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US 9,357,560 · App. 14/407,912 · Granted May 31, 2016

Method and apparatus for updating tracking area in wireless communication system

Inventors: Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Sungjun Park (Seoul, KR); Seungjune Yi (Seoul, KR); Sunghoon Jung (Seoul, KR); Sangwon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/14H04W8/005H04W8/14H04W8/24H04W24/08H04W36/0061H04W60/04H04W68/02H04W72/042H04W76/023H04W76/027H04W76/043H04W76/046H04W76/048H04W24/10H04W76/021H04W88/06H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 9,357,560
App. No.
14/407,912
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for updating a tracking area for a device-to-device (D2D) connection in a wireless communication system is provided. A second mobile device receives a tracking area update (TAU) request message from a first mobile device which has a D2D connection with the second mobile device, and transmits a TAU message to a network.

Claims (22)

1. A method for updating, by a second mobile device, a tracking area for a device-to-device (D2D) connection in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a tracking area update (TAU) request message from a first mobile device which has a D2D connection with the second mobile device; and

transmitting a TAU message to a network;

receiving a D2D paging message from the network; and

transmitting a paging response message to the network,

wherein the paging response message includes an identity of the second mobile device and a D2D connection indication which informs the network that the second mobile device is connected to the network via the D2D connection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TAU request message includes a tracking area code and an identity of the first mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TAU message includes an identity of the first mobile device and the D2D connection indication which informs the network that the second mobile device is connected to the network via the D2D connection.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TAU message includes information on the second mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the information on the second mobile device is an identity of the second mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TAU message is transmitted to a mobility management entity (MME) via the first mobile device and a serving eNodeB (eNB).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TAU message is transmitted to a serving eNB directly.

8. A method for updating, by a first mobile device, a tracking area for a device-to-device (D2D) connection in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a tracking area update (TAU) request message, to a second mobile device which has a D2D connection with the first mobile device, due to TAU of the first mobile device;

receiving a paging response message from the second mobile device; and

transmitting the paging response message to a network,

wherein the paging response message includes an identity of the second mobile device and a D2D connection indication which informs the network that the second mobile device is connected to the network via the D2D connection.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the TAU request message includes a tracking area code and an identity of the first mobile device.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a D2D paging message from a network; and

transmitting the D2D paging message to the second mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the D2D paging message includes the identity of the second mobile device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2014
From: LEE, YOUNGDAE; PARK, SUNGJUN; YI, SEUNGJUNE; JUNG, SUNGHOON; KIM, SANGWON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034499/0070 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61673739 · Jul 20, 2012
Related Publication 20150156743A1 · Jun 4, 2015