Method for selecting a bearer service for a service in a mobile telecommunications system

• US 20060258353A1
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jouni Smolander, Satu Makela
• Original Assignee: Jouni Smolander, Satu Makela
• Inventors: Smolander, Jouni, Makela, Satu
• Granted Patent: US 7,551,941 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/435.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A method to select a bearer service for communication between a mobile terminal and a mobile network, where at least one bearer service is implemented in the mobile network, includes defining a set of requirements for the bearer service, obtaining information about selectable bearer services, comparing the set of requirements for the bearer service and the obtained information about selectable bearer services, and making a decision to accept or reject at least one of the selectable bearer services for communication based on the comparison.

Claims

1. A method for selecting a bearer service to be used in communication between an application program that is executed in a mobile terminal and a mobile network, the mobile terminal comprising an application execution environment for allowing the use of different applications in the mobile terminal and assuring compatibility between the mobile terminal and application programs provided by a manufacturer of the mobile terminal or third party manufacturers, the method comprising operating the application execution environment to gather from the application program a set of requirements for the bearer service to be used in communication between the application program and the mobile network and to perform bearer service negotiation with the mobile network on the basis of the gathered set of requirements in order to select a bearer service for use in communication between the application program and the mobile network.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application execution environment further gathers information about bearer service requirements from the mobile terminal via an interface between the application execution environment and an information store comprising information about properties of the mobile terminal.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application execution environment further gathers information about bearer service requirements of the mobile terminal from the mobile network.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application execution environment further gathers information about bearer service requirements via an interface between the application execution environment and an information store comprising information about user preferences.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application execution environment further gathers information about bearer service requirements from a user of the mobile terminal via a user interface of the mobile terminal.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application execution environment further gathers user subscription information from the mobile network.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application execution environment prioritises said set of requirements for a bearer service.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the application execution environment resolves contradictory requirements in said set of requirements for a bearer service.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein said comparison to determine whether any of said selectable bearer services substantially fulfils said set of requirements for a bearer service is performed in the mobile network.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein said comparison to determine whether any of said selectable bearer services substantially fulfils said set of requirements for a bearer service is performed in the mobile terminal.