Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating initiation of synchronization of database copies connected by way of a radio air interface
First Claim
1. In a radio communication system having a network part at which a network-cooy database is maintained and a mobile node at which a mobile-copy database is maintained, an improvement of apparatus for initiating a synchronization session by which to synchronize values of fields formed at the network-copy and the mobile-copy, respectively, of the database, said apparatus comprising:
- a session state information generator embodied at least at a selected one of the network part and the mobile node, said session state generator for forming at least a first session state information value identifying a synchronization state of the at least the selected one of the network part and the mobile node at which the session state generator is embodied, indications of the at least the first session state information value communicated between the network part and the mobile node to initiate the synchronization session.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating initiation of synchronization operations between databases in a radio communication system. A network-based database copy and a mobile-based database copy are maintained, and asynchronously updated. Synchronization operations synchronize the databases to place the databases in match with one another. Session state information is maintained, and communicated between the mobile node and the network part pursuant to start of a synchronization session.
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1. In a radio communication system having a network part at which a network-cooy database is maintained and a mobile node at which a mobile-copy database is maintained, an improvement of apparatus for initiating a synchronization session by which to synchronize values of fields formed at the network-copy and the mobile-copy, respectively, of the database, said apparatus comprising:
a session state information generator embodied at least at a selected one of the network part and the mobile node, said session state generator for forming at least a first session state information value identifying a synchronization state of the at least the selected one of the network part and the mobile node at which the session state generator is embodied, indications of the at least the first session state information value communicated between the network part and the mobile node to initiate the synchronization session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a method of communicating in a radio communication system having a network part at which a network-cooy database is maintained and a mobile node at which a mobile-copy database is maintained, an improvement of a method for initiating a synchronization session by which to synchronize values of fields formed at the network-copy and the mobile-copy, respectively, of the database, said method comprising:
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forming at least a first session state information value at least at a selected one of the network part and the mobile node, the first session state information value identifying a synchronization state of the at least the selected one of the network part and the network part at which the first session state information value is formed; and
sending the at least the first session state information value to a remaining one of the network part and the mobile node to inform the remaining one of the network part and the mobile node of the synchronization state of the selected one of the network part and the mobile node. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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