US 2016/0112863 A1 · MOBILE STATION, POSITION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

Abstract

A system includes a subscription storage that stores a group identifier for identifying a home base station 60 and the service available for a UE 70 as subscription information, in correspondence with a mobile terminal identifier for identifying UE 70; a positional information update request receiver for receiving a positional information update request of UE 70 from an MME 40; and a positional information response transmitter that extracts the available service corresponding to the mobile terminal included in the positional information update request, from the subscription storage and transmits a positional information update response included with the extracted service to MME 40. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a mobile communication system or the like in which, for a plurality of services provided through local IP access functionality of a home base station, the owner of a home base station or the mobile network operator can designate the access right for each of the services, and forwarding of communication data and communication path selection can be done based on the designated access right.

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Dependent claims

A base station in a mobile communication system, wherein the mobile communication system is configured to include the base station;

a subscriber information management apparatus;
a position management apparatus;
an access control apparatus;
and a mobile station, the base station comprising:
a receiving circuitry configured to receive an attach procedure from a mobile station;
and
a transmitting circuitry configured to receive the attach procedure from the mobile station and transmit a signal regarding the attach procedure to a position management apparatus,
wherein
when the mobile station is allowed a local IP access (LIPA) to connect to a network to which the base station connects without passing through a core network,
the receiving circuitry receives an attachment acceptance including at least a service class from the position management apparatus, and
the base station performs, by using the local IP access, a data reception and transmission with between the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network.

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A mobile communication system comprising:

a base station;
a subscriber information management apparatus;
a position management apparatus;
an access control apparatus;
and
a mobile station,
wherein
the base station is comprised of:
a receiving circuitry configured to receive an attach procedure from the mobile station;
and
a transmitting circuitry configured to receive the attach procedure from the mobile station and transmit a signal regarding the attach procedure to the position management apparatus,
wherein
when the mobile station is allowed a local IP access (LIPA) to connect to a network to which the base station connects without passing through a core network,
the receiving circuitry receives an attachment acceptance including at least a service class from the position management apparatus, and
the base station performs, by using the local IP access, a data reception and transmission with between the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network,
the mobile station is comprised of:
a transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the attach procedure to the base station;
and
a receiving circuitry configured to receive the attachment acceptance from the base station,
wherein
when the mobile station is allowed the local IP access (LIPA) to connect to the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network,
the mobile station performs, by using the local IP access, a data reception and transmission with between the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network,
the position management apparatus is comprised of:
a receiving circuitry configured to receive the signal regarding the attach procedure including first information corresponding to the local IP access (LIPA) to connect to the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network;
and
a transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the attachment acceptance along with the service class, wherein
the position management apparatus is configured to store or obtain third information indicating whether or not the local IP access to connect only to the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network, is allowed,
the position management apparatus is configured to confirm permission, based on the first information and the third information, whether or not the local IP access to connect to the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network is allowed,
the service class is the information indicating the permission that enables the local IP access to connect only to the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network in case that the position management apparatus confirm permission that the local IP access to connect to the network to which the base station connects without passing through the core network is allowed,
the first information is at least used for the mobile station to request an establishment of a connectivity corresponding to the local IP access.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile station, position management apparatus, mobile communication system and communication method

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Mobile station, position management apparatus, mobile communication system and communication method

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