Interoperable voice and data wireless network

• US 20040209615A1
• Filed: 04/17/2003
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Piper, Richard, Lamb, James A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,383,042 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/12 Inter-network notification

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless architecture having a mobile device, a voice network, a data network, and a home location register (HLR). The HLR is operably connected to the voice network and the data network. The HLR is operable to initiate a message to the mobile device, via the data network, that a voice session is waiting to be transmitted to the mobile device via the voice network.

Claims

1. A wireless system, comprising:

a voice network;

a data network;

a home location register (HLR) in communication with the voice network and the data network; and

wherein the HLR is operable to initiate a message to a mobile device, via the data network, that a voice session is waiting to be transmitted to the mobile device via the voice network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein a mobile device includes a handheld multifunction device capable of one network connection at a time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the HLR includes an HLR/authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA) database capable of registering subscriber information for both a voice network and a data network.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein a mobile device is registered in both the voice network and the data network simultaneously.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the voice network includes a code division multiple access (CDMA) radio access interface.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data network includes an 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN).

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data network includes a Bluetooth radio access interface.

8. A wireless architecture, comprising:

a mobile device operable to receive voice information via a voice network and data information via a data network; and

a home location register/authentication, authorization, accounting (HLR/AAA) database operably coupled to both the voice network and the data network.

9. The wireless architecture of claim 8, wherein the voice network includes a base station, in communication with a serving mobile switching center (MSC) connected by a signaling system to a signal transfer point, the signal transfer point connected by the signaling system to the HLR/AAA and a gateway MSC having a connection to a telephone network.

10. The wireless architecture of claim 8, wherein the data network includes a data network having an access point connected to an access point controller (APC) via an Internet Protocol link (IP), the APC connected to an Internet connection, and the Internet connection provisioned by an Internet service provider (ISP) of the mobile device.

11. The wireless architecture of claim 8, wherein the HLR/AAA includes an HLR/AAA operable to initiate a message to the mobile device, via the data network, indicating that a voice session is waiting to be terminated to the mobile device via the voice network.

12. The wireless architecture of claim 8, wherein the voice network includes a global system for mobile (GSM) communications network.

13. The wireless architecture of claim 8, wherein the HLR/AAA is interfaced through a firewall to an Internet connection.

14. A wireless architecture, comprising:

a voice network operable to connect to a mobile device;

a data network operable to connect to the mobile device; and

logic means operable to maintain registration of mobile device subscriber information for both the voice network and the data network.

15. The architecture of claim 14, wherein logic means includes logic means operable to signal the mobile device, via the data interface, that a voice session is waiting to be connected to the mobile device.

16. A method for wireless operation between a voice network and a data network, comprising;

interfacing a voice network to a mobile device; and

signaling the mobile device, via a wireless data network, that a call is attempting to connect with the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further includes providing concurrent registration of the mobile device, accessible by both the voice and the data network.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein providing concurrent registration of the mobile device, accessible by both the voice and the data network, includes registering a data network location for the mobile device in an HLR/AAA.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein registering the data network location includes registering an IP address assigned to the mobile device upon connection to the data network.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the method further includes:

receiving a location request message from a gateway mobile switching center;

initiating a suspend data activity message from a home location register (HLR) to the mobile device;

initiating a route request message from the HLR; and

connecting the call to the mobile device via the voice network.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein initiating a suspend data activity message from an HLR includes initiating a suspend data activity from an HLR/authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA) device.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein initiating a route request message from the HLR includes initiating a route request message from an HLR/AAA device.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein connecting the call to the mobile device via the voice network includes queuing suspended data activity.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein connecting the call to the mobile device via the voice network includes provisioning a temporary local directory number (TLDN) from a serving mobile switching center (MSC) to an HLR/AAA.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the method further includes;

providing a location response message from the HLR/AAA to a gateway MSC;

connecting the call to the serving MSC; and

paging the mobile device on the voice network.

26. A computer readable medium having instructions for causing a device to perform a method, comprising:

signaling a suspend data activity request from an HLR/AAA to a mobile device; and

connecting a call to the mobile device via a voice network.

27. The medium of claim 26, wherein the method further includes;

signaling a suspend result from the mobile device to the HLR/AAA;

signaling a route request from the HLR/AAA to a serving mobile switching center (MSC); and

signaling a route response from the serving MSC to the HLR/AAA.

28. The medium of claim 27, wherein the method further includes;

signaling a location response from the HLR/AAA to a gateway MSC;

signaling an initial address message (IAM) from the gateway MSC to the serving MSC; and

signaling a page from the serving MSC to the mobile device.

29. The medium of claim 26, wherein the medium further includes instructions to:

signal a client registration from the mobile device to the HLR/AAA; and

signal a registration response from the HLR/AAA to the mobile device.

30. The medium of claim 26, wherein the medium further includes instructions to:

transmit an authentication request from the mobile device to an access point controller (APC);

transmit an access request from the APC to the HLR/AAA;

transmit a challenge from the HLR/AAA to the APC;

transmit a device challenge from the APC to the mobile device; and

transmit a challenge result from the mobile device to the APC.

31. The medium of claim 30, wherein the medium further includes instructions to:

transmit an access request from the APC to the HLR/AAA;

transmit an access result from the HLR/AAA to the APC; and

transmit an authentication response from the APC to the mobile device.