Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080207170 | Femtocell Integration into the Macro Network - Some embodiments of the invention provide a communication system that includes a first communication network, a second communication network, and a core network. The second communication network includes a network controller and a group of two or more access areas that are communicatively coupled to the core network by the network controller. Some embodiments service the second network access areas by providing access area identifiers to each access area while communicating with the first network or core network using a single are identifier assigned to the network controller. Some embodiments provide access control by sending a series of invalid messages to a user equipment (UE) that is not authorized to access services of the second network to reject the UE. Some embodiments reject the UE by sending a message to ban a UE from an access area with a particular access area identifier. | 08-28-2008 |
20080261596 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing Transport Channels for a Femtocell - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system that includes a Femtocell access point (FAP) and a network controller that can communicatively couple the FAP to the first wireless communication system. In some embodiments, the network controller can communicatively couple to the first wireless communication system through a UTRAN Iu interface. Some embodiments provide a resource management method that determines that a user equipment (UE) has roved in a region serviced by the FAP. The FAP includes a generic access resource control (GA-RC) protocol sub-layer. The method creates a separate GA-RC state dedicated to the UE in the GA-RC protocol sub-layer. The method also sets the GA-RC state dedicated to the UE to a deregistered state to indicate that the UE is not registered to use the services of the second wireless communication system. | 10-23-2008 |
20080305792 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Network Based Service Access Control for Femtocells - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system that includes a Femtocell access point (FAP) and a network controller that can communicatively couple the FAP to the first wireless communication system. In some embodiments, the network controller can communicatively couple to the first wireless communication system through a UTRAN Iu interface. Some embodiments provide a resource management method that determines that a user equipment (UE) has roved in a region serviced by the FAP. The FAP includes a generic access resource control (GA-RC) protocol sub-layer. The method creates a separate GA-RC state dedicated to the UE in the GA-RC protocol sub-layer. The method also sets the GA-RC state dedicated to the UE to a deregistered state to indicate that the UE is not registered to use the services of the second wireless communication system. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305793 | Method and Apparatus for Exchanging User Equipment and Network Controller Capabilities in a Communication System - Some embodiments provide a method of registering a user equipment (UE) in a communication system that includes a licensed wireless communication system and a generic access network (GAN) that has a generic access network controller (GANC). The method sends a register request message from the UE to the GANC that indicates a GAN mode capability of A/Gb only for the UE. When the GANC has a GAN mode capability of A/Gb, the GANC registers the UE with the GAN. When the GANC has a GAN mode capability of Iu only, the GANC rejects the register request message. When the GANC has a GAN mode capability of both A/Gb and Iu, the GANC registers the UE based on a set of GANC mode selection rules that the GANC applies for registering UEs with the GAN. | 12-11-2008 |
20090059848 | Method and System for Supporting Large Number of Data Paths in an Integrated Communication System - Some embodiments provide a method and system for supporting a large set of data paths in a first communication network through a smaller set of data paths over which data services of a core network are accessed. Some embodiments provide such functionality by mapping identifiers associated with the larger set of data paths to a smaller set of proxy identifiers associated with the smaller set of data paths. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061877 | Generic Access to the Iu Interface - Some embodiments provide a method and technique for explicitly indicating the start of a communication session within an Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) network or Generic Access Network (GAN). To facilitate the explicit indication of the start of the communication session, some embodiments replace the first DIRECT TRANSFER message exchanged between a user equipment (UE) and network controller of the UMA network or GAN with a new message, the GA-RRC INITIAL DIRECT TRANSFER message. Some embodiments also provide a method and technique to activate a communication channel prior to performing handover from a first licensed wireless communication network to the UMA network or GAN. In this manner, some embodiments perform a more efficient and seamless handover from the licensed wireless network as the delay resulting from the handover is minimized by performing the channel activation procedure prior to the handover. | 03-05-2009 |
20090262682 | Method and Apparatus for Transport of RANAP Messages over the Iuh Interface in a Home Node B System - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method covers communication from the user equipment to an access point or from the core network to a network controller. The method sends of a radio access network application part (RANAP) message by identifying the RANAP message with a first header and encapsulating that message with a second header. The method passes the encapsulated message to its destination using information from the second header. | 10-22-2009 |
20090262683 | Method and Apparatus for Setup and Release of User Equipment Context Identifiers in a Home Node B System - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method covers the sending of a registration request for a user equipment from an access point to the network controller and receiving a registration accept response with a unique identifier for the user equipment allocated by the network controller. | 10-22-2009 |
20090262684 | Method and Apparatus for Home Node B Registration using HNBAP - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method sends a registration request from an access point to a network controller with location information and an identifier for the access point. The method receives at the access point a response when the access point is permitted to access the services of the network controller. | 10-22-2009 |
20090262702 | Method and Apparatus for Direct Transfer of RANAP Messages in a Home Node B System - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method establishes a communication through a Radio Access Network Application Part (RANAP) message from an access point to the network controller to explicitly indicate the start of a communication session. The method then passes a set of direct transfer messages, comprised in part of the RANAP message, to the core network. | 10-22-2009 |
20090262703 | Method and Apparatus for Encapsulation of RANAP Messages in a Home Node B System - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method creates a data structure comprised of a header with a core network domain identity and a context identifier, and payload data which contains the RANAP message. | 10-22-2009 |
20090262704 | Method and Apparatus for Establishment of Asynchronous Transfer Mode Based Bearer Connection between a Network Controller and Core Network - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method establishes, at a network controller, a bearer connection between an access point and the core network indicating an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) based bearer connection. The method also establishes an internet protocol (IP) based bearer connection. The method also establishes a user plane between the access point and the core network and routes user plane data to the core network through the ATM based bearer connection. | 10-22-2009 |
20090264095 | Method and Apparatus for Routing of Emergency Services for Unauthorized User Equipment in a Home Node B System - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method enables an unauthorized user equipment to call from an access point it is not allowed to use for emergency purposes. The method receives at an access point a service request from an unauthorized user equipment with an establishment cause of emergency call. The method sends a registration request to the network controller. The method sends a message to the core network indicating the location of the user equipment. | 10-22-2009 |
20090264126 | Method and Apparatus for Support of Closed Subscriber Group Services in a Home Node B System - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. Some embodiments provides a method of user equipment registration with a closed subscriber group (CSG) where a network controller receives a registration request for a UE from an access point including an initial non-access stratum (NAS) message from the user equipment and a CSG identifier (CSG-ID). The network controller forwards the NAS and CSG-ID the core network. The method receives, at the network controller, a permanent identifier from the core network and completing registration. The method uses the permanent identity of the UE to complete the ULE registration. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265542 | Home Node B System Architecture - Some embodiments provide methods and systems for integrating a first communication system with a core network of a second communication system that has a licensed wireless radio access network. The first communication system includes one or more user hosted access points that operate using short range licensed wireless frequencies in order to establish service regions of the first communication system and a network controller for communicatively coupling the service regions to the core network. The first communication system includes a Home Node-B (HNB) system where the access points are Home Node-Bs and the network controller is a HNB Gateway (HNB-GW). Some embodiments define multi-layered protocol stacks for implementing management functionality and control plane functionality for the access points and the network controller. The HNB is connected to the HNB-GW via the Iuh interface. The Iuh management functionality is provided via a HNBAP protocol layer and control plane functionality, such as relay of RANAP, is provided via a RUA protocol layer. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265543 | Home Node B System Architecture with Support for RANAP User Adaptation Protocol - Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first communication system comprised of a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, and a second communication system comprising a plurality of user hosted access points and a network controller. In some embodiments, each access point operates using short range licensed wireless frequencies to establish a service region. In some embodiments, the network controller communicatively couples the core network to the plurality of access points. The method uses three sets of protocol layers: a security layer, a transport layer, and a layer for transferring Radio Access Network Application Part (RANAP) messages, to communicate between the network controller and one of the access points. The method also uses the Iuh interface for the transport of messages across the three sets of protocol layers. | 10-22-2009 |
20100040023 | Method and Apparatus for Inter Home Node B Handover in a Home Node B Group - A method of handing over in a communication system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The method receives a relocation required message when a first access point determines to handover the UE to a second access point. The UE has at least one ongoing session with the core network through the first access point, the relocation required message includes a domain identifier for the session. The method sends a relocation request message including the domain identifier to the second access point. The method sends a relocation command message to the first access point for sending to the UE to handover from the first access point to the second access point. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041387 | Method and Apparatus for Inter Home Node B Cell Update Handling - A method of cell updating system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The UE has one or more active sessions on a first access point. There is no dedicated radio channel between the ULE and the first access point. The method receives a cell update message from the UE. The method sends a cell update request message from the second access point to the network controller. The cell update request message is for sending from the network controller to the first access point to request information for handling the cell update message received by the second access point. The method receives a cell update response message from the network controller. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041402 | Method and Apparatus for Distributing Temporary ID/Permanent ID Relationships in Enterprise Home Node B System - A method of distributing user equipment identifiers in a communication system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The method sends a temporary identifier of the UE that is allocated by the core network to a first access point. The UE is registered on the first access point. The method receives a register update message from the first access point. The register update message includes a permanent identifier of the UE, a previous temporary identifier of the UE, and the temporary identifier. The method sends a register update message from the network controller to a second access point to cause the second access point to update the previous temporary identifier with the temporary identifier. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041403 | Method and Apparatus for Management of UTRAN Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (U-RNTIs) over the Iuh Interface - A method of managing user equipment (UE) identifiers in a communication system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The method receives a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message from the UE. The method allocates a first identifier to the UE. The method sends an RRC connection setup message that includes the first identifier from the access point to the UE. The method sends a connection management services request message and the first identifier. The network controller determines the first identifier is in use. The method sends a mobility info message that includes a second identifier which is different than the first identifier from the access point to the UE. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER HOME NODE B HANDOVER IN A HOME NODE B GROUP - A method of handing over in a communication system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The method determines, by a first access point, to handover the UE to a second access point. The UE has at least one ongoing session with the core network through the first access point. The method sends a relocation required message to the network controller. The relocation required message includes a domain identifier for said message. The method receives a relocation request message from the network controller. The method receives a relocation command message from the network controller for causing the UE to handover from the first access point to the second access point. | 02-18-2010 |