. - 제 8 항에 있어서, 상기 PLMN-ID 리스트에 첫번째로 기재된 PLMN ID는 프라이머리 PLMN의 ID인 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제 8 항에 있어서, 상기 제1 네트워크는 E-UTRAN(Evolved-UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network)이고, 상기 제2 네트워크는 WLAN(Wireless Local Area Network)인 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제 8 항에 있어서, 상기 RAN 보조 정보는 상기 제1 네트워크로부터 수신한 신호 측정에 대한 문턱치 및 상기 제2 네트워크로부터 수신한 신호 측정에 대한 문턱치를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
- 제 8 항에 있어서,
상기 프로세서는 상기 제 2 시스템 정보 중 상기 단말이 등록한 PLMN에 연관되는 RAN 보조 정보에 기반하여 상기 제 1 네트워크와 상기 제 2 네트워크 간의 트래픽 조종을 수행하는 것을 특징으로 하는 단말.
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