Emergency packet data service
First Claim
Patent Images
1. In a network support infrastructure that receives packet data from mobile terminals, a method for processing packet data, comprising:
- receiving a packet channel request message comprising an emergency indication from a mobile terminal;
transmitting a packet uplink assignment message to the mobile terminal;
receiving the packet data via an uplink of a packet data channel;
determining a destination address for the packet data, the destination address identifying an emergency service entity; and
forwarding the packet data to the emergency service entity identified by the destination address.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems and methods for completing emergency packet transactions enable a mobile terminal user to originate a packet data transaction that will be treated with emergency priority. The packet data network infrastructure receives the packet data and an emergency indication, determines a destination address for the packet data and transmits the packet data to an emergency service entity. The emergency service entity may then respond to the mobile terminal user.
-
Citations
30 Claims
-
1. In a network support infrastructure that receives packet data from mobile terminals, a method for processing packet data, comprising:
-
receiving a packet channel request message comprising an emergency indication from a mobile terminal;
transmitting a packet uplink assignment message to the mobile terminal;
receiving the packet data via an uplink of a packet data channel;
determining a destination address for the packet data, the destination address identifying an emergency service entity; and
forwarding the packet data to the emergency service entity identified by the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-
-
7. A system for receiving and forwarding emergency packet data, comprising:
-
a base station that;
receives a packet channel request message comprising an emergency indication from a mobile terminal, and transmits an uplink assignment message to the mobile terminal;
a first node that;
receives the emergency packet data via an uplink of a packet data channel, and forwards the emergency packet data and the emergency indication; and
a second node that;
receives the emergency packet data and the emergency indication from the first node, determines a destination address for the emergency packet data, the destination address identifying an emergency service entity, and forwards the emergency packet data to the emergency service entity identified by the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29)
-
-
14. A mobile terminal, comprising:
-
a transmit device that transmits a packet channel request message comprising an emergency indication;
a receive device that receives a packet uplink assignment that assigns at least one radio block on an uplink of a packet data channel to the mobile terminal; and
processing logic that forwards emergency packet data to the transmit device, wherein the transmit device transmits the emergency packet data using logical link control layer protocol data units.
-
-
17. A system for receiving and forwarding packet data, comprising:
-
a base station that that receives an emergency packet channel request message from a mobile terminal and transmits an uplink assignment message to the mobile terminal;
a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN) that receives packet data via an uplink of a packet data channel and forwards a payload portion of the packet data and an emergency indication; and
a GGSN that receives the payload portion of the packet data and the emergency indication from the SGSN, determines a destination address for the packet data, the destination address identifying an emergency service entity, and forwards the packet data to the emergency service entity identified by the destination address.
-
-
25. In a network comprising a mobile terminal, a base station, at least two network support nodes and at least one emergency service entity, a method for processing an emergency packet transaction, comprising:
-
transmitting a packet channel request message comprising an emergency indication from the mobile terminal to the base station;
transmitting a packet uplink assignment message from the base station to the mobile terminal in response to receiving the packet channel request message;
transmitting packet data on an uplink of a packet data channel;
receiving the packet data at a first network support node;
determining whether the packet data relates to an emergency message;
forwarding the packet data and the emergency indication to a second network support node, when the packet data relates to the emergency message;
determining a destination address for the packet data, the destination address identifying an emergency service entity; and
transmitting the packet data to the emergency service entity identified by the destination address.
-
-
27. A system, comprising:
-
a mobile terminal that transmits packet data and an emergency indication relating to the packet data;
a first node that receives the packet data and the emergency indication and forwards the packet data and the emergency indication; and
a second node that receives the packet data and the emergency indication from the first node, determines a destination address for the packet data, the destination address identifying an emergency service entity and forwards the packet data to the emergency service entity identified by the destination address.
-
-
28. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause said processor to perform a method for processing packet data comprising:
-
receiving a packet channel request message comprising an emergency indication from a mobile terminal;
transmitting an uplink assignment message to the mobile terminal;
receiving packet data and the emergency indication;
accessing a database comprising a plurality of destination addresses associated with a plurality of emergency service entities;
selecting a destination address for the packet data from the database; and
forwarding the packet data and the emergency indication to the emergency service entity identified by the destination address.
-
-
30. A network device for receiving and forwarding packet data comprising:
-
a memory for storing instructions for processing emergency packet data; and
a processing device that receives an emergency packet channel request message from a mobile terminal, transmits an uplink assignment message to the mobile terminal, receives emergency packet data via an uplink of a packet data channel, determines a destination address for the emergency packet data, where the destination address identifies an emergency service entity, and forwards the emergency packet data to the emergency service entity.
-
Specification