Services on demand in mobile communications system

• US 20050227731A1
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nokia Networks (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Kall, Jan
• Granted Patent: US 7,266,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/560
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/037 of the control plane, e.g. signalling traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for implementing the method for using and implementing a service-on-demand in a mobile communication system. The services-on-demand are intended to be received by means of a mobile station. The mobile station monitors a cell transmission and receives parts intended for the mobile station from the transmission. In order to use the services-on-demand, in the method the service-on-demand is offered in the cell to all mobile stations located in the cell over a fist channel, a registration message (2-2) is transmitted from the mobile station for registering as a user of the service-on-demand over a signalling channel, an acknowledgement (2-4) of the registration, indicating how the service-on-demand is received, is received at the mobile station, and the reception of the service-on-demand is started over the first channel in a manner indicated by the registration acknowledgement.

Claims

1. An on-demand-service centre in a mobile communication system, comprising:

service means for offering at least one service-on-demand to a service area which comprises at least one mobile communication system cell,

registration means for receiving and acknowledging the registration of a user of the service-on-demand, and

billing means responsive to the registration means for charging the user for the use of the service-on-demand.

2. An on-demand-service centre (ODSC) as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the service means are arranged to encrypt the service-on-demand, and

the registration means are arranged to include a key in the registration acknowledgement.

3. An on-demand-service centre as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the registration means are arranged to compute the number of the service-on-demand users, and

the service means are arranged to transmit the service-on-demand if there is at least one user of the service-on-demand.

4. A base transceiver station comprising channels for at least one cell, one of the channels being a cell-specific broadcast channel for transmitting general information to mobile stations in the cell, the base transceiver station being arranged to transmit at least one service-on-demand over one of its channels, the channel being other than the cell-specific broadcast channel for general information, the service-on-demand being available on said other channel to all mobile stations located in the cell.

5. A base transceiver station as claimed in claim 4, wherein the base transceiver station is arranged to transmit in the general information of the cell a notification of the services-on-demand available at the cell.