Method and apparatus for supporting multiple mobile address schemes using object-oriented programming techniques

• US 20030210675A1
• Filed: 06/12/2003
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Hom, David Chu, Chandnani, Vishal Sham
• Granted Patent: US 7,103,355 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/340
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/10 of different types
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A method and apparatus are disclosed that support multiple mobile address types using object-oriented programming techniques. A mobile address object class supports the creation of mobile address objects. The mobile address object class includes the test-and-branch code that supports each mobile address type. A CPA Mobile Address class allows mobile address information to be stored in CPAMA objects in a uniform manner. The CPA Mobile Address class provides the address retrieval functionality to map the stored mobile address information to a suitable format. The CPAMA class provides a set of constructors to create and initialize its data members using an appropriate format, such as an access channel format or an ANSI International Mobile Station Identifier format, and a set of destructors to de-initialize objects before they are destroyed. The address information can be extracted from a CPAMA object using a set of member functions. Member functions to test equality and to assign one mobile address object to another are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising the steps of:

defining a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner; and

providing a set of constructors to create new instances of a mobile address object class that allow said plurality of mobile address types to be mapped to a different mobile address type in one of a plurality of formats.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of said constructors stores said mobile address information as an access mobile address.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein one of said constructors stores said mobile address information in an ANSI IMSI format.

4. A method for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising the steps of:

defining a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner; and

providing a set of member functions associated with said mobile address object class that allow mobile address information to be retrieved from mobile address objects in said mobile address object class in a desired format wherein a mobile address is mapped to a different mobile address type.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information in an access channel mobile address format.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information in a min1/min2/esn format.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information as an ANSI-formatted IMSI address.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information indicating an access channel address type.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information indicating a paging channel address type.

10. A method for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising:

providing a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner, wherein said mobile address object class provides a set of class constructors that allow said mobile address information to be stored in an instance of a mobile address object in one of a plurality of formats wherein a mobile address is mapped to a different mobile address type.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein one of said constructors stores said mobile address information as an access mobile address.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein one of said constructors stores said mobile address information in an ANSI IMSI format.

13. A method for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising:

providing a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner, wherein said mobile address object class provides a set of member functions that allow mobile address information to be retrieved from mobile address objects in a desired format wherein a mobile address is mapped to a different mobile address type.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information in an access channel mobile address format.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information in a min1/min2/esn format.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information as an ANSI-formatted IMSI address.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information indicating an access channel address type.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein one of said member functions retrieves mobile address information indicating a paging channel address type.

19. A system for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising:

a memory for storing computer readable code; and

a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to;

provide a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner, wherein said mobile address object class provides a set of class constructors that allow said mobile address information to be stored in an instance of a mobile address object in one of a plurality of formats and wherein a mobile address is mapped to a different mobile address type.

20. A system for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising:

a memory for storing computer readable code; and

a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to;

provide a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner, wherein said mobile address object class provides a set of member functions that allow mobile address information to be retrieved from mobile address objects in a desired format and wherein a mobile address is mapped to a different mobile address type.

21. A method for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising the steps of:

defining a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner; and

storing said mobile address information in a mobile address object in one of a plurality of formats using an appropriate constructor to create new instances of a mobile address object class wherein a mobile address is mapped to a different mobile address type.

22. A method for supporting a plurality of mobile address types in a wireless communication network, comprising the steps of:

defining a mobile address object class that allows said plurality of mobile address types to be processed in a uniform manner; and

retrieving mobile address information in a desired format from mobile address objects in said mobile address object class using a set of member functions associated with said mobile address object class wherein said mobile address is mapped to a different mobile address type.