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Timestamp: 2019-11-16 00:34:56
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 60', 'Application No. 11191661', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 096139408', 'Application No. 096139408', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2009128694', 'Application No. 22009128694', 'Application No. 096139408', 'Application No. 096139408']

US9609689B2 - Method and apparatus for self configuration of LTE e-Node Bs - Google Patents
US9609689B2
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2015-01-21 Priority to US14/601,332 priority patent/US9320066B2/en
2016-03-14 Application filed by InterDigital Technology Corp filed Critical InterDigital Technology Corp
2016-03-14 Priority to US15/068,991 priority patent/US9609689B2/en
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2017-03-28 Publication of US9609689B2 publication Critical patent/US9609689B2/en
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/601,332, filed on Jan. 21, 2015, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/875,693, filed on Oct. 19, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,977,839, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional Application No. 60/862,341, filed on Oct. 20, 2006, the contents of each are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth.
Accordingly, a method and apparatus for self configuring LTE evolved Node-Bs (eNBs) are desired.
A method and apparatus are disclosed for a self configuring eNB/UTRAN. The eNB/E-UTRAN interacts with the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in order to complete the mutual authentication task between the eNB and the EPC, and other operating procedures in the eNB self configuration phase.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example eNB;
An eNB is disclosed that is linked directly with the EPC and among other eNBs and performs the radio access network functionality for E-UTRAN. An example LTE system 20 including the disclosed self configuring eNB is illustrated in FIG. 2. LTE system 20 comprises an EPC network 80 and a radio access network (RAN) operator 100. RAN operator 100 comprises one or more eNBs 30 (i.e., 30 a, 30 b and 30 c).
FIG. 3 is an example of a functional block diagram of an eNB 30. In addition to components included in a typical transceiver, eNB 30 includes a processor 125, configured to perform self configuration, as disclosed below. The eNB further includes a receiver 126 in communication with the processor 125, a transmitter 127 in communication with the processor 125, and an antenna 128 in communication with the receiver 126 and the transmitter 127 to facilitate the transmission and reception of wireless data.
If the IP address (or a fully qualified domain name or URL) of the primary operator's serving aGW (for initialization) is pre-configured to the eNB (maybe together with all other aGWs), then in another disclosed method of eNB authentication self configuring eNB 30 may rely on the underlying IP network to connect the serving aGW given only the destination IP address.
FIG. 4 illustrates an example signal diagram of a disclosed eNB method for primary operator serving aGW resolution and IP address requisition. Once eNB 30 has obtained its eNB-ID, PLMN-ID and the like, self configuring eNB 30 broadcasts to all connecting aGW interfaces, or sends to each aGW, 70 a 1, 70 a 2, (Primary Operator 80 a) 70 b 1, 70 b 2, (Non-primary Operator 80 b) a “Serving aGW Resolution Request” message 400 with encoded (encoding with a shared-secret-key to prevent general identity steal by wire mapping) eNB-Id and PLMN-Id, for example. Other eNB credentials may also be used for encoding the request, including a request type (Req_Type) of one from <Initial deployment, eNB restart, eNB relocation> to identify the respective eNB self configuration scenarios.
Alternatively, an eNB location identity (generated by fresh global positioning system (GPS) measurement of longitude, latitude, and/or altitude and converted to a single eNB-location-Id and normalized) may also be included in the “Serving aGW Resolution Request” message to disclose the geographical location of eNB 30 at initial deployment or at eNB relocation to prevent the possible fraud of eNB impersonation.
As self configuring eNB 30 a has received serving aGW's 70 a 1 positive response and its IP address derived, eNB 30 a then activates the IPsec security setup with a Security Association and “Internet Key Exchange Protocol” procedures to the underlying IP layer to enable the secure link between eNB 30 a and the serving aGW 70.
eNB 30 a then computes an expected medium access control (MAC) (XMAC) and a Response (RES), checks the computed XMAC against a MAC, and sends the computed RES included in an E-NB Auth Response signal 604 to Serving aGW 70 a 1. Serving aGW 70 a 1 checks the RES and sends an authentication complete signal, e-NB Auth Complete 606, to eNB 30 a and AuC 610 if RES is correct. Successful authentication completes with the authentication complete message. Authentication preferably fails if either one of the two checks fails, i.e., MAC or RES.
Referring to FIG. 8, self configuring eNB 30 a sends an E-UTRAN Parameter Request 800 to serving aGW 70 a 1 including the identities of the respective EPC/aGW and the identities of the eNB-Ids, for whom the interacting policies, and operating parameters are requested. Serving aGW 70 a 1 responds by sending an E-UTRAN Parameter Response signal 801 including the operating parameters for the respective aGWs and eNBs requested. Example categories of operating parameters may include the following:
1. A method for self-configuring an evolved Node B (eNB) comprising:
sending, from the eNB, a first message to establish a connection to a first node;
receiving by the eNB from the first node, a second message including parameters associated with a second node;
establishing, by the eNB, a connection with the second node using the parameters included in the second message;
sending, by the eNB to the second node, a third message including location information of the eNB; and
on condition that the eNB is verified using the location information, receiving, by the eNB, one or more operating parameters associated with one or more neighboring cells via the connection with the second node.
handing over, by the eNB to a neighboring eNB, a WRTU using the received operating parameters associated with the one or more neighboring cells that was received via the connection with the second node.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the received operating parameters include any of: (1) tracking area information, (2) cell operating frequency information; or (3) cell bandwidth information.
a processor, in communication with the transmit/receiver unit, and configured to establish a connection with the second node using the parameters included in the second message,
on condition that the eNB is verified using the location information, receive one or more operating parameters associated with one or more neighboring cells via the connection with the second node.
5. The eNB of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to handover to a neighboring eNB, a WRTU using the received operating parameters associated with the one or more neighboring cells that was received via the connection with the second node.
6. The eNB of claim 4, wherein the operating parameters include any of: (1) tracking area information, (2) cell operating frequency information; or (3) cell bandwidth information.
7. A method for self-configuring an evolved Node B (eNB) comprising:
receiving by the eNB from the first node, a second message including one or more parameter associated with a second node to establish another connection with the second node;
send, to the second node, a third message including location information of the eNB;
on condition that the eNB is verified using the location information, receiving, by the eNB, an operating parameter associated with a neighboring cell via the other connection with the second node; and
performing, by the eNB, a handover to handover a WTRU to a neighboring eNB based on the operating parameter that is associated with the neighboring cell of the neighboring eNB and that was received via the other connection with the second node.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the received operating parameter is one or a plurality of operating parameters and includes any of: (1) tracking area information, (2) cell operating frequency information; or (3) cell bandwidth information.
send a first message to establish a connection to a first node,
receive from the first node a second message including one or more parameters associated with a second node to establish another connection with the second node,
on condition that the eNB is verified using the location information, receive an operating parameter associated with a neighboring cell via the other connection with the second node; and
a processor, in communication with the transmit/receiver unit, and configured to perform a handover to handover a WTRU to a neighboring eNB based on the operating parameter that is associated with the neighboring cell of the neighboring eNB and that was received via the other connection with the second node.
10. The eNB of claim 9, wherein the received operating parameter is one or a plurality of operating parameters and includes any of: (1) tracking area information, (2) cell operating frequency information; or (3) cell bandwidth information.
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