Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting contents in a mobile communication network. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method for receiving the contents of user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system equipped with a local server which is connected to a base station (eNB) and copies partial contents of an external content server and maintains the copied contents, can include: a content determination step of determining whether the selected contents are the contents provided from the local server when a content selection input is received; a request transmission step of transmitting a content transmission request message to the base station (eNB) when the contents are the contents provided from the local server; and a content reception step of receiving the contents from the base station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a congestion control method for a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in a mobile communication system. The method includes: receiving a mobility management request signal from a user equipment (UE) having Packet Data Network (PDN) connections for at least one Access Point Name (APN); checking whether the APN is in a congested state; and rejecting, when a specific APN is in a congested state, the mobility management request.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system configuration and an apparatus for preventing the infringement of user privacy, and for collecting and analyzing information regardless of the service feature and type, while a system providing a context aware service collects and analyzes user information. The present invention discloses a method of configuring and using a context analyzer and a device profile database in order for the system providing the context aware service to collect and analyze information regardless of the service feature and type.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for setting up an UpLink common bearer shared by a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication network is provided. The apparatus includes a Serving GateWay (S-GW) for receiving a group identifier of a UE from a Mobility Management Entity (MME), sending a create bearer request message including the group identifier to a Packet Data Network (PDN) GateWay (P-GW), receiving a create bearer response message including UL common S5 bearer information (UL common S5 info) for a group corresponding to the group identifier from the P-GW, and sending a create bearer response message including UL common S1 bearer information (UL common S1 info) to the MME, and the P-GW for receiving the create bearer request message from the S-GW, and generating and sending the create bearer response message including the UL common S5 info.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling network access of a User Equipment (UE) based on the network's load and time tolerance (delay tolerance) are provided. A network access method for a terminal in a wireless communication system includes sending an access request message containing a time-tolerant indicator at a predefined time, determining, when a reject message is received, a cause value and a hold time contained in the reject message, and re-sending the access request message after the hold time elapses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and a method for managing a cache server in the wireless communication system, the invention includes a step for checking a regional cache server to transmit contents when a DNS (Domain Name System) request a message for receiving contents acquired from a terminal, and a step for transmitting the contents by the cache server according to a contents request message received from the terminal. These steps can prevent the same data from being transmitted several times through a wireless communication network. Therefore, network usage associated with the service is reduced, and the network can be used more efficiently.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system configuration and an apparatus for preventing the infringement of user privacy, and for collecting and analyzing information regardless of the service feature and type, while a system providing a context aware service collects and analyzes user information. The present invention discloses a method of configuring and using a context analyzer and a device profile database in order for the system providing the context aware service to collect and analyze information regardless of the service feature and type.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, the invention discovers an address of a LGW, which can be sued in HeNB, determines whether session continuity is supported or not when a terminal using the LGW is moved to another HeNB in a network wherein a structure supporting Session Continuity and a structure not supporting Session Continuity are mixed, and processes active mode mobility and idle mode mobility based on the same. To this end, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting the LGW and HeNB ID association information through DNS and S1AP, and a method for processing idle mode mobility and active mode mobility by using LGW information and HeNB ID association information in MME.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided in a first radio access technology (RAT). Mobility history information is generated including information on a time duration while in a second RAT. It is identified whether the terminal is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected mode. The mobility history information is transmitted to a base station if the terminal is in the RRC connected mode.

Abstract: A method and system for transmitting a message to a terminal is provided, and the method for transmitting a message in a message transmission system including an Inter-Working Function (IWF) identified by a Representative Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number (R-MSISDN) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes transmitting, at transmission side, a message including the R-MSISDN and an address of a recipient terminal to the IWF; extracting, at the IWF, the address of the recipient terminal from the message; acquiring, at the IWF, routing information using the address of the recipient terminal; rebuilding, at the IWF, the message using the routing information; and transmitting, at the IWF, the rebuilt message to the recipient terminal based on the routing information. The method according to an embodiment of the present invention is advantageous to transmit a message in case where the recipient routing information is not provided.

Abstract: A method and system for generating an allowed list based on regions for a wireless terminal are disclosed. The method generates an allowed list based on regions to control network access of a stationary wireless terminal, and includes: sending, by the wireless terminal, an attach request to a network; creating, by the network, an allowed list that contains information on regions in which the wireless terminal is permitted to access the network; and controlling, by the network, network access of the wireless terminal on the basis of the allowed list. Hence, the allowed list, which stores information regarding regions in which the MTC terminal 110 is permitted to access the network, may be dynamically created by the terminal or the MME.

Abstract: A method and a device for managing resources of a base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: calculating an average resource use of serving resources, which are used as downlinks from a serving base station to a plurality of communication terminals; selecting one of the communication terminals, which has a maximum interference from a neighbor base station, if the calculated average resource use exceeds a preset threshold; and making a reservation for at least one of neighbor resources used as downlinks from the neighbor base station, the at least one neighbor resource corresponding to the serving resource for the selected communication terminal, so that the neighbor base station may decrease transmission power in the at least one neighbor resource.

Abstract: A wireless communication system for performing a handover to a femto base station is provided. The system includes user equipment, a femto subscriber information storage, a core network entity or a macro base station or a serving base station. The femto subscriber information storage stores a list of femto base stations that allows the access of user equipment, i.e., an accessible list. The core network entity or the macro base station receives and stores the accessible list. When any of the user equipment requests a handover toward a femto base station as a target base station, and the target base station is included in the accessible list stored, the core network entity or the macro base station requests a handover toward the target base station. A method for performing a handover to the core network entity and the macro base station is also provided.

Abstract: A handover method and apparatus for facilitating a handover of a user equipment to a femto cell in a wireless communication system supporting both the femto and macro cells. When a handover condition is detected, the user equipment acquires identity information of a target femto cell base station from system information transmitted by the target femto cell base station, decides whether to handover to the target femto cell base station, based on the identity information; and transmits a measurement report message including the identity information to a serving base station of the user equipment, when the handover is to be made.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).

Abstract: A method is provided that creates signaling climate data records (CDR) via and a mobile communication system on a network, in order to charge signaling messages sent by user equipment (UE). The invention proposes two embodiments of the method for creating signaling CDR where an MME which has received signaling messages from UE notifies a PGW with a signaling CDR creation function of the message reception, and the PGW creates the signaling CDR. The MME can charge for the signaling message transmitted from the UE, without the additional components.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling transmission power of the base station in a wireless communication system and includes calculating signal-to-noise ratio of a target component carrier and recovering the signal-to-noise ratio to be equal to or greater than a threshold by increasing a transmission power to a predetermined level and requesting, when the signal-to-noise ratio is less than a predetermined threshold, a neighbor base station to decrease the transmission power. According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the inter-cell interference and improve channel utilization efficiency, resulting in improvement of the throughput of the wireless communication system.