Method and System for Implementing a Message Service Based on IP Multimedia Subsystem

• US 20070243876A1
• Filed: 04/05/2007
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• 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: Duan, Xiaoqin
• Granted Patent: US 7,702,342 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/445
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/147 Signalling methods or messages providing extensions to protocols defined by standardisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

Methods for implementing a message service based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) are disclosed in embodiments of the invention. One of the methods includes: determining a network domain of a called subscriber according to information in a message service of a calling subscriber; conducting the message service according to a type of the network domain of the called subscriber. Systems for implementing a message service based on IMS, IMS-based Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF), and IP-Short Message-Gateway are disclosed in the embodiments of the invention. The invention facilitate the network domain of calling side to select different processing procedures for the called subscriber information in different network domains by deciding the network domain of called subscriber, which makes the interworking procedure between an IMS-based message and a non-IMS-based message service clearer and the interworking procedure between an IMS-based message and the traditional short message more perfect.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a message service based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:

determining a network domain of a called subscriber according to information in a message service of a calling subscriber;

conducting the message service according to a type of the network domain of the called subscriber.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information in the message service of the calling subscriber comprises a called subscriber identifier;

and

the process of determining the network domain comprises;

determining the network domain of the called subscriber by an IMS-based network domain of a calling side according to a format of the called subscriber identifier in a MESSAGE request of the message service of the calling subscriber.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network domain of the called subscriber comprises an IMS-based network domain or a non-IMS-based network domain.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the non-IMS-based network domain comprises a Circuit Switch/Packet Switch (CS/PS)-based network domain.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the process of determining the network domain comprises:

determining, by the IMS-based network domain of the calling side, that the network domain of called subscriber is the IMS-based network domain, if the called subscriber identifier is in a Session Initial Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier (SIP URI) format;

determining, by the IMS-based network domain of calling side, that the network domain of called subscriber is the non-IMS-based network domain, if the called subscriber identifier is in a non-SIP URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the process of determining the network domain further comprises:

determining that the network domain of called subscriber is the CS/PS-based network domain, if the called subscriber identifier is in a telephone (TEL) URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein in the process of determining the network domain, a Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) or an IP-Short Message-Gateway (IP-SM-GW) corresponding to the calling subscriber determines the network domain of called subscriber.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein if the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber determines the network domain of called subscriber, and when the called subscriber identifier is in the SIP URI format, or is in the non-SIP URI format but can be converted into the SIP URI format, the process of conducting the message service comprises:

conducting the message service by the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber according to a registration state of the called subscriber in the IMS-based network domain.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein if the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber determines the network domain of called subscriber, and when the called subscriber identifier is in the non-SIP URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format, the process of conducting the message service comprises:

forwarding, by the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber the MESSAGE request of the message service to the IP-SM-GW to proceed to conduct the message service outside the IMS-based network domain.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber routes the message service to the IP-SM-GW according to a service logic, if the S-CSCF determines that the called subscriber identifier in the TEL URI format can not be converted into the called subscriber identifier in the SIP URI format.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein if the IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber determines the network domain of called subscriber, and when the called subscriber identifier is in the SIP URI format or the called subscriber identifier is in the non-SIP URI format but can be converted into the SIP URI format, the process of conducting the message service comprises:

transmitting the MESSAGE request of the message service to the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber by the IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber;

conducting the message service according to a registration state of the called subscriber in the IMS-based network domain by the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein if the IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber determines the network domain of called subscriber, and when the called subscriber identifier is in the non-SIP URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format, the process of conducting the message service comprises:

conducting the message service outside the IMS-based network domain by the IP-SM-GW.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber routes the MESSAGE request of the message service to the IP-SM-GW according to the service logic when the S-CSCF receives the MESSAGE request of tile message service;

and

after receiving the MESSAGE request of the message service sent from the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber, the IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber makes format judgment to the called subscriber identifier.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber routes the MESSAGE request of the message service to the IP-SM-GW according to the service logic when the S-CSCF receives the MESSAGE request of the message service;

and

after receiving the MESSAGE request of the message service sent from the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber, the IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber makes format judgment to the called subscriber identifier.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein the S-CSCF or IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber determines whether the format of called subscriber identifier can be converted into the SIP URI format according to an information interaction with an E.164 Number (ENUM) server.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the conducting the message service outside the IMS-based network domain by the IP-SM-GW comprises:

parsing by the IP-SM-GW, contents of the MESSAGE request of the message service received and assembling the contents into a message body of a Mobile Application Part (MAP) signaling;

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, address information of the calling subscriber and determining source address information of the MAP signaling according to the address information of calling subscriber;

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, address information of a Short Message-InterWorking Mobile Switch Center/Short Message-Service Center (SM-IWMSC/SM-SC) of the calling subscriber, and determining destination address information of the MAP signaling according to the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber;

sending, by the IP-SM-GW, the MAP signaling.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the conducting the message service outside the IMS-based network domain by the IP-SM-GW comprises:

parsing, by the IP-SM-GW, contents of the MESSAGE request of the message service received and assembling the contents into a message body of an MAP signaling;

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, address information of the calling subscriber and determining source address information of the MAP signaling according to the address information of calling subscriber;

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, address information of an SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber, and determining destination address information of the MAP signaling according to the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber;

sending, by the IP-SM-GW, the MAP signaling.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

converting, by the IP-SM-GW the format or the called subscriber identifier into the E.164 format from the TEL URI format, and bearing the called subscriber identifier as a portion of message contents in the message body of MAP signaling.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

converting by the IP-SM-GW the format of the called subscriber identifier into the E.164 format from the TEL URI format, and bearing the called subscriber identifier as a portion of message contents in the message body of MAP signaling.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

returning, by the IP-SM-GW, a response message containing a failure reason value to the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber when the contents of the MESSAGE request of the message service can not be assembled into MAP signaling.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

returning, by the IP-SM-GW, a response message containing a failure reason value to the S-CSCF corresponding to the calling subscriber when the contents of the MESSAGE request of the message service can not be assembled into MAP signaling.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the address information of the calling subscriber comprises a Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number (MSISDN);

and the process of obtaining the address information of the calling subscriber by the IP-SM-GW comprises;

downloading and storing by the IP-SM-GW a relation between the calling subscriber identifier in the SIP URI format and the MSISDN of the calling subscriber when the calling subscriber is registering;

determining by the IP-SM-GW the MSISDN of the calling subscriber according to the relation.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein the address information of the calling subscriber comprises an MSISDN;

and the process of obtaining the address information of the calling subscriber by the IP-SM-GW comprises;

downloading and storing by the IP-SM-GW a relation between the calling subscriber identifier in the SIP URI format and the MSISDN of the calling subscriber when the calling subscriber is registering;

determining by the IP-SM-GW the MSISDN of the calling subscriber according to the relation.

24. The method of claim 16, wherein the process of obtaining the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber by the IP-SM-GW comprises one of the following processes:

parsing, by the IP-SM-GW, the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber from the message service of the calling subscriber; and

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber from information of the calling subscriber; and

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber via information interaction with the data storing entity that stores the information of the calling subscriber.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the process of obtaining the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber by the IP-SM-GW comprises one of the following processes:

parsing, by the IP-SM-GW, the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber from the message service of the calling subscriber; and

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber from information of the calling subscriber; and

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, the address infonnation of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber via information interaction with the data storing entity that stores the information of the calling subscriber.

26. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

if the IP-SM-W corresponding to the calling subscriber determines the network domain of called subscriber, determining, by the IP-SM-GW, whether a MESSAGE request of the message service is in the format of encapsulating an SMS message in an SIP message before determining the format of called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request, and making subsequent operations according to whether the SMS message is encapsulated in the SIP message or not.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the process of making subsequent operations according to whether the SMS message is encapsulated in the SIP message or not comprises:

extracting the SMS message if the MESSAGE request is in the format of encapsulating the SMS message in the SIP message and the called subscriber identifier is the TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format, sending the SMS message to the SM-SC for transmission;

converting the MESSAGE request into the SMS message if the MESSAGE request is not in the format of encapsulating the SMS message in the SIP message and the called subscriber identifier is the TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format, sending the SMS message to the SM-SC for transmission.

28. A method for implementing a message service based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:

receiving a MESSAGE request by an IMS-based Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF);

after determining that a network domain of a called subscriber is a Circuit Switch/Packet Switch (CS/PS)-based network domain according to a called subscriber identifier ill the MESSAGE request, forwarding by the S-CSCF the MESSAGE request to an IP-Short Message-Gateway (IP-SM-GW) corresponding to a calling subscriber, implementing the message service by the IP-SM-GW.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein in the process of forwarding the MESSAGE request, the S-CSCF determines a type of the network domain of the called subscriber according to the format of the called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the process of determining the type of the network domain of the called subscriber comprises:

determining by the S-CSCF that the network domain of the called subscriber is an IMS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a Session Initial Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier (SIP URI) format or in a telephone (TEL) URI format which can be converted into the SIP URI format;

determining by the S-CSCF that the network domain of the called subscriber is a CS/PS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the S-CSCF determines whether the format of called subscriber identifier can be converted into the SIP URI format according to an information interaction with an E.164 Number (ENUM) server.

32. The method of claim 28, wherein the process of implementing the message service by the IP-SM-GW comprises:

parsing, by the IP-SM-GW, contents of the MESSAGE request of the message service and assembling the contents into the message body of Mobile Application Part (MAP) signaling;

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, address information of the calling subscriber and determining source address information of the MAP signaling according to the address infonnation of the calling subscriber;

obtaining, by the IP-SM-GW, address information of Short Message-InterWorking Mobile Switch Center/Short Message-Service Center (SM-IWMSC/SM-SC) of the calling subscriber, and determining destination address information of MAP signaling according to the address information of the SM-IWMSC/SM-SC of the calling subscriber;

sending, by the IP-SM-GW, the MAP signaling.

33. A method for implementing a message service based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:

receiving a MESSAGE request by an IMS-based Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF);

forwarding, by the S-CSCF, the MESSAGE request to an IP-Short Message-Gateway (IP-SM-GW) corresponding to a calling subscriber;

extracting, by the IP-SM-GW, contents of the MESSAGE request or converting the MESSAGE request to a short message service (SMS) message when determining that the network domain of the called subscriber is a Circuit Switch/Packet Switch (CS/PS)-based network domain according to a called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request, and proceeding to implement the message service.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the S-CSCF routes the MESSAGE request to the IP-SM-GW according to a service logic when the S-CSCF receives the MESSAGE request.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein in the process of extracting or converting the MESSAGE request, the IP-SM-GW determines a type of the network domain of the called subscriber according to the format of the called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the process of determining the type of the network domain of the called subscriber comprises:

determining by the IP-SM-GW that the network domain of the called subscriber is an IMS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a Session Initial Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier (SIP URI) format or in a telephone (TEL) URI format which can be converted into the SIP URI format;

determining by the IP-SM-GW that the network domain of the called subscriber is a CS/PS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the IP-SM-GW determines whether the format of called subscriber identifier can be converted into the SIP URI format according to an information interaction with an E.164 Number (ENUM) server.

38. The method of claim 36, wherein the process of extracting or converting the MESSAGE request and implementing the message service comprises:

determining, by the IP-SM-GW, whether the MESSAGE request is in a format of encapsulating an SMS message in an SIP message before determining the format of called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request;

extracting the SMS message if the MESSAGE request is in the format of encapsulating the SMS message in the SIP message and the called subscriber identifier is in the TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format, sending the SMS message to the SM-SC for transmission;

converting the MESSAGE request into the SMS message if the MESSAGE request is not in the format of encapsulating the SMS message in the SIP message and the called subscriber identifier is in the TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format, sending the SMS message to the SM-SC for transmission.

39. A system for implementing a message service based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:

an IMS-based Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF), receiving a MESSAGE request, determining a network domain according to a called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request, and forwarding the MESSAGE request when the network domain of a called subscriber is a Circuit Switch/Packet Switch (CS/PS)-based network domain;

an IP-Short Message-Gateway (IP-SM-GW) corresponding to a calling subscriber, receiving the MESSAGE request from the IMS-based S-CSCF and implementing the message service.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein the S-CSCF is configured to determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is an IMS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a Session Initial Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier (SIP URI) format or in a telephone (TEL) URI format which can be converted into the SIP URI format;

and determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is a CS/PS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the S-CSCF is configured to determine whether the format of called subscriber identifier can be converted into the SIP URI format according to an information interaction with an E.164 Number (ENUM) server.

42. A system for implementing a message service based on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:

an IMS-based Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF), receiving a MESSAGE request, and forwarding the MESSAGE request;

an IP-Short Message-Gateway (IP-SM-GW) corresponding to a calling subscriber, receiving the MESSAGE request from the IMS-based S-CSCF, determining a network domain according to a called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request, and extracting contents of the MESSAGE request or converting the MESSAGE request to a short message service (SMS) message when the network domain of a called subscriber is a Circuit Switch/Packet Switch (CS/PS)-based network domain, and implementing the message service.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber is configured to determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is an IMS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a Session Initial Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier (SIP URI) format or in a telephone (TEL) URI format which can be converted into the SIP URI format;

and determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is a CS PS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.

44. The system of claim 43, wherein the IP-SM-GW corresponding to the calling subscriber is configured to determine whether the format of called subscriber identifier can be converted into the SIP URI format according to an information interaction with an E.164 Number (ENUM) server.

45. An IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF), comprising:

a unit configured to receive a MESSAGE request;

a unit configured to determine the network domain according to a called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request;

a unit configured to forward the MESSAGE request when the network domain of the called subscriber is a Circuit Switch/Packet Switch (CS/PS)-based network domain, to implement a message service.

46. The IMS-based S-CSCF of claim 45, wherein a unit configured to determine the network domain is configured to determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is an IMS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a Session Initial Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier (SIP URI) format or in a telephone (TEL) URI format which can be converted into the SIP URI format;

and determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is a CS/PS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.

47. An IP-Short Message-Gateway (IP-SM-GW), comprising:

a unit configures to receive a MESSAGE request;

a unit configured to determine the network domain according to a called subscriber identifier in the MESSAGE request;

a unit configured to extract contents of the MESSAGE request or convert the MESSAGE request to a short message service (SMS) message when the network domain of the called subscriber is a Circuit Switch/Packet Switch (CS/PS)-based network domain, and implement a message service.

48. The IP-SM-GW of claim 47, wherein the unit configured to determine the network domain is configured to determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is an IMS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a Session Initial Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier (SIP URI) format or in a telephone (TEL) URI format which can be converted into the SIP URI format;

and determine that the network domain of the called subscriber is a CS/PS-based network domain if the called subscriber identifier is in a TEL URI format and can not be converted into the SIP URI format.