Internet high speed packet access

• US 20060018294A1
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Holma, Harri, Uskela, Sami, Hakkinen, Hannu, Paski, Pertti, Kynaslahti, Ari, Heikkila, Juha T.
• Application Number:
  US11/168,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20060018294A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/12 between access points and access point controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/14 between access point controllers and backbone network device

Abstract

A system for connecting a high-speed packet access (HSPA) user equipment to an Internet node. The system includes a HSPA user equipment, a base station node for receiving signals from the HSPA user equipment and an adapter, integrated in the base station node, wherein the adapter enables the HSPA user equipment to communicate to an Internet node.

Claims

1. A system for connecting a high speed packet access (HSPA) user equipment to an Internet node, the system comprises:

a HSPA user equipment;

a base station node for receiving signals from the HSPA user equipment; and

an adapter, integrated in the base station node, wherein the adapter enables the HSPA user equipment to communicate to an Internet node.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the adapter is integrated via a user-plane (U-plane) of the system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the adapter is integrated via a control-plane (C_Plane) system.

4. The system, of claim 1, further including at least one remote adapter, wherein the at least one remote adapter is integrated into an associated remote base station.

5. The system of claim 1, further including an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server, wherein the adapter enables communication between the HSPA user equipment and the AAA server.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein mobility support of the HSPA user equipment is provided.

7. The system of claim 1, further including a mobility entity, wherein the mobility entity that provides system mobility support.

8. A method of enabling a high speed packet access (HSPA) user equipment to communicate with an Internet node, the method comprising:

providing a HSPA user equipment that communicates to an wireless system;

integrating an adapter; and

connecting the HSPA user equipment to the Internet node via the adapter.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein integrating the adapter is accomplished by implementing the adapter on the user-plane of the wireless system.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein integrating the adapter is accomplished by implementing the adapter on the control-plane of the wireless system.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the adapter to communicate with at least one remote adapter.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising, configuring the adapter to communicate with a authentication, authorization and billing node.

20. A computer program embedded on a computer readable medium that cause a computer to perform the steps of claim 8.

13. An adapter for enabling a high speed packet access (HSPA) user equipment to communicate with an Internet node, the adapter comprising:

a protocol stack, wherein the protocol stack includes an internet protocol/Media interface protocol (IP/MIP) protocol.

14. The adapter of claim 13, wherein the adapter is integrated into a base station node.

15. The adapter of claim 13, wherein the adapter is implemented in the user-plane of a wireless system.

16. The adapter of claim 13, wherein the adapter is implemented in to control plane of a wireless system.

17. The adapter of claim 13, wherein the adapter enables user authentication, authorization and billing.

18. An apparatus for enabling a HSPA user equipment to access an Internet node in a communications system, the apparatus comprising:

a HSPA user equipment means;

a base station means for receiving signals from the HSPA user equipment means; and

an adapter means, integrated in the base station means, wherein the adapter enables the HSPA user equipment to communicate to an Internet node.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further including at least one remote adapter means.