MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• US 20080096553A1
• Filed: 10/10/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sonus Networks Incorporated (Ribbon Communications, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sonus Networks Incorporated (Ribbon Communications, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nagpal, Ashish, Saksena, Vikram
• Application Number:
  US11/870,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20080096553A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/426.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/04 Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices

Abstract

The description generally provides for systems, methods, and computer readable media for creating a unified wireline/wireless communication network. Data is received that includes a signaling portion and a media portion. The signaling portion is separated into a first set of data and a second set of data. The first set of data includes mobile management functions and the second set of data includes features, applications related functions, or any combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method of creating a unified wireline/wireless communication network, the method comprising:

receiving data that includes a signaling portion and a media portion; and

separating the signaling portion into a first set of data and a second set of data,

wherein the first set of data includes mobility management functions and the second set of data includes features, applications related functions, or any combination thereof.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the data over a network, wherein the network comprises an IP network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a base station is in communication with the network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the base station comprises a picocell or femtocell base station.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the first set of data to a mobile wireless network using a protocol associated with a wireless telecommunication standard.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the protocol associated with the wireless telecommunication standard includes GSM-MAP, ANSI IS-41, or any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the mobile wireless network is a GSM network.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the second set of data to a core network using a protocol associated with a packet communication technology.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the protocol associated with the packet communication technology includes SIP, RTP, RTCP, AMR, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the core network emulates cellular core network components towards an external network.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the core network supports a service provided by a mobile communication network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the service includes call forwarding, call waiting, call hold, call parking, simultaneous ringing, call transfer, multi-party calling, voice mail notification, emergency calling, call completion busy, call barring, or any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the media portion to a server using packet communication technology.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the media portion comprises voice portions of the data, inband tones of the data, other functions that are communicated across the telephone communication network to a media gateway, or any combination thereof.

15. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

receive data that includes a signaling portion and a media portion; and

separate the signaling portion into a first set of data and a second set of data,

wherein the first set of data includes mobile management functions and the second set of data includes features, applications related functions, or any combination thereof.

16. A system for creating a unified wireline/wireless communication network, the system comprising:

an access node configured to receive data that includes a signaling portion and a media portion; and

a wireless network adapter configured to separate the signaling portion into a first set of data and a second set of data, where the first set of data includes mobile management functions, and where the second set of data includes features, applications related functions, or any combination thereof.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising at least a portion of a mobile wireless network configured to receive a first set of data from the wireless network adapter, the at least portion of the mobile wireless network being in communication with the wireless network adapter using a protocol associated with a wireless telecommunication standard.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising at least a portion of a core network configured to receive a second set of data from the wireless network adapter, the at least portion of the core network being in communication with the wireless network adapter using a protocol associated with a packet communication technology.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the wireless network adapter is further configured to transmit the first set of data to a mobile wireless network and transmit the second set of data to a core network.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising a media gateway configured to receive the media portion of the data, generate a third set of data, and transmit the third set of data to a telephone communication network in communication with the media gateway using a protocol associated with a packet communication technology.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the third set of data comprises voice portions of the data, inband tones of the data, other functions that are communicated across the telephone communication network to a media gateway, or any combination thereof.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the wireless network adapter is further configured to work with at least a portion of a core network to emulate a MSC and a VLR.

23. A system for creating a unified wireline/wireless communication network, the system comprising:

a means for receiving data that includes a signaling portion and a media portion;

a means for separating the signaling portion into a first set of data and a second set of data, where the first set of data includes mobile management functions, and where the second set of data includes features, applications related functions, or any combination thereof.

24. A system for creating a unified wireline/wireless communication network, the system comprising:

an access node configured to receive data that includes a signaling portion and a media portion;

a wireless network adapter configured to separate the signaling portion into a first set of data and a second set of data, where the first set of data includes mobile management functions, and where the second set of data includes features, applications related functions, or any combination thereof, the wireless network adapter using mobile wireless network communication functionality.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein mobile wireless network communication functionality includes MSC, HLR, VLR, AUC, TRAU, IWF, SGSN, GGSN, BSC, BTS, or any combination thereof.