Method and System for Implementing Communications

• US 20070121608A1
• Filed: 11/21/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Dongming, Gu, Jiongjiong
• Granted Patent: US 8,089,956 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/356
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and a system for implementing communication for a CSI terminal, the system includes: an IP Multimedia Subsystem Terminal Module (IMS TM), a Circuit Switched Terminal Module (CS TM), a CS/IMS interworking gateway. The method includes: the IMS IM indicates the CS TM to establish a CS/IMS interworking call connection from the CS TM to the IMS TM, and establish a CS bearer between the CS TM and CS/IMS interworking gateway, the IMS TM correlated controls the two sessions respectively with the CS/IMS interworking gateway and the peer side, so as to make the media components it exchanged with the peer side be exchanged between the peer side and the CS/IMS interworking gateway via IP bearer, and then be exchanged between the CS/IMS interworking gateway and the CSI terminal through the established CS bearer. Thus the present invention ensures the communication of the CSI terminal.

Claims

1. A method for implementing communications, comprising:

A. an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Terminal Module (TM) in a Combining Circuit Switched bearer with IP multimedia subsystem (CSI) terminal indicating a Circuit Switched (CS) TM in the CSI terminal to initiate a CS bearer establishment;

B. the CS TM taking the IMS TM as a called party and sending a call establish request to a CS domain call control function;

C. the CS domain call control function routing the call establish request to a CS/IMS interworking gateway according to called party number information in the received request;

D. the CS/IMS interworking gateway converting the received call establish request into an IMS session establish request, and then sends the IMS session establish request to the IMS TM; and

E. the IMS TM performing a correlated control between two sessions, wherein one is between the IMS TM and the CS/IMS interworking gateway, and the other is between the IMS TM and a peer side, so as to implement a CSI service.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before step A, the IMS TM judging whether a media component that needs to be transmitted via the CS bearer is comprised in media components to be exchanged within an IMS service, if it is comprised, proceeding to step A.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, the IMS TM executes the judging step in at least one of the following cases:

preparing to initiate an IMS session establish request to the peer side, receiving an IMS session establish request from the peer side, preparing to initiate a re-negotiation request to the peer side; and

, receiving a re-negotiation request from the peer side during an IMS session.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before step A, the IMS TM judging whether conditions for implementing the CSI service are satisfied, if the conditions are satisfied, proceeding to step A.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, the step of judging whether the conditions for implementing the CSI service are satisfied comprises:

the IMS TM judging whether the currently accessed cell has a simultaneous CS and PS service capability, if the currently accessed cell has a simultaneous CS and PS service capability, the conditions are satisfied.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

after the IMS TM confirms that the currently accessed cell has the simultaneous CS and PS service capability, and before making a conclusion that the conditions are satisfied, the IMS TM judging whether the user is willing to perform the CSI service, if the user is willing to perform the CSI service, the conditions for implementing the CSI service are satisfied.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, the step of the IMS TM judging whether the user is willing to perform the CSI service comprises:

the IMS TM determining whether the user is willing to perform the CSI service by providing a special user interface and receiving an input of the user, or, the IMS TM determining whether the user is willing to perform the CSI service according to the service implementation manner pre-configured by the user.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step A further comprises:

the IMS TM providing bearer capability indication information required by the current session to the CS TM;

the bearer capability indication information provided by the IMS TM is carried in the call establish request;

before sending the IMS session establish request, the step D further comprises;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway reserving IP port resource including IP address and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port information according to the bearer capability indication information earned in the call establish request;

the step of the CS/IMS interworking gateway sending the IMS session establish request to the IMS TM comprises;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway sending the IMS session establish request to the IMS TM, including the reserved IP address and the UDP port information of the IP port resource;

the step E comprises;

the IMS TM correlated controlling the session with the peer side and the session with the CS/IMS interworking gateway in a Back-To-Back User Agent (B2BUA) mode, and

the correlated control process in the B2BUA mode comprises;

the IMS TM obtaining a Session Description Protocol (SDP) indication from the received IMS session establish request sent from the CS/IMS interworking gateway, taking the SDP indication as a description indication of its own for the part of media component using the CS bearer in the IMS session with the peer side, performing the establishment of the IMS session with the peer side;

furthermore, during the procedure of establishing the IMS session with the peer side, the IMS TM obtaining the SDP indication of the peer side for the media component using the CS bearer, taking this SDP indication as its own SDP indication, performing the establishment of the IMS session with the CS/IMS interworking gateway;

thus, the IMS TM respectively establishing the IMS session with the peer side and the CS/IMS interworking call with the CS TM via the CS/IMS interworking gateway, therefore, the media component using the CS bearer can be transmitted between the IP port resource reserved by the CS/IMS interworking gateway and the peer side via an IP bearer, and then be transmitted between the CS/IMS interworking gateway and the CSI terminal through the CS bearer established between the CS/IMS interworking gateway and the CS TM.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

allocating a Mobile Station International Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) number for the CS TM in advance;

wherein the step A further comprises;

the IMS TM obtaining the MSISDN of the CS TM;

the step D further comprises;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway obtaining the MSISDN of the CS TM according to a calling party number in the received call establish request, and carrying the MSISDN of the CS TM in a “

From”

header field in the IMS session establish request sent to the IMS TM; and

before the IMS TM performing the correlated control process, the step E further comprises;

the IMS TM obtaining the MSISDN of the CS TM from the “

From”

header field in the received IMS session establish request, judging whether the current obtained MSISDN of the CS TM is identical with the MSISDN obtained in step A, if they are identical, continuing with the correlated control process.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, if the IMS TM and the CS TM are not co-located in the same terminal, in step A, the IMS TM obtains the MSISDN of the CS TM through the procedure of real-time interaction or pre-interaction with the CS TM, wherein:

the procedure of obtaining the MSISDN of the CS TM through the real-time interaction comprises;

the IMS TM firstly sending a request to the CS TM through an interface between them, the CS TM sending its own MSISDN to the IMS TM after receiving the request, and the IMS TM obtaining the MSISDN of the CS TM;

the procedure of obtaining the MSISDN of the CS TM through the pre-interaction comprises;

when the IMS TM and the CS TM are enabled, the IMS TM sending a request to the CS TM through the interface between them, after receiving this request, the CS TM sending its own MSISDN to the IMS TM, the IMS TM storing the received MSISDN in its buffer and obtains the pre-stored MSISDN of the CS TM from its buffer;

when the IMS TM and the CS TM are co-located in the same terminal, and the MSISDN of the CS TM is stored in a shared data area, in step A, the procedure of obtaining the MSISDN comprises;

the IMS TM obtaining the MSISDN of the CS TM from the shared data area.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

pre-assigning an E.164 number for the IMS TM and configuring called party analysis data for the E.164 number of the IMS TM in the CS domain call control function;

then in step A, the IMS TM providing the E.164 number assigned for it while indicating the CS TM to establish the CS bearer;

and the step A further comprising;

A0. the CS TM obtaining the E.164 number of the IMS TM;

then the step B comprises;

the CS TM taking the obtained E.164 number of the IMS TM as the called party number, and sending the request including the number to the CS domain call control function asking for establishing the CS call;

and then in step C, the CS domain call control function routes the call establish request to the CS/IMS interworking gateway according to the E.164 number of the IMS TM, which is taken as the called party number, and the called party analysis data configured in it.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the IMS TM and the CS TM are not co-located in the same terminal;

the step A comprises;

the IMS TM sending the indication of CS bearer establishment including the E.164 number of itself to the CS TM;

then the step A0 comprises;

the CS TM obtaining the E.164 number of the IMS TM from the indication of CS bearer establishment.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the IMS TM and the CS TM are co-located in the same terminal;

the step A comprises;

the IMS TM indicating the CS TM to initiate the CS bearer establishment through an internal instruction;

then the step A0 comprises;

the CS TM obtaining the E.164 number of the IMS TM from the internal instruction or from the data area shared with the IMS TM.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the E.164 number of the IMS TM comprises a prefix identifying an area or a prefix identifying a service type;

then in step C, the CS domain call control function further sending the call establish request to the CS/IMS interworking gateway of the home network of the IMS TM, or to the CS/IMS interworking gateway nearby, according to the analysis of the prefix identifying the area or the service type in the E.164 number.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

pre-configuring conversion data for a corresponding relationship between the E.164 number of the IMS TM and the Session Initiation Protocol Universal Resource Identifier (SIP URI) of the IMS TM;

before sending the IMS session establish request to the IMS TM, the step D further comprises;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway performing an Electronic Numbering (ENUM) server query according to the E.164 number of the IMS TM, which is carried in the call establish request as the called party number, and obtaining the corresponding SIP URI of the IMS TM through the configured conversion data;

wherein, in step D, the CS/IMS interworking gateway converses the call establish request into the IMS session establish request according to the obtained SIP URI of the IMS TM, and then sends the IMS session establish request to the IMS TM.

16. The method according to claim 15, in step D, the procedure of the CS/IMS interworking gateway inquiring the ENUM server further comprises:

the CS/IMS interworking gateway determines, according to the query result, whether there is conversion data corresponding to the E.164 number of the IMS TM in the received call establish request, if there exists the conversion data, the CS/IMS interworking gateway confirms that the current CSI service is authorized and continues with the steps of obtaining the SIP URI of the IMS TM according to corresponding conversion data;

otherwise, ending current procedure.

17. The method according to claim 1, the step A further comprises:

the IMS TM providing its own SIP URI to the CS TM; and

the step B further comprising;

the CS TM sending user-to-user information element, including the SIP URI, to the CS domain call control function; and

the step C further comprising;

the CS domain call control function sending the user-to-user information element including the SIP URI to the CS/IMS interworking gateway; and

the step D comprises;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway obtains the SIP URI in the user-to-user information element, and converts the call establish request into the IMS session establish request according to the obtained SIP URI and then sends the converted request to the IMS TM.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein in step D, the CS/IMS interworking gateway further carries a specific indication information in the SDP indication of the sent IMS session establish request, wherein, the specific indication information is carried by extending the SDP indication of the IMS session establish request;

and

the step D further comprises;

while sending the IMS session establish request to the IMS TM, an IMS Proxy Call and Session Control Function (P-CSCF) identifying the media components that are transmitted by the CS bearer and performs special resource reservations according to the specific indication information.

19. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after step E, when the session is ended, the IMS TM indicating the CS TM to release the established CS bearer, the CS TM initiating a bearer release request according a standard CS procedure, the CS call control function and the CS/IMS interworking gateway completing the procedure of releasing the established CS bearer after receiving the CS bearer release request, moreover, the CS/IMS interworking gateway completing the release of an IMS call-back session between itself and the IMS TM after receiving the CS bearer release request.

20. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the IMS TM does not support the SIP extension;

the step D further comprises;

D1. the CS/IMS interworking gateway completing the establishment of the IMS call-back session between itself and the IMS TM by performing the end-to-end negotiation with the IMS TM for signaling interworking between the 3GPP profile of the SIP and non-3GPP SIP usage.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein, in step D1, by pre-inquiring the ability of the IMS TM, the CS/IMS interworking gateway, selects a manner that does not require to support the SIP extension, to complete the establishment of the IMS call-back session in the IMS domain;

or, after receiving an indication of not supporting SIP extension returned by the IMS TM, the CS/IMS interworking gateway re-initiates an IMS session establish request that does not require to support the SIP extension, and then completes the establishment of the IMS call-back session in the IMS domain.

22. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

pre-configuring the corresponding relationship between the E.164 number of the CS TM and the E.164 number of the IMS TM in related CS domain call control function; and

the step C further comprises;

the related CS domain call control function judging whether there is the pre-configured relationship between the calling party number and the called party number in the call establish request when sending the call establish request, wherein the calling party number corresponds to the E.164 number of the CS TM and the called party number corresponds to the E.164 number of the IMS TM. If there is such a relationship, the related CS domain call control function performing the correlated charging with the IMS session.

23. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

pre-assigning a special prefix for the E.164 number corresponding to the IMS TM, and configuring analysis data upon the special prefix in the CS domain call control function, to avoid by analyzing the special prefix the impact on the establishment of the CS bearer introduced by originating side supplementary service and intelligent service;

the E.164 number of the IMS TM further includes the assigned special prefix;

the step C further comprises;

after receiving the E.164 number of the IMS TM with the special prefix, the CS domain call control function forbidding the invoking of the originating side supplementary service or the triggering of the originating side intelligent service which may influence the establishment of the CS bearer during current CS call establishment, according to the configuration data upon the special prefix.

24. The method according to claim 5, wherein, the IMS TM, as the called party, receiving the IMS session establish request from the peer side,

after confirming that the conditions for implementing the CSI service are not currently satisfied, the method further comprising:

G11. the IMS TM sending an IMS session redirection indication to the peer side, including an addressing number in the CS domain of the CS TM;

G12. the peer side releasing the IMS session being established after receiving the IMS session redirection indication, and initiating another IMS session establish request to the CS TM by taking the addressing number obtained from the redirection indication;

G13. the IMS network of the peer side sending the IMS session establish request to the CS/IMS interworking gateway, according to the called party number in the IMS session establish request from the peer side;

G14. the CS/IMS interworking gateway converting the received IMS session establish request to the call establish request and sending the call establish request to the CS TM through the CS network;

G15. the CS TM establishing the CS call with the CS/IMS interworking gateway through the CS network, and the CS/IMS interworking gateway establishing the IMS session with the peer side.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein, the addressing number is the MSISDN of the CS TM included in its CS domain subscription.

26. The method according to claim 24, wherein, the addressing number is the MSISDN of the CS TM included in its CS domain subscription with an additional specific prefix or special identifier;

the step G14 further comprises;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway deleting the specific prefix or the special identifier added to the addressing number;

in step G14, the addressing number transmitted in the CS network is the MSISDN of the CS TM included in its CS domain subscription.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein, the step G14 further comprises:

the CS/IMS interworking gateway adding a fallback indication to the call establish request to be sent, the CS network and/or the CS TM performing the special process of the CSI fallback CS call according to the fallback indication added to the received call establish request.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein, for the CS network, the special process of CSI fallback CS call comprises:

a special charging procedure and/or a special service collision procedure;

for the CS TM, the special process of CSI fallback CS call comprises;

prompting the user that the current call is a CSI fallback CS call, or, prompting the user that the current call is the CSI fallback CS call and further initiating a call deflection procedure under the control of the user.

29. The method according to claim 5, wherein, the IMS TM, as the called party, receiving an IMS session establish request from the peer side;

after confirming that the conditions for implementing the CSI service are not currently satisfied, the method further comprising;

G21. the IMS TM sending an IMS session releasing indication to the peer side, and the peer side releasing the IMS session being established after receiving the IMS session releasing indication;

G22. the CS TM initiating a request asking for establishing CS call in the CS domain, including the E.164 number of the peer side as the called party number;

G23. the CS network routing a call establish request to the CS/IMS interworking gateway after receiving the request asking for establishing CS call, according to the analyzing result of the called party number received from the request sent by the CS TM;

G24. the CS/IMS interworking gateway converting the received call establish request to the IMS session establish request, and sending the IMS session establish request to the peer side through the IMS network of the peer side;

G25. the peer side establishing the IMS session with the CS/IMS interworking gateway, and the CS/IMS interworking gateway performing the CS/IMS interworking procedure to establish the CS call with the CS TM.

30. The method according to claim 29, wherein:

in step G21, the session releasing indication sent to the peer side by the IMS TM carries the addressing number of the CS TM in the CS domain; and

between step G24 and step G25, further comprising;

the peer side obtaining the number of the CS TM from the IMS session establish request after receiving the IMS session establish request, and judging whether the obtained number is identical with the number it received in the session releasing indication, if they are identical, the peer side performing the special process of the CSI fallback CS call.

31. The method according to claim 30, wherein, the special process of the CSI fallback CS call comprises:

prompting the peer user that current call is a CSI fallback CS call, and further avoiding ringing during the establishment of the session.

32. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the CS bearer is abnormally released, the step E further comprises:

releasing the established CS bearer between the CS TM and the CS domain call control function, and the CS bearer between the CS domain call control function and the CS/IMS interworking gateway; and

the CS/IMS interworking gateway releasing the IMS session with the IMS TM;

then the IMS TM establishing the PS bearer by the re-negotiation procedure, and exchanging the media components with the peer side using the established PS bearer, instead of the previous CS bearer.

33. A method for implementing communications, applicable to a case that, a Circuit Switched (CS) bearer established during a procedure of implementing a Combining Circuit Switched bearer with IP multimedia subsystem (CSI) service is abnormally released, comprising:

a. releasing the CS bearer between a CS Terminal Module (TM) and a corresponding CS domain call control function, and the CS bearer between the CS domain call control function and a corresponding CS/IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) interworking gateway;

b. the CS/IMS interworking gateway releasing a corresponding IMS session with an IMS TM corresponding to the CS TM;

c. the IMS TM establishing a Packet Switched (PS) bearer by a re-negotiation procedure, and exchanging media components with a peer side using the established PS bearer, instead of the previous CS bearer.

34. The method according to claim 33, wherein, the method further comprising:

before step c, the IMS TM notifying the peer side to suspend transmitting the media components which previously transmitted through the CS bearer; and

in step c, after establishing the PS bearer and before transmitting through the established PS bearer, the method further comprising;

the IMS TM notifying the peer side to resume the transmission of the media components which are previously transmitted through the CS bearer.

35. The method according to claim 33, wherein, in step c, the step of the IMS TM establishing the PS bearer by the re-negotiation procedure comprises:

the IMS TM sending a media modification request to the peer side, completing the application and establishment of the PS bearer on its own side, and notifying the peer side to transfer the media components to the IP address and port corresponding to the established PS bearer, and thereby the media components which previously exchanged between the peer side and the CS/IMS interworking gateway are transferred to be exchanged between the peer side and the IMS TM of the CSI terminal.

36. A system for implementing communications, comprising:

a Circuit Switched (CS) domain call control function, used for interacting and establishing a CS bearer with a CS Terminal Module (TM), and routing a call establish request to a CS/IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) interworking gateway;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway, used for converting a call establish request routed from the CS domain call control function, into an IMS session establish request, and sending the IMS session establish request to the IMS TM, which correlated with the CS TM initiating the request for the CS bearer establishment, through an IMS session control function, thus establishing a CS to IMS interworking call between the CS TM and the IMS TM;

moreover, the CS/IMS interworking gateway is used for sending the IP address and port information of the IP port resource it reserved for exchanging media components to the IMS TM, and transferring the media components it received from the IMS side to the CS TM, using the IP port, through the CS bearer established between the CS/IMS interworking gateway and the CS TM, and vice versa;

the IMS TM, used for implementing CS bearer control function, judging and indicating the CS TM to initiate the CS bearer establishment during an IMS service, completing the correlated control upon the two sessions it established respectively with the peer side and the CS/IMS interworking gateway in a Back-To-Back User Agent (B2BUA) mode after receiving the IMS session establish request which is sent from the CS/IMS interworking gateway, and therefore, making the media components, which is destined to the IMS TM, be transmitted by the peer side to the IP port the CS/IMS interworking gateway reserved for exchanging the media components with the IMS TM, and then be transmitted to the CSI terminal through the CS bearer established between the CS TM and the CS/IMS interworking gateway;

the CS TM, used for initiating a call establish request by taking the IMS TM as a called party after receiving an instruction from the IMS TM, and completing the establishment of the CS bearer by interacting with the CS/IMS interworking gateway.

37. The system according to claim 36, wherein the IMS TM and the CS TM are co-located in the same terminal.

38. The system according to claim 36, wherein, the IMS TM and the CS TM are not co-located in the same terminal, and they communicate with each other by short-distance wireless communication methods;

and

the IMS TM can be implemented by a Personal Computer (PC) or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).

39. The system according to claim 36, wherein, the CS call control function, is further used for sending a request to the CS TM to establish a CSI fallback CS call when receiving the call establish request to establish the CSI fallback CS call from the CS/IMS interworking gateway, or sending a call establish request to the CS/IMS interworking gateway to establish the CSI fallback CS call when receiving the request to establish a CSI fallback CS call from the CS TM;

the CS/IMS interworking gateway, is further used for converting the IMS session establish request for establishing the CSI fallback CS call into a call establish request for establishing the CSI fallback CS call when receiving an IMS session establish request for establishing the CSI fallback CS call, and sending the call establish request to the CS call control function;

or, converting the call establish request for establishing the CSI fallback CS call, which is sent by the CS TM through the CS call control function, into the IMS session establish request for establishing the CSI fallback CS call, and sending the converted request to the peer side;

the IMS TM, is further used for responding an IMS session redirection or releasing indication to the peer side, when receiving the IMS session establish request from the peer side and confirming that the conditions for implementing the CSI service are not currently satisfied, so that releasing the IMS session being established between itself and the peer side;

the CS TM, is further used for establishing a CS to IMS interworking CSI fallback CS call with the peer side through the CS call control function and the CS/IMS interworking gateway, after receiving the request for establishing the CSI fallback CS call sent by the CS call control function;

or, used for establishing the CS to IMS interworking CSI fallback CS call with the peer side by initiating the request for establishing the CSI fallback CS call to the CS call control function, taking the peer side as the called party.