IP Library Granted Patent US 9,178,718
Granted Patent B2
US 9,178,718 · App. 13/990,518 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Method and mobile terminal for dealing with PS domain service and realizing PS domain service request

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Patent No.
US 9,178,718
App. No.
13/990,518
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for dealing with a PS domain service and realizing a PS domain service request for a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The method comprises: identifying, by the mobile terminal, a type of a PS domain signaling process that is used for realizing a PS domain service; when the type of the PS domain signaling process belongs to a first type, acquiring a result of the PS domain signaling process corresponding to the PS domain signaling process; and when it is judged that the result is network refusal and the reason for refusal is Reason #7 (GPRS service not allowed), judging that a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) on which the mobile terminal currently resides is not a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) and adding the PLMN into a list of forbidden PLMNs for GPRS service. According to the above technical solution, it is able to provide a GPRS service on a HPLMN or other PLMNs, thereby to provide a user with a PS domain service with the biggest possibility.

Claims (28)

1. A method for dealing with a Packet Switched (PS) domain service and realizing a PS domain service request for a mobile terminal, comprising:

identifying, by the mobile terminal, a type of a PS domain signaling process that is used for realizing the PS domain service;

when the type of the PS domain signaling process belongs to a first type, acquiring a result of the PS domain signaling process corresponding to the PS domain signaling process; and

when it is judged that the result is network refusal and the reason for refusal is Reason #7 (General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service not allowed), judging that a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) on which the mobile terminal currently resides is not a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) and adding the PLMN into a list of forbidden PLMNs for GPRS service.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, subsequent to adding the PLMN into the list of forbidden PLMNs for GPRS service, the method further comprises:

searching, by the mobile terminal, the PLMNs during the network selection and residing, as a priority, in a cell of the PLMN among the searched PLMNs that is not present in the list of forbidden PLMNS for GPRS service.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, subsequent to judging that the result of the PS domain signaling process is network refusal and the reason for refusal is Reason #7, the method further comprises:

setting, by the mobile terminal, a GPRS status flag bit of the PS domain signaling process.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the setting comprises:

setting the GPRS service status as Roaming Not Allowed, and deleting Packet Temperate Mobile Subscription Identity (P-TMSI), P-TMSI signature, Routing Area Identifier (RAI) and GPRS Ciphering Key Sequence Number (CKSN).

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein

if a triggering condition for network selection by the mobile terminal is that a user requests for a GPRS service, the PLMN where, after the successful network selection, a cell in which the mobile terminal resides is located is not present in the list of forbidden PLMNs for GPRS service, and a GPRS service status is GU1 UPDATED, the mobile terminal initiates the GPRS service to the network.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein if the triggering condition for the network selection by the mobile terminal is manual network selection or loss of coverage, the mobile terminal resides in a new-found cell after the successful network selection.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first type includes:

GPRS detachment initiated by the network to the mobile terminal;

combined or uncombined GPRS attachment or detachment initiated by the mobile terminal;

combined routing update, normal routing update, or periodical routing update.

8. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an identifying unit, configured to identify a type of a Packet Switched (PS) domain signaling process that is used for realizing a PS domain service;

a signaling analyzing unit, configured to, when the type of the PS domain signaling process belongs to a first type, acquire a result of the PS domain signaling process;

a flag bit setting unit, configured to, when it is judged that the result of the PS domain signaling process is network refusal and the reason for refusal is Reason #7 (General Packed Radio Service (GPRS) service not allowed), set a GPRS status flag bit of the PS domain signaling process; and

a managing unit for list of forbidden Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) for GPRS service, configured to, when it is further judged that a PLMN on which the mobile terminal currently resides is not a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN), add the PLMN into a list of forbidden PLMNs for GPRS service.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the first type includes:

GPRS detachment initiated by the network to the mobile terminal;

combined or uncombined GPRS attachment or detachment initiated by the mobile terminal;

combined routing update, normal routing update, or periodical routing update.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a searching unit, configured to search the PLMNs and reside, as a priority, in a cell of the PLMN among the searched PLMNs that is not present in the list of forbidden PLMNs for GPRS service.

Assignments (3)
STATUS CHANGE - ENTITY IN LIQUIDATION Recorded Feb 17, 2016
From: ST-ERICSSON SA
To: ST-ERICSSON SA, EN LIQUIDATION
Reel/Frame 037841/0530 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2016
From: ST-ERICSSON SEMICONDUCTOR (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: ST-ERICSSON SA
Reel/Frame 037727/0777 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2015
From: PU, HUAN
To: ST-ERICSSON SEMICONDUCTOR (BEIJING) CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 036065/0316 →