Paging method and apparatus thereof in broadband wireless communication system
Provided are a paging method and an apparatus thereof for User Equipment (UE) in a broadband wireless communication system. In the method, a paging message is received from a macro base station. Whether there exists an accessible femto base station inside a service area of the macro base station is determined. When there does not exist the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station, the UE responds to the paging message of the macro base station. When there exists the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station, the UE waits for a paging message to be received from the femto base station.
1. A paging method for User Equipment (UE) in a broadband wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a paging message from a macro base station;
determining whether there exists an accessible femto base station inside a service area of the macro base station;
when there does not exist the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station, responding to the paging message of the macro base station; and
when there exists the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station, deferring a response to the paging message of the macro base station and waiting for a paging message to be received from the femto base station.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
when the paging message is received from the femto base station within a threshold time, responding to the paging message of the femto base station; and
when the paging message is not received from the femto base station within the threshold time, responding to the paging message of the macro base station,
wherein the threshold time is smaller than a time for which the macro base station waits for a paging response of the UE.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the threshold time begins when the paging message is received from the macro base station.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein, when the paging message is not received from the femto base station within the threshold time, the responding to the paging message of the macro base station comprises responding to the paging message of the macro base station within the time for which the macro base station waits for the paging response of the UE.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of whether there exists the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station comprises:
receiving a message from the macro base station comprising a Tracking Area (TA) and a Connection IDentifier (CID) of the macro base station;
comparing the TA and the CID of the macro base station with information that corresponds to one or more femto base stations that may be accessed by the UE; and
determining if the accessible femto base station exists inside the service area of the macro base station based on a result of the comparison.
6. A paging apparatus for User Equipment (UE) in a broadband wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a transceiver for receiving a paging message from a macro base station; and
a controller for, when there does not exist an accessible femto base station inside a service area of the macro base station, responding to the paging message of the macro base station, and when there exists the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station, deferring a response to the paging message of the macro base station and waiting for a paging message to be received from the femto base station.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller controls a function of responding to the paging message of the femto base station when the paging message is received from the femto base station within a threshold time, and responding to the paging message of the macro base station when the paging message is not received from the femto base station within the threshold time,
wherein the threshold time is smaller than a time for which the macro base station waits for a paging response of the UE.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the threshold time begins when the paging message is received from the macro base station.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein, when the paging message is not received from the femto base station within the threshold time, the controller controls the function of responding to the paging message of the macro base station to occur within the time for which the macro base station waits for the paging response of the UE.
10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the controller determines whether there exists the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station by comparing a Tracking Area (TA) and a Connection IDentifier (CID) of the macro base station, which are received in a message from the macro base station, with information that corresponds to one or more femto base stations that may be accessed by the UE, and determining if the accessible femto base station exits inside the service area of the macro base station based on a result of the comparison.