Title of Invention	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING LOCATION OF IDLE-MODE MOBILE STATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Abstract	An apparatus and method for updating the location of an idle-mode MS in a communication system are provided, in which the MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a BS, receives a ranging response message from the BS, determines from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and performs network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and upon receipt of the ranging request message from the MS, the BS performs a location update procedure, determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, generates the ranging response message including information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmits the ranging response message to the MS.

Title of Invention

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING LOCATION OF IDLE-MODE MOBILE STATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Abstract

An apparatus and method for updating the location of an idle-mode MS in a communication system are provided, in which the MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a BS, receives a ranging response message from the BS, determines from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and performs network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and upon receipt of the ranging request message from the MS, the BS performs a location update procedure, determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, generates the ranging response message including information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmits the ranging response message to the MS.

Full Text	Description APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING LOCATION OF IDLE-MODE MOBILE STATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Technical Field [1] The present invention relates generally to a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) com- munication system, and in particular, to an apparatus and method for fast processing downlink traffic that has been generated during a location update procedure in an idle- mode Mobile Station (MS). Background Art [2] Provisioning of services with diverse Quality of Service (QoS) requirements at or above 100Mbps to users is an active study area for a future-generation communication system called a 4th Generation (4G) communication system. Particularly, active research is conducted on provisioning of high-speed service by ensuring mobility and QoS to a BWA communication system such as a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN). Examples of such systems are Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16a and IEEE 802.16e systems. [3] According to the IEEE 802.16e standards, an idle-mode MS shall update its location, if any of a plurality of location update conditions are met. The IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard defines four location update conditions: Zone Update, Timer Update, Power Down Update, and Medium Access Control (MAC) Hash Skip Threshold Update. [4] Before describing the location update conditions, it is to be clarified that Downlink Channel Descriptor (DCD), Uplink Channel Descriptor (UCD), Mobile Paging Ad- vertisement (MOB_PAG-ADV), Paging Group Identifier (PG-ID), MAC Hash Skip Threshold, MAC Hash Skip Counter, Deregistration Command (DREG-CMD), Ranging Request (RNG-REQ), and Ranging Response (RNG-RSP) messages are in compliance with the IEEE 802.16e- 2005 standard. [5] In Zone Update, the MS performs a location update process when it detects a change in its paging group by comparing a PG-ID stored in the MS with a PG-ID included in a DCD or MOB_PAG-ADV message broadcast by a preferred BS during a Paging Listening Interval (PLI) known to the MS. If the two PG-IDs are different, the MS determines that its paging group has been changed. [6] In Timer Update, the MS periodically performs the location update process prior to the expiration of an idle-mode timer. The idle-mode timer is set to 128 to 65536 seconds as defined in IEEE 802.16e-2005 Parameters and Constants. [7] In Power Down Update, the MS attempts a location update as part of its orderly power-down procedure. As the MS informs its power-down to a paging controller being a network entity that handles the idle mode of the MS, the paging controller deletes information about the MS. [8] In MAC Hash Skip Threshold Update, the MS performs the location update process if an MS MAC Hash Skip Counter exceeds a MAC Hash Skip Threshold. The MAC Hash Skip Threshold is known from a DREG-CMD message that the MS receives from a network in order to enter the idle mode. When the location update is successful, the MS and the BS need to initialize their MAC Hash Skip Counters. [9] A description will be made of FIG. 1, which is a flowchart illustrating a conventional location update process when a prefeixed BS is changed within the same paging group. [10] Referring to FIG. 1, a first BS 110 and a second BS 120 are in the same paging group. When the first BS 110 is a preferred BS, an MS 100 monitors occurrence of a location update event in idle mode in step 130. Upon occurrence of a location update event, the MS 100 updates its location with the first BS 110 in step 132 and proceeds to step 134. If a location update event does not occur in step 130, the MS 100 jumps to step 134. The MS receives a MOB_PAG-ADV message from the first BS 110 during a PLI in step 134. Steps 136 to 140 are the same as steps 130 to 134 except that the preferred BS has changed to the second BS 120. [11] As illustrated in FIG. 1, in the case where the preferred BS changes from the first BS 110 to the second BS 120, an analysis of the occurrence of a location update event in step 136 reveals that the two BSs 110 and 120 are in the same paging group. Hence the MS jumps from step 136 to step 140 without a location update. [12] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional Zone Update process. [13] Referring to FIG. 2, when detecting a change in its paging group, the MS 100 transmits an initial/dedicated ranging Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Code (M20) to a preferred BS, herein the BS: 120, according to valid DCD and UCD in- formation received from the BS 120. [14] The BS 120 transmits Uplink BandWidth (UL BW) allocation information to the MS 100 by a RNG-RSP message with status=success (M21) and a CDMA-Allocation-IE message (M22) so that the MS 100 can transmit an uplink message. [15] The MS 100 transmits a RNG-REQ message with ranging purpose=0x02 (M23) according to the UL BW allocation information. That is, the MS 100 sets Value of a Ranging Purpose Indication Type, Length, Value (TLV) to indicate a location update request. [16] The BS 120 replies with an RNG-RSP message with location update response (M24), i.e. including a Location Update Response (LUR) TLV indicating success. The BS 120 may include paging information such as a new paging cycle, a new paging offset, and a new PG-ID in the RNG-RSP message (M24). [17] Upon receipt of the RNG-RSP message (M24), the MS 100 determines whether the location update is successful in step 202. If the location update is successful, the MS 100 completes the location update process in step 204. If the location update has failed, the MS performs initial network entry in step 206. [18] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional process for processing pending downlink traffic during the Zone Update. Steps or messages described with reference to FIGs. 1 and 2 will not be described herein. [19] Referring to FIG. 3, when detecting the change of the preferred BS from a first BS 310 to a second BS 320 in a different paging group in an idle mode, the MS 100 and the second BS 320 exchange M20 to M24 messages as illustrated in FIG. 2. Upon receipt of a RNG-RSP message (M24), the MS completes the location update in step 336. [20] Upon receipt of the RNG-RSP message (M24), the MS 100 also monitors a valid PLI from the second BS 320 using new paging information included in the RNG-RSP message (M24). Hence, the MS 100 can receive a MOB_PAG-ADV message (M30) indicating occurrence of downlink traffic in the valid PLI. [21] When detecting the presence of the downlink traffic, the MS releases itself from the idle mode and performs network reentry in step 338. [22] If the first BS 310 or second 320 receives downlink traffic for the MS 100 but does not transmit the downlink traffic, i.e. leaves the downlink traffic pending during the time period between step 332 and transmission of the RNG-RSP message (M24) from the second BS 320, the MS 100 does not reenter the network until it is aware of the occurrence of the downlink traffic by the MOB_PAG-ADV message (M30), despite the completion of the location update by the time of receiving the RNG-RSP message (M24). [23] A shortcoming with the above conventional location update process is that the MS does not know whether downlink traffic exists for the MS even after a successful location update. The MS knows the occurrence of the downlink traffic only when an updated PLI comes. Disclosure of Invention Technical Solution [24] An aspect of the present invention is to substantially solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages below. Ac- cordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for updating the location of an idle-mode MS such that the delay of downlink traffic is decreased in a BWA communication system. [25] Another aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for reducing the delay of downlink traffic during a location update by an idle-mode MS in a BWA communication system. [26] A further aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for transmitting a location update response message indicating whether there is pending downlink traffic for an MS that has requested a location update in a BWA com- munication system. [27] According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location updating apparatus in a BWA communication system, in which if a location update is required, an MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a BS, receives a ranging response message from the BS, determines from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and performs network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and upon receipt of the ranging request message from the MS, the BS performs a location update procedure, determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, generates the ranging response message including information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmits the ranging response message to the MS. [28] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location updating apparatus of a BS in a BWA communication system, in which a ranging request processor performs a location update procedure, if a ranging request message received from an MS requests location update, a downlink traffic processor determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, if the requested location update is successful, and a ranging response processor generates a ranging response message including information indicating whether the location update is successful and information indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS, and transmits the ranging response message to the MS. [29] According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location updating apparatus of an MS in a BWA communication system, in which a ranging request processor generates a ranging request message to perform a location update procedure according to a location update condition in an idle mode, a ranging response processor acquires location update information from a ranging response message received from a BS and determines whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response message, and a network reentry processor attempts network reentry to the BS being a preferred BS in order to receive the downlink traffic, if there is downlink traffic pending for the MS. [30] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location updating method in a BWA communication system, in which if a location update is required, an MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a BS, the BS performs a location update procedure, upon receipt of the ranging request, the BS determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS after the location update procedure, generates; a ranging response message including in- formation indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmits the ranging response message to the MS, and the MS determines from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS and performs network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS. [31] According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location updating method of a BS in a BWA communication system, in which the BS performs a location update procedure, upon receipt of a ranging request message requesting location update from an MS, determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS after the requested location update, generates a ranging response message including information indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS and transmits the ranging response message to the MS. [32] According to yet further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location updating method of an MS in a BWA communication system, in which the MS generates a ranging request message and transmits the ranging request message to a Base Station (BS) if a location update is required, determines whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response message upon receipt of the ranging response message from the BS, and performs network reentry, if there is downlink traffic pending for the MS. Brief Description of the Drawings [33] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: [34] FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional location update process when a preferred BS is changed within the same paging group; [35] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional Zone Update process; [36] FTG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional process for processing pending downlink traffic during the Zone Update; [37] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a process for processing pending downlink traffic during a Zone Updale in a BWA communication system according to the present invention; [38] FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a BS in the BWA communication system according to the present invention; and [39] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an MS in the BWA communication system according to the present invention. Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention [40] Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described herein below with reference to the accompanying drawmgs. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. [41] The present invention provides an apparatus and method for updating the location of an idle-mode MS so as to reduce the delay of downlink traffic directed to the MS, in particular to overcome the problem encountered with the present IEEE 802.16e standard in that an MS is not aware of the presence of downlink traffic until an updated PLI, in a BWA communication system. [42] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a process for processing pending downlink traffic during a Zone Update in a BWA communication system according to the present invention. A description of steps or messages described earlier with reference to FIGs. 1, 2 and 3 is not provided herein. [43] Referring to FIG. 4, when an MS 400 detects in an idle mode that a preferred BS has changed from a first BS 410 to a second BS 420 in a different paging group in step 432, it transmits an initial/dedicated ranging CDMA Code (M20) to the second BS 420. The BS 420 transmits a RNG-RSP message (M21) and a CDMA-Allocation-IE message (M22) to the MS 400. Then the MS 400 transmits a RNG-REQ message (M23) to the second BS 420. [44] Detennining that there is downlink traffic pending for the MS 400 in step 434, the second BS 420 transmits a RNG-RSP message (M40) to the MS 400. The RNG-RSP message (M40) contains new paging information and information indicating the presence of the downlink traffic. [45] As the MS 400 is aware of the pending downlink traffic by the RNG-RSP message (M40), it completes the location update process and performs network reentry from the idle mode in step 436. [46] The RNG-RSP message (M40) includes an LUR TLV configured as shown in Table 1 below. [47] Table 1 [48] In Table 1, the TLV values other than a Value of 0x02 are in compliance with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard. [49] FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a BS in the BWA communication system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the BS includes a controller 500, an interface module 502, a RNG-REQ processor 504, a RNG-RSP processor 506, and a downlink traffic processor 508. [50] The interface module 502 is a module for communicating with an MS, including a Radio Frequency (RF) processor and a baseband processor. The RF processor downconverts an RF signal received through an antenna to a baseband signal and provides the baseband signal to the baseband processor. It also upconverts a baseband signal received from the baseband processor to an RF signal transmittable over air and transmits the RF signal through the antenna. In BWA, for example, the baseband processor processes an RF signal received from the RF processor by Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and channel decoding and provides the original information data to the controller 500. In the reverse order, the baseband processor processes data received from the controller 500 by channel encoding and Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) and provides the processed data to the RF processor. [51] The RNG-REQ processor 504 processes a RNG-REQ message (M23) received from the idle-mode MS 400. It identifies whether the ranging purpose of the RNG-REQ message (M23) is location update, initial ranging, or network entry and operates corre- spondingly. If the RNG-REQ message (M23) includes the ID of the MS 400 and Ranging Purpose Indication Bit#1=1, the RNG-REQ processor 504 considers that the RNG-REQ message (M23) requests a location update. [52] The downlink traffic processor 508 operates after the location update requested by the MS 400 is performed. If the location update is successful, the downlink traffic processor 508 monitors generation of downlink traffic for the MS 400 and provides the monitoring result to the RNG-RSP processor 506. [53] The RNG-RSP processor 506 generates a RNG-RSP message (M40) with an LUR TLV parameter configured as shown in Table 1 according to whether the location update is successful and there is pending downlink traffic. [54] The controller 500 controls the interface module 502, the RNG-REQ processor 504, the RNG-RSP processor 506, and the downlink traffic processor 508. That is, the controller 500 can implement the functionalities of the interface module 502, the RNG- REQ processor 504, the RNG-RSP processor 506, and the downlink traffic processor 508. While the interface module 502, the RNG-REQ processor 504, the RNG-RSP processor 506, and the downlink traffic processor 508 are shown separately for il- lustrative purposes, all or part of them may be incorporated into the controller 500 in real implementation. [55] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an MS in the BWA communication system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the MS includes a controller 600, an interface module 602, a RNG-REQ processor 604, a RNG-RSP processor 606, a location update processor 608, and a network reentry processor 610. [56] The interface module 602 is a modulle for communicating with the BS, including an RF processor and a baseband processor. The RF processor downconverts an RF signal received through an antenna to a baseband signal and provides the baseband signal to the baseband processor. It also upconverts a baseband signal received from the baseband processor to an RF signal transmittable over air and transmits the RF signal through the antenna. In BWA, for example, the baseband processor processes an RF signal received from the RF processor by FFT and channel decoding and provides the original information data to the controller 600. In the reverse order, the baseband processor processes data received from the controller 600 by channel encoding and IFFT and provides the processed data to the RF processor. [57] The RNG-REQ processor 604 generates a RNG-REQ message (M23) for a location update when any of location update conditions is met in an idle mode. The RNG-REQ message (M23), whose ranging purpose is location update includes the ID of the MS (herein, the MS 400) and Ranging Purpose Indication Bit#1=1. [58] The RNG-RSP processor 606 processes a RNG-RSP message (M40) received from the BS 420 to update the location of the MS 400. The RNG-RSP processor 606 provides location update information according to an LUR TLV value to the location update processor 608 and informs the network reentry processor 610 whemer there is pending downlink traffic according to the LUR TLV value. Herein, the location update information can be new paging information with a new paging cycle, a new paging offset, and a new PG-ID. [59] The location update processor 608 updates a PLI using the new paging cycle and the new paging offset, and stores the new PG-ID. [60] The network reentry processor 610 attempts network reentry to the BS 420, being the preferred BS, when the RNG-RSP processor 606 indicates that there is pending downlink traffic. [61] The controller 600 controls the interface module 602, the RNG-REQ processor 604, the RNG-RSP processor 606, the location update processor 608, and the network reentry processor 610. That is, the controller 600 can implement the functionalities of the interface module 602, the RNG-REQ processor 604, the RNG-RSP processor 606, the location update processor 608, and the network reentry processor 610. While the interface module 602, the RNG-REQ processor 604, the RNG-RSP processor 606, the location update processor 608, and the network reentry processor 610 are shown separately for illustrative purposes, all or part of them may be incorporated into the controller 600 in real implementation. [62] As described above, the present invention provides a location updating apparatus and method in which a BS determines the presence or absence of downlink traffic for an MS and transmits a RNG-RSP message indicating the presence or absence of downlink traffic to the MS during a location update of the MS in an idle mode. Therefore, the delay of downlink traffic is reduced without using additional resources during the location update. [63] While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Claims [1] A location updating apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising: a Mobile Station (MS) for, transmitting a ranging request message requesting location update to a Base Station (BS) if a location update is required, receiving a ranging response message from the BS, determining from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and performing network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS; and the BS for, upon receipt of the ranging request message from the MS, performing a location update procedure, determining whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, generating the ranging response message including in- formation indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmitting the ranging response message to the MS. [2] The location updating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the BS comprises: a ranging request processor for performing the location update procedure, if the ranging request message requests location update; a downlink traffic processor for determining whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, if the requested location update is successful; and a ranging response processor for generating the ranging response message including information indicating whether the location update is successful and indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS, and transmitting the ranging response message to the MS. [3] The location updating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the MS comprises: a ranging request processor for generating the ranging request message to perform a location update procedure according to a location update condition in an idle mode; a ranging response processor for acquiring location update information from the ranging response message and detennining whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response message; and a network reentry processor for attempting the network reentry to the BS being a preferred BS in order to receive the downlink traffic, if there is downlink traffic pending for the MS. [4] The location updating apparatus of claim 3, wherein the location update in- formation is paging information and the MS further comprises a location update processor for updating a Paging Listening Interval (PLI) using a new paging cycle and a new paging offset included in the paging information, and storing a new paging group ID included in the paging information. [5] The location updating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ranging response message includes the information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length, Value (TLV) parameter. [6] The location updating apparatus of claim 5, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is configured as the following table: [7] A location updating apparatus of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless com- munication system, comprising: a ranging request processor for performing a location update procedure, if a ranging request message received from a Mobile Station (MS) requests location update; a downlink traffic processor for determining whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, if the requested location update is successful; and a ranging response processor for generating a ranging response message including information indicating whether the location update is successful and information indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS, and transmitting the ranging response! message to the MS. [8] The location updating apparatus of claim 7, wherein the ranging response message includes the information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length, Value (TLV) parameter. [9] The location updating apparatus of claim 8, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is configured as the following table: [10] A location updating apparatus of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless com- munication system, comprising: a ranging request processor for generating a ranging request message to perform a location update procedure according to a location update condition in an idle mode; a ranging response processor for acquiring location update information from a ranging response message received from a Base Station (BS) and determining whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response message; and a network reentry processor for attempting network reentry to the BS being a preferred BS in order to receive the downlink traffic, if there is downlink traffic pending for the MS. [11] The location updating apparatus of claim 10, wherein the location update in- formation is paging information. [12] The location updating apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a location update processor for updating a Paging Listening Interval (PLI) using a new paging cycle and a new paging offset included in the paging information, and storing a new paging group ID included in the paging information. [13] The location updating apparatus of claim 10, wherein the ranging response message includes information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length, Value (TLV) parameter. [14] The location updating apparatus of claim 13, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is configured as the following table: [15] A location updating method in a wireless communication system, comprising: transmitting, if a location update is required, a ranging request message requesting location update to a Base Station (BS) by a Mobile Station (MS); performing a location update procedure, upon receipt of the ranging request by the BS; determining whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS after the location update procedure, generating a ranging response message including in- formation indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmitting the ranging response message to the MS by the BS; and determining from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and performing network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, by the MS. [16] The location updating method of claim 15, wherein the ranging response message includes the information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length, Value (TLV) parameter. [ 17] The location updating method of claim 16, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is configured as the following table: [18] A location updating method of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, comprising: performing a location update procedure, upon receipt of a ranging request message requesting location u]xiate from a Mobile Station (MS); determining whether downlink: traffic has been generated for the MS after the requested location update; generating a ranging response message including information indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS; and transmitting the ranging response message to the MS. [19] The location updating method of claim 18, wherein the ranging response message includes information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length, Value (TLV) parameter. [20] The location updating method of claim 19, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is configured as the following table: [21] A location updating method of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless com- munication system, comprising: if a location update is required, generating a ranging request message and transmitting the ranging request message to a Base Station (BS); upon receipt of a ranging response message from the BS, determining whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response message; and performing network reentry, if there is downlink traffic pending for the MS. [22] The location updating method of claim 21, wherein the ranging response message includes information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length, Value (TLV) parameter. [23] The location updating method of claim 22, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is An apparatus and method for updating the location of an idle-mode MS in a communication system are provided, in which the MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a BS, receives a ranging response message from the BS, determines from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and performs network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and upon receipt of the ranging request message from the MS, the BS performs a location update procedure, determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, generates the ranging response message including information indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmits the ranging response message to the MS.

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Description
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING LOCATION OF
IDLE-MODE MOBILE STATION IN A BROADBAND
WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Technical Field
[1] The present invention relates generally to a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) com-
munication system, and in particular, to an apparatus and method for fast processing
downlink traffic that has been generated during a location update procedure in an idle-
mode Mobile Station (MS).
Background Art
[2] Provisioning of services with diverse Quality of Service (QoS) requirements at or
above 100Mbps to users is an active study area for a future-generation communication
system called a 4th Generation (4G) communication system. Particularly, active
research is conducted on provisioning of high-speed service by ensuring mobility and
QoS to a BWA communication system such as a Wireless Local Area Network
(WLAN) and a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN). Examples of such
systems are Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16a and IEEE
802.16e systems.
[3] According to the IEEE 802.16e standards, an idle-mode MS shall update its location,
if any of a plurality of location update conditions are met. The IEEE 802.16e-2005
standard defines four location update conditions: Zone Update, Timer Update, Power
Down Update, and Medium Access Control (MAC) Hash Skip Threshold Update.
[4] Before describing the location update conditions, it is to be clarified that Downlink
Channel Descriptor (DCD), Uplink Channel Descriptor (UCD), Mobile Paging Ad-
vertisement (MOB_PAG-ADV), Paging Group Identifier (PG-ID), MAC Hash Skip
Threshold, MAC Hash Skip Counter, Deregistration Command (DREG-CMD),
Ranging Request (RNG-REQ), and Ranging Response (RNG-RSP) messages are in
compliance with the IEEE 802.16e- 2005 standard.
[5] In Zone Update, the MS performs a location update process when it detects a change
in its paging group by comparing a PG-ID stored in the MS with a PG-ID included in a
DCD or MOB_PAG-ADV message broadcast by a preferred BS during a Paging
Listening Interval (PLI) known to the MS. If the two PG-IDs are different, the MS
determines that its paging group has been changed.
[6] In Timer Update, the MS periodically performs the location update process prior to
the expiration of an idle-mode timer. The idle-mode timer is set to 128 to 65536
seconds as defined in IEEE 802.16e-2005 Parameters and Constants.

[7] In Power Down Update, the MS attempts a location update as part of its orderly
power-down procedure. As the MS informs its power-down to a paging controller
being a network entity that handles the idle mode of the MS, the paging controller
deletes information about the MS.
[8] In MAC Hash Skip Threshold Update, the MS performs the location update process
if an MS MAC Hash Skip Counter exceeds a MAC Hash Skip Threshold. The MAC
Hash Skip Threshold is known from a DREG-CMD message that the MS receives
from a network in order to enter the idle mode. When the location update is successful,
the MS and the BS need to initialize their MAC Hash Skip Counters.
[9] A description will be made of FIG. 1, which is a flowchart illustrating a conventional
location update process when a prefeixed BS is changed within the same paging group.
[10] Referring to FIG. 1, a first BS 110 and a second BS 120 are in the same paging
group. When the first BS 110 is a preferred BS, an MS 100 monitors occurrence of a
location update event in idle mode in step 130. Upon occurrence of a location update
event, the MS 100 updates its location with the first BS 110 in step 132 and proceeds
to step 134. If a location update event does not occur in step 130, the MS 100 jumps to
step 134. The MS receives a MOB_PAG-ADV message from the first BS 110 during a
PLI in step 134. Steps 136 to 140 are the same as steps 130 to 134 except that the
preferred BS has changed to the second BS 120.
[11] As illustrated in FIG. 1, in the case where the preferred BS changes from the first BS
110 to the second BS 120, an analysis of the occurrence of a location update event in
step 136 reveals that the two BSs 110 and 120 are in the same paging group. Hence the
MS jumps from step 136 to step 140 without a location update.
[12] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional Zone Update process.
[13] Referring to FIG. 2, when detecting a change in its paging group, the MS 100
transmits an initial/dedicated ranging Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Code
(M20) to a preferred BS, herein the BS: 120, according to valid DCD and UCD in-
formation received from the BS 120.
[14] The BS 120 transmits Uplink BandWidth (UL BW) allocation information to the MS
100 by a RNG-RSP message with status=success (M21) and a CDMA-Allocation-IE
message (M22) so that the MS 100 can transmit an uplink message.
[15] The MS 100 transmits a RNG-REQ message with ranging purpose=0x02 (M23)
according to the UL BW allocation information. That is, the MS 100 sets Value of a
Ranging Purpose Indication Type, Length, Value (TLV) to indicate a location update
request.
[16] The BS 120 replies with an RNG-RSP message with location update response (M24),
i.e. including a Location Update Response (LUR) TLV indicating success. The BS 120
may include paging information such as a new paging cycle, a new paging offset, and a

new PG-ID in the RNG-RSP message (M24).
[17] Upon receipt of the RNG-RSP message (M24), the MS 100 determines whether the
location update is successful in step 202. If the location update is successful, the MS
100 completes the location update process in step 204. If the location update has failed,
the MS performs initial network entry in step 206.
[18] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional process for
processing pending downlink traffic during the Zone Update. Steps or messages
described with reference to FIGs. 1 and 2 will not be described herein.
[19] Referring to FIG. 3, when detecting the change of the preferred BS from a first BS
310 to a second BS 320 in a different paging group in an idle mode, the MS 100 and
the second BS 320 exchange M20 to M24 messages as illustrated in FIG. 2. Upon
receipt of a RNG-RSP message (M24), the MS completes the location update in step
336.
[20] Upon receipt of the RNG-RSP message (M24), the MS 100 also monitors a valid PLI
from the second BS 320 using new paging information included in the RNG-RSP
message (M24). Hence, the MS 100 can receive a MOB_PAG-ADV message (M30)
indicating occurrence of downlink traffic in the valid PLI.
[21] When detecting the presence of the downlink traffic, the MS releases itself from the
idle mode and performs network reentry in step 338.
[22] If the first BS 310 or second 320 receives downlink traffic for the MS 100 but does
not transmit the downlink traffic, i.e. leaves the downlink traffic pending during the
time period between step 332 and transmission of the RNG-RSP message (M24) from
the second BS 320, the MS 100 does not reenter the network until it is aware of the
occurrence of the downlink traffic by the MOB_PAG-ADV message (M30), despite
the completion of the location update by the time of receiving the RNG-RSP message
(M24).
[23] A shortcoming with the above conventional location update process is that the MS
does not know whether downlink traffic exists for the MS even after a successful
location update. The MS knows the occurrence of the downlink traffic only when an
updated PLI comes.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical Solution
[24] An aspect of the present invention is to substantially solve at least the above
problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages below. Ac-
cordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for
updating the location of an idle-mode MS such that the delay of downlink traffic is
decreased in a BWA communication system.

[25] Another aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for
reducing the delay of downlink traffic during a location update by an idle-mode MS in
a BWA communication system.
[26] A further aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for
transmitting a location update response message indicating whether there is pending
downlink traffic for an MS that has requested a location update in a BWA com-
munication system.
[27] According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location
updating apparatus in a BWA communication system, in which if a location update is
required, an MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a
BS, receives a ranging response message from the BS, determines from the ranging
response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and
performs network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and upon
receipt of the ranging request message from the MS, the BS performs a location update
procedure, determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS,
generates the ranging response message including information indicating whether
downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmits the ranging response
message to the MS.
[28] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location
updating apparatus of a BS in a BWA communication system, in which a ranging
request processor performs a location update procedure, if a ranging request message
received from an MS requests location update, a downlink traffic processor determines
whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, if the requested location
update is successful, and a ranging response processor generates a ranging response
message including information indicating whether the location update is successful and
information indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS, and
transmits the ranging response message to the MS.
[29] According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location
updating apparatus of an MS in a BWA communication system, in which a ranging
request processor generates a ranging request message to perform a location update
procedure according to a location update condition in an idle mode, a ranging response
processor acquires location update information from a ranging response message
received from a BS and determines whether there is downlink traffic pending for the
MS from the ranging response message, and a network reentry processor attempts
network reentry to the BS being a preferred BS in order to receive the downlink traffic,
if there is downlink traffic pending for the MS.
[30] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location
updating method in a BWA communication system, in which if a location update is

required, an MS transmits a ranging request message requesting location update to a
BS, the BS performs a location update procedure, upon receipt of the ranging request,
the BS determines whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS after the
location update procedure, generates; a ranging response message including in-
formation indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and
transmits the ranging response message to the MS, and the MS determines from the
ranging response message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS and
performs network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS.
[31] According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location
updating method of a BS in a BWA communication system, in which the BS performs
a location update procedure, upon receipt of a ranging request message requesting
location update from an MS, determines whether downlink traffic has been generated
for the MS after the requested location update, generates a ranging response message
including information indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS
and transmits the ranging response message to the MS.
[32] According to yet further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a location
updating method of an MS in a BWA communication system, in which the MS
generates a ranging request message and transmits the ranging request message to a
Base Station (BS) if a location update is required, determines whether there is
downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response message upon receipt
of the ranging response message from the BS, and performs network reentry, if there is
downlink traffic pending for the MS.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[33] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will
become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in
conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
[34] FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional location update process when a
preferred BS is changed within the same paging group;
[35] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional Zone Update process;
[36] FTG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a conventional process for
processing pending downlink traffic during the Zone Update;
[37] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a process for processing pending
downlink traffic during a Zone Updale in a BWA communication system according to
the present invention;
[38] FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a BS in the BWA communication system according to
the present invention; and
[39] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an MS in the BWA communication system according to

the present invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
[40] Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described herein below with
reference to the accompanying drawmgs. In the following description, well-known
functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the
invention in unnecessary detail.
[41] The present invention provides an apparatus and method for updating the location of
an idle-mode MS so as to reduce the delay of downlink traffic directed to the MS, in
particular to overcome the problem encountered with the present IEEE 802.16e
standard in that an MS is not aware of the presence of downlink traffic until an updated
PLI, in a BWA communication system.
[42] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for a process for processing pending
downlink traffic during a Zone Update in a BWA communication system according to
the present invention. A description of steps or messages described earlier with
reference to FIGs. 1, 2 and 3 is not provided herein.
[43] Referring to FIG. 4, when an MS 400 detects in an idle mode that a preferred BS has
changed from a first BS 410 to a second BS 420 in a different paging group in step
432, it transmits an initial/dedicated ranging CDMA Code (M20) to the second BS
420. The BS 420 transmits a RNG-RSP message (M21) and a CDMA-Allocation-IE
message (M22) to the MS 400. Then the MS 400 transmits a RNG-REQ message
(M23) to the second BS 420.
[44] Detennining that there is downlink traffic pending for the MS 400 in step 434, the
second BS 420 transmits a RNG-RSP message (M40) to the MS 400. The RNG-RSP
message (M40) contains new paging information and information indicating the
presence of the downlink traffic.
[45] As the MS 400 is aware of the pending downlink traffic by the RNG-RSP message
(M40), it completes the location update process and performs network reentry from the
idle mode in step 436.
[46] The RNG-RSP message (M40) includes an LUR TLV configured as shown in Table
1 below.
[47] Table 1

[48] In Table 1, the TLV values other than a Value of 0x02 are in compliance with the
IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard.
[49] FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a BS in the BWA communication system according to
the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the BS includes a controller 500, an
interface module 502, a RNG-REQ processor 504, a RNG-RSP processor 506, and a
downlink traffic processor 508.
[50] The interface module 502 is a module for communicating with an MS, including a
Radio Frequency (RF) processor and a baseband processor. The RF processor
downconverts an RF signal received through an antenna to a baseband signal and
provides the baseband signal to the baseband processor. It also upconverts a baseband
signal received from the baseband processor to an RF signal transmittable over air and
transmits the RF signal through the antenna. In BWA, for example, the baseband
processor processes an RF signal received from the RF processor by Fast Fourier
Transform (FFT) and channel decoding and provides the original information data to
the controller 500. In the reverse order, the baseband processor processes data received
from the controller 500 by channel encoding and Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
(IFFT) and provides the processed data to the RF processor.
[51] The RNG-REQ processor 504 processes a RNG-REQ message (M23) received from
the idle-mode MS 400. It identifies whether the ranging purpose of the RNG-REQ
message (M23) is location update, initial ranging, or network entry and operates corre-
spondingly. If the RNG-REQ message (M23) includes the ID of the MS 400 and
Ranging Purpose Indication Bit#1=1, the RNG-REQ processor 504 considers that the
RNG-REQ message (M23) requests a location update.
[52] The downlink traffic processor 508 operates after the location update requested by
the MS 400 is performed. If the location update is successful, the downlink traffic
processor 508 monitors generation of downlink traffic for the MS 400 and provides the

monitoring result to the RNG-RSP processor 506.
[53] The RNG-RSP processor 506 generates a RNG-RSP message (M40) with an LUR
TLV parameter configured as shown in Table 1 according to whether the location
update is successful and there is pending downlink traffic.
[54] The controller 500 controls the interface module 502, the RNG-REQ processor 504,
the RNG-RSP processor 506, and the downlink traffic processor 508. That is, the
controller 500 can implement the functionalities of the interface module 502, the RNG-
REQ processor 504, the RNG-RSP processor 506, and the downlink traffic processor
508. While the interface module 502, the RNG-REQ processor 504, the RNG-RSP
processor 506, and the downlink traffic processor 508 are shown separately for il-
lustrative purposes, all or part of them may be incorporated into the controller 500 in
real implementation.
[55] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an MS in the BWA communication system according to
the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the MS includes a controller 600, an
interface module 602, a RNG-REQ processor 604, a RNG-RSP processor 606, a
location update processor 608, and a network reentry processor 610.
[56] The interface module 602 is a modulle for communicating with the BS, including an
RF processor and a baseband processor. The RF processor downconverts an RF signal
received through an antenna to a baseband signal and provides the baseband signal to
the baseband processor. It also upconverts a baseband signal received from the
baseband processor to an RF signal transmittable over air and transmits the RF signal
through the antenna. In BWA, for example, the baseband processor processes an RF
signal received from the RF processor by FFT and channel decoding and provides the
original information data to the controller 600. In the reverse order, the baseband
processor processes data received from the controller 600 by channel encoding and
IFFT and provides the processed data to the RF processor.
[57] The RNG-REQ processor 604 generates a RNG-REQ message (M23) for a location
update when any of location update conditions is met in an idle mode. The RNG-REQ
message (M23), whose ranging purpose is location update includes the ID of the MS
(herein, the MS 400) and Ranging Purpose Indication Bit#1=1.
[58] The RNG-RSP processor 606 processes a RNG-RSP message (M40) received from
the BS 420 to update the location of the MS 400. The RNG-RSP processor 606
provides location update information according to an LUR TLV value to the location
update processor 608 and informs the network reentry processor 610 whemer there is
pending downlink traffic according to the LUR TLV value. Herein, the location update
information can be new paging information with a new paging cycle, a new paging
offset, and a new PG-ID.
[59] The location update processor 608 updates a PLI using the new paging cycle and the

new paging offset, and stores the new PG-ID.
[60] The network reentry processor 610 attempts network reentry to the BS 420, being the
preferred BS, when the RNG-RSP processor 606 indicates that there is pending
downlink traffic.
[61] The controller 600 controls the interface module 602, the RNG-REQ processor 604,
the RNG-RSP processor 606, the location update processor 608, and the network
reentry processor 610. That is, the controller 600 can implement the functionalities of
the interface module 602, the RNG-REQ processor 604, the RNG-RSP processor 606,
the location update processor 608, and the network reentry processor 610. While the
interface module 602, the RNG-REQ processor 604, the RNG-RSP processor 606, the
location update processor 608, and the network reentry processor 610 are shown
separately for illustrative purposes, all or part of them may be incorporated into the
controller 600 in real implementation.
[62] As described above, the present invention provides a location updating apparatus and
method in which a BS determines the presence or absence of downlink traffic for an
MS and transmits a RNG-RSP message indicating the presence or absence of downlink
traffic to the MS during a location update of the MS in an idle mode. Therefore, the
delay of downlink traffic is reduced without using additional resources during the
location update.
[63] While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred
embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various
changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and
scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims
[1] A location updating apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a Mobile Station (MS) for, transmitting a ranging request message requesting
location update to a Base Station (BS) if a location update is required, receiving a
ranging response message from the BS, determining from the ranging response
message whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and
performing network reentry if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS;
and
the BS for, upon receipt of the ranging request message from the MS, performing
a location update procedure, determining whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS, generating the ranging response message including in-
formation indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS,
and transmitting the ranging response message to the MS.
[2] The location updating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the BS comprises:
a ranging request processor for performing the location update procedure, if the
ranging request message requests location update;
a downlink traffic processor for determining whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS, if the requested location update is successful; and
a ranging response processor for generating the ranging response message
including information indicating whether the location update is successful and
indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS, and transmitting
the ranging response message to the MS.
[3] The location updating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the MS comprises:
a ranging request processor for generating the ranging request message to
perform a location update procedure according to a location update condition in
an idle mode;
a ranging response processor for acquiring location update information from the
ranging response message and detennining whether there is downlink traffic
pending for the MS from the ranging response message; and
a network reentry processor for attempting the network reentry to the BS being a
preferred BS in order to receive the downlink traffic, if there is downlink traffic
pending for the MS.
[4] The location updating apparatus of claim 3, wherein the location update in-
formation is paging information and the MS further comprises a location update
processor for updating a Paging Listening Interval (PLI) using a new paging
cycle and a new paging offset included in the paging information, and storing a
new paging group ID included in the paging information.

[5] The location updating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ranging response
message includes the information indicating whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length,
Value (TLV) parameter.
[6] The location updating apparatus of claim 5, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is
configured as the following table:

[7] A location updating apparatus of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless com-
munication system, comprising:
a ranging request processor for performing a location update procedure, if a
ranging request message received from a Mobile Station (MS) requests location
update;
a downlink traffic processor for determining whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS, if the requested location update is successful; and
a ranging response processor for generating a ranging response message
including information indicating whether the location update is successful and
information indicating whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS, and
transmitting the ranging response! message to the MS.
[8] The location updating apparatus of claim 7, wherein the ranging response
message includes the information indicating whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length,
Value (TLV) parameter.
[9] The location updating apparatus of claim 8, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is
configured as the following table:

[10] A location updating apparatus of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless com-
munication system, comprising:
a ranging request processor for generating a ranging request message to perform
a location update procedure according to a location update condition in an idle
mode;
a ranging response processor for acquiring location update information from a
ranging response message received from a Base Station (BS) and determining
whether there is downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response
message; and
a network reentry processor for attempting network reentry to the BS being a
preferred BS in order to receive the downlink traffic, if there is downlink traffic
pending for the MS.
[11] The location updating apparatus of claim 10, wherein the location update in-
formation is paging information.
[12] The location updating apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a location
update processor for updating a Paging Listening Interval (PLI) using a new
paging cycle and a new paging offset included in the paging information, and
storing a new paging group ID included in the paging information.
[13] The location updating apparatus of claim 10, wherein the ranging response
message includes information indicating whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length,
Value (TLV) parameter.
[14] The location updating apparatus of claim 13, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is
configured as the following table:

[15] A location updating method in a wireless communication system, comprising:
transmitting, if a location update is required, a ranging request message
requesting location update to a Base Station (BS) by a Mobile Station (MS);
performing a location update procedure, upon receipt of the ranging request by
the BS;
determining whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS after the
location update procedure, generating a ranging response message including in-
formation indicating whether downlink traffic has been generated for the MS,
and transmitting the ranging response message to the MS by the BS; and
determining from the ranging response message whether downlink traffic has
been generated for the MS, and performing network reentry if downlink traffic
has been generated for the MS, by the MS.
[16] The location updating method of claim 15, wherein the ranging response
message includes the information indicating whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length,
Value (TLV) parameter.
[ 17] The location updating method of claim 16, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is
configured as the following table:

[18] A location updating method of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication
system, comprising:
performing a location update procedure, upon receipt of a ranging request
message requesting location u]xiate from a Mobile Station (MS);
determining whether downlink: traffic has been generated for the MS after the
requested location update;
generating a ranging response message including information indicating whether
there is downlink traffic pending for the MS; and
transmitting the ranging response message to the MS.
[19] The location updating method of claim 18, wherein the ranging response
message includes information indicating whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length,
Value (TLV) parameter.
[20] The location updating method of claim 19, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is
configured as the following table:

[21] A location updating method of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless com-
munication system, comprising:
if a location update is required, generating a ranging request message and
transmitting the ranging request message to a Base Station (BS);
upon receipt of a ranging response message from the BS, determining whether
there is downlink traffic pending for the MS from the ranging response message;
and
performing network reentry, if there is downlink traffic pending for the MS.
[22] The location updating method of claim 21, wherein the ranging response
message includes information indicating whether downlink traffic has been
generated for the MS in a Location Update Response (LUR) Type, Length,
Value (TLV) parameter.
[23] The location updating method of claim 22, wherein the LUR TLV parameter is

An apparatus and method for updating the location of an
idle-mode MS in a communication system are provided, in
which the MS transmits a ranging request message
requesting location update to a BS, receives a ranging
response message from the BS, determines from the
ranging response message whether downlink traffic has
been generated for the MS, and performs network reentry
if downlink traffic has been generated for the MS, and
upon receipt of the ranging request message from the
MS, the BS performs a location update procedure,
determines whether downlink traffic has been generated
for the MS, generates the ranging response message
including information indicating whether downlink
traffic has been generated for the MS, and transmits
the ranging response message to the MS.

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Patent Number

271465

Indian Patent Application Number

4562/KOLNP/2008

PG Journal Number

09/2016

Publication Date

26-Feb-2016

Grant Date

23-Feb-2016

Date of Filing

11-Nov-2008

Name of Patentee

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.LTD

Applicant Address

416,MAETAN-DONG, YEONGTONG-GU, SUWON-SI, GYEONGGI-DO

Inventors:

#	Inventor's Name	Inventor's Address
1	PARK, YUN-SANG	#108-1302, HYUNDAI 1CHA I-PARK APT, MANGPO-DONG, YEONGTONG-GU, SUWON-SI, GYEONGGI-DO, 443-770
2	LEE, KANG-GYU	#105-1704, HYUNDAI HOMETOWN, MABUK-RI, GOOSUNG-EUB, YONGIN-SI, GYEONGGI-DO 446-562
3	KIM, SA-JIN	#102-1305, HYUNDAI APT, DOKSAN-DONG, GEUMCHEON-GU, SEOUL 153-758

PCT International Classification Number

H04B 7/26

PCT International Application Number

PCT/KR2007/002630

PCT International Filing date

2007-05-30

PCT Conventions:

#	PCT Application Number	Date of Convention	Priority Country
1	10-2006-0048605	2006-05-30	Republic of Korea