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Mobile station, position management apparatus, subscriber information management apparatus, mobile communication system, access control apparatus, home base station and communication method

AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsMasafumi Aramoto, Hirokazu Naoe

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Abstract

A system includes a subscription storage that stores an APN for identifying a home base station and the service class available for a UE as subscription information, in correspondence with a mobile terminal identifier for identifying UE; a positional information update request receiver for receiving a positional information update request of UE 70 from an MME; and a positional information response transmitter that extracts the available service class included in the positional information update request, from the subscription storage and transmits a positional information update response included with the extracted service class to MME. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a mobile communication system in which, for a plurality of services of a home base station, the owner of a home base station can set the access right for each of the services, and communication data is transferred based on the set access right.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A mobile communication system comprising:

a mobile station apparatus;
a first access control apparatus included in a home network;
a second access control apparatus included in a core network;
a subscriber information management apparatus;
a position management apparatus;
and
an information terminal apparatus included in the home network, wherein
the mobile station apparatus is configured to and/or programmed to transmit a Packet Data Network (PDN) Connectivity Request containing an Access Point Name (APN) to the position management apparatus,
the subscriber information management apparatus is configured to and/or programmed to provide the position management apparatus with subscription data containing information on whether a Local IP Access (LIPA) to connect to the home network is allowed or not for the APN and on whether offload communication without passage of the core network is allowed for the APN or not,
based on a determination, in accordance with the subscription data provided from the subscriber information management apparatus, that the APN transmitted from the mobile station apparatus is allowed for the LIPA, the position management apparatus is configured to and/or programmed to:
select the first access control apparatus as an access control apparatus;
allow to establish a first PDN connection between the mobile station apparatus and the first access control apparatus;
and
transmit an allowance to establish the first PDN connection to the mobile station apparatus,
the mobile station apparatus is configured to and/or programmed to:
receive the allowance to establish the first PDN connection from the position management apparatus;
establish the first PDN connection with the first access control apparatus, in order to perform the LIPA;
and
transmit data to and receive data from the information terminal apparatus, through the first PDN connection, and
the APN transmitted from the mobile station apparatus to the position management apparatus is an APN for which the LIPA to connect to the home network is allowed, and is different from an APN for which the offload communication without passage of the core network is allowed.

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A position management apparatus in a mobile communication system, wherein the mobile communication system includes a mobile station apparatus;

a first access control apparatus included in a home network;
a second access control apparatus included in a core network;
a subscriber information management apparatus;
the position management apparatus;
and an information terminal apparatus included in the home network, the position management apparatus comprising:
based on a determination, in accordance with subscription data which is provided from subscriber information management apparatus and contains information on whether a Local IP Access (LIPA) to connect to the home network is allowed or not for an Access Point Name (APN) and on whether offload communication without passage of the core network is allowed for the APN or not, that the APN provided from the mobile station apparatus is allowed for the LIPA:
a controller circuit is configured and/or programmed to select the first access control apparatus as an access control apparatus and allow to establish a first Packet Data Network (PDN) connection between the mobile station apparatus and the first access control apparatus;
a transmitting circuit is configured and/or programmed to transmit an allowance to establish the first PDN connection to the mobile station apparatus, and
the APN provided from the mobile station apparatus is an APN for which the LIPA to connect to the home network is allowed, and is different from an APN for which the offload communication without passage of the core network is allowed.

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A communication method in a position management apparatus for a mobile communication system, wherein the mobile communication system includes a mobile station apparatus;

a first access control apparatus included in a home network;
a second access control apparatus included in a core network;
a subscriber information management apparatus;
the position management apparatus;
and an information terminal apparatus included in the home network, the communication method comprising:
based on a determination, in accordance with subscription data which is provided from the subscriber information management apparatus and contains information on whether a Local IP Access (LIPA) to connect to the home network is allowed or not for an Access Point Name (APN) and on whether offload communication without passage of the core network is allowed for the APN or not, that the APN provided from the mobile station apparatus is allowed for the LIPA,
selecting the first access control apparatus as an access control apparatus;
allowing to establish a first Packet Data Network (PDN) connection between the mobile station apparatus and the first access control apparatus;
and
transmitting an allowance to establish the first PDN connection to the mobile station, wherein
the APN provided from the mobile station apparatus is an APN for which the LIPA to connect to the home network is allowed, and is different from an APN for which the offload communication without passage of the core network is allowed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/380,345Filed 21 Jun 2010
Priority: JP 2009-14891723 Jun 2009
Published: US 2012/0099578 A126 Apr 2012
Granted: 9 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04W 8/02
Network data management: processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location…
H04W 8/20
Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data: transfer…
H04W 12/088
Access security: using filters or firewalls
H04W 84/105
Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks: pBS [Private Base Station] network