Method of communicating signals in a mobile communication system

Abstract

A method of signalling in a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method of processing control information associates with handover in a mobile communication system is disclosed. In a radio (UE) user equipment receiving a service from a radio network including a plurality of base stations (E-NODE B), a control node (E-RNC) performing a control operation above the base stations and a processing node (SG 5 N) processing a user traffic above the base stations, the present invention includes the steps of transmitting a request message making a request for a specific service provided by a first base station to a second base station, the request message including control information indicating data to be received by the radio user equipment and receiving the data corresponding to the control information from the second base station.

1. A method of communicating signals in a mobile communication system having a first base station, a second base station, and a base station controlling node controlling the first base station and the second base station, the method comprising:
 transmitting, from the mobile station to one of the first base station and the second base station, a first control message including a sequence number indicating at least one data unit to be received from one of the first base station and the second base station or to be transmitted from the mobile station to one of the first base station and the second base station, wherein the first base station and the second base station exchange information without being controlled by the base station controlling node; and 
 communicating the at least one data unit indicated by the sequence number with one of the first base station and the second base station. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of transmitting is performed when the mobile station executes a handover operation. 
     
     
       3. The method  claim 1 , wherein the first base station is a source base station and the second base station is a target base station. 
     
     
       4. The method  claim 3 , wherein the first control message is transmitted to the target base station. 
     
     
       5. The method  claim 3 , further comprising:
 transmitting a second control message indicating a suspension of data transmission from the mobile station to the source base station. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the base station controlling node is an access gateway. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the base station controlling node comprises a first entity and a second entity, wherein the first entity controls user traffic and the second entity controls mobility management. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the first entity is a user plane entity (UPE) and the second entity is a mobility management entity (MME). 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the base stations comprises a medium access control (MAC) layer. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9 , wherein each of the base stations further comprises a radio link control (RLC) layer. 
     
     
       11. A method of communicating signals in a mobile communication system having a first base station, a second base station, and a base station controlling node controlling the first base station and the second base station, the method comprising:
 receiving at the first base station a first control message from a mobile station including a sequence number indicating at least one data unit to be transmitted to the mobile station or to be received from the mobile station, wherein the first base station and the second base station exchange information without being controlled by the base station controlling node; and 
 communicating the at least one data unit indicated by the sequence number with the mobile station. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the step of receiving is performed when the mobile station executes a handover operation. 
     
     
       13. The method  claim 11 , wherein the first base station is a target base station and the second base station is a source base station. 
     
     
       14. The method  claim 13 , wherein a second control message indicating a suspension of data transmission from the mobile station is transmitted to the source base station. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the base station controlling node is an access gateway. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the base station controlling node comprises a first entity and a second entity, wherein the first entity controls user traffic and the second entity controls mobility management. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 16 , wherein the first entity is a user plane entity (UPE) and the second entity is a mobility management entity (MME). 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 11 , wherein each of the base stations comprises a medium access control (MAC) layer. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18 , wherein each of the base stations further comprises a radio link control (RLC) layer. 
     
     
       20. A method of communicating signals in a mobile communication system having a first base station, a second base station, and a base station controlling node controlling the first base station and the second base station, the method comprising:
 receiving, from the mobile station at the first base station, a first control message including a sequence number indicating at least one data unit to be transmitted or to be received from the mobile station, wherein the first base station and the second base station exchange information without being controlled by the base station controlling node; and 
 transmitting a second control message including the sequence number to the second base station.