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Granted Patent B2
US 8,792,338 · App. 13/436,004 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Method and apparatus for processing signal associated with warning notification in wireless communication system

Inventor: Ki Dong Lee (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: LG Electronic Inc.
H04W4/22H04W4/021H04W28/0215H04W76/007H04W68/00
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Patent No.
US 8,792,338
App. No.
13/436,004
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Based on a proposed method, the UE can initiate a certain timer in order not to allow non-emergency calls when warning notification is given in a certain area. In particular, the UE can receive a paging message including warning indication from a network, and starting a delay timer upon receiving the paging message if the UE belongs to a delay-tolerant category. The UE performs a random access procedure after the delay timer is expired. Namely, the UE that receives the paging message for warning, such as the ETWS and CMAS, immediately check whether it belongs to a certain category proposed by this document to trigger a delay timer to wait for a certain period of time until it attempt the call initiation procedure.

Claims (28)

1. A method of performing radio access congestion control in a wireless communication system using a number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:

setting the UE to a delay-tolerant category according to a request from at least one of a network and a user;

receiving a paging message including warning indication from a network;

in response to the paging message, determining whether the warning indication is associated with a procedure for an Earthquake and Tsunami Warning service (ETWS) notification or a procedure for a Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) notification;

determining whether the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category;

if the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category, in response to the paging message, even before receiving the ETWS notification or the CMAS notification, starting a delay timer according to a timer value which is selected from among a first timer value and a second timer value different from the first timer value, wherein the first timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the ETWS notification procedure, and wherein the second timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the CMAS notification procedure;

acquiring scheduling information included in a system information block type 1 (SIB1) indicating whether an additional system information block is present in system information;

if the additional system information block is present in the system information, receiving an additional system information block according to the scheduling information, wherein the additional system information block is one of a SIB10, SIB11, and SIB 12;

processing a warning notification message included in the additional system information block;

determining whether the delay timer expires; and

performing a random access procedure after the delay timer is expired if a session initiation request is triggered.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode when the UE receives the paging message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an RRC connection release message when the UE is in an RRC connected mode, wherein a release cause in the RRC connection release message is set to delay tolerant.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is set to the delay-tolerant category according to a request from a mobility management entity (MME) when the UE performs an attach procedure to the MME.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is set to the delay-tolerant category according to a type of a connection established by the random access procedure.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the UE is set to the delay-tolerant category when a connection establishment cause in an RRC connection request message is set to delay tolerant, wherein the RRC connection request message is transmitted during the random access procedure.

7. A user equipment (UE) for performing radio access congestion control in a wireless communication system using a number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured for:

setting the UE to a delay-tolerant category according to a request from at least one of a network and a user;

receiving a paging message including warning indication from a network;

in response to the paging message, determining whether the warning indication is associated with a procedure for an Earthquake and Tsunami Warning service (ETWS) notification or a procedure for a Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) notification;

determining whether the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category;

if the UE is currently set to the delay-tolerant category, in response to the paging message, even before receiving the ETWS notification or the CMAS notification, starting a delay timer according to a timer value which is selected from among a first timer value and a second timer value different from the first timer value, wherein the first timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the ETWS notification procedure, and wherein the second timer value is used when the warning indication is associated with the CMAS notification procedure;

acquiring scheduling information included in a system information block type 1 (SIB1) indicating whether an additional system information block is present in system information;

if the additional system information block is present in the system information, receiving an additional system information block according to the scheduling information, wherein the additional system information block is one of a SIB10, SIB11, and SIB 12; processing a warning notification message included in the additional system information block;

determining whether the delay timer expires; and

performing a random access procedure after the delay timer is expired if a session initiation request is triggered.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2012
From: LEE, KI DONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61470424 · Mar 31, 2011
Provisional Application 61492724 · Jun 2, 2011
Related Publication 20120250501A1 · Oct 4, 2012