Integrating mobility agents for short messaging services

• US 20060133347A1
• Filed: 12/20/2004
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Das, Kaustubh
• Granted Patent: US 7,912,037 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/24 between backbone network devices

Abstract

A method of providing messaging services for GSM or 3G mobile stations is provided. A gateway detects a mobile network registration from a mobile station, and performs a location area update procedure with previous support nodes from its home public land mobile network. The gateway then receives data for the mobile station from a packet switched radio network and transmits the data for the mobile station through the mobile network.

Claims

1. A method of providing messaging services, comprising:

detecting a mobile network registration from a mobile station;

performing a location area update procedure with previous support nodes;

receiving data for the mobile station from a packet switched radio network; and

transmitting the data for the mobile station through the mobile network.

2. The method of claim 1, detecting a mobile network registration further comprising detecting a Mobile Internet Protocol registration.

3. The method of claim 1, performing a location area update further comprising performing application programming interface calls to a packet switched radio network interface to cause the location area update.

4. The method of claim 1, performing a location area update further comprising performing calls to a packet switched radio network interface through a Gb interface.

5. The method of claim 1, performing a location area update procedure further comprising performing a General Packet Switched Radio Location Area Update.

6. The method of claim 1, performing a location area update procedure with previous support nodes further comprising performing a location area update procedure with at least one of a Serving GPRS Support Node, a Gateway GPRS Support Node and a Home Location Register previously associated with the mobile station.

7. The method of claim 1, receiving data for the mobile station further comprising receiving short message service data for the mobile station.

8. The method of claim 7, receiving short message service data further comprising receiving one of either a Short Message Service message or a Multimedia Message Service message.

9. The method of claim 7, transmitting the data for the mobile station through the mobile network further comprising:

intercepting packets from a packet switched radio network interface; and

tunneling them through a wireless local area network to the mobile station.

10. A network device, comprising:

a mobile network interface to allow mobile station communication through a wireless local area network;

a packet switched radio network interface to provide messaging services from a packet switched radio network; and

a processor to;

detect registration of a mobile station through the mobile network interface;

perform a local area update procedure with support nodes on the packet switched radio network; and

transmit data from the packet switched radio network to the mobile network.

11. The device of claim 10, the mobile network interface further comprising a Mobile Internet Protocol Home Agent.

12. The device of claim 10, the packet switched radio network interface further comprising a General Packet Switched Radio Serving GPRS Support Node.

13. The device of claim 10, the packet switched radio network interface further comprising a 3G interface.

14. The device of claim 10, the mobile network interface and the packet switched radio network interface being co-located.

15. The device of claim 10, the mobile network interface and the packet switched radio interface being non-co-located, and the device further comprising a Gb interface between the mobile network interface and the packet switched radio interface.

16. A system, comprising:

a mobile station; and

a network device having a mobile network interface and a packet switched radio interface to allow the mobile station to communicate with a packet switched radio network.

17. The system of claim 16, the mobile station further comprising a GSM mobile station.

18. The system of claim 16, the mobile station further comprising a 3G mobile station.

19. The system of claim 16, the network device having a mobile network interface further comprising the network device having a Mobile Internet Protocol Home Agent.

20. The system of claim 16, the network device having a packet switched radio interface further comprising the network device having a GPRS interface.

21. The system of claim 16, the network device having a packet switched radio interface further comprising the network device having a 3G interface.

22. An article of machine-readable code containing instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to:

detect a mobile network registration from a mobile station;

perform a location area update procedure with previous support nodes;

receive data for the mobile station from a packet switched radio network; and

transmit the data for the mobile station through the mobile network.

23. The article of claim 22, the code that, when executed, causes the machine to perform a location area update further causes the machine to perform application programming interface calls to a packet switched radio network interface to cause the location area update.

24. The article of claim 22, the code that, when executed, causes the machine to perform a location area update further causes the machine to perform calls to a packet switched radio network interface through a Gb interface.

25. The article of claim 22, the code that, when executed, causes the machine to receive data for the mobile station further causes the machine to receive short message service data for the mobile station.

26. The article of claim 25, the code that, when executed, causes the machine to receive short message service data further causes the machine to receive one of either a Short Message Service message or a Multimedia Message Service message.

27. The article of claim 22, the code that, when executed, causes the machine transmit the data for the mobile station through the mobile network further causes the machine to:

intercept packets from the packet switched radio network interface; and

tunnel them through a wireless local area network to the mobile station.