PROVIDING ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES

• US 20080298309A1
• Filed: 05/12/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dahod, Ashraf M., Ghai, Rajat, Higgins, Peter, Lopez, Nick, Shieh, Paul, Silva, Michael, DePietro, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,626,138 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• 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 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

Advanced communications features are provided in a mobile communications network having at least one mobile switching center and at least one mobile station subsystem. The mobile switching center and mobile station subsystem each communicate signaling messages according to a mobile signaling protocol.

Claims

1. A mobile gateway platform comprising:

a first network connection of the mobile gateway platform, where communications over the first network connection are in an external protocol;

the mobile gateway platform receiving a communication in the external protocol, and providing inter-working and routing with a radio access network (RAN) and with a session initiation protocol (SIP) network;

the mobile gateway platform receiving communications from a mobile station over the first network connection, wherein the mobile station communicates with the RAN and the first network connection connects to high-speed neighborhood Internet access infrastructure serving as a backbone for at least one RAN.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the RAN is a nanocell local wireless transceiver.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the nanocell local wireless transceiver covers 0.05 kilometers.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising the mobile gateway platform receiving communications from the nanocell local wireless transceiver through a cable modem that connects to the high-speed neighborhood Internet access.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising the mobile gateway platform receiving communications from the nanocell local wireless transceiver through an asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) that connects to the high-speed neighborhood Internet access.

6. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising providing Voice over IP to the mobile station over the high-speed neighborhood Internet access from the mobile gateway platform.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the external protocol is an IP based protocol.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising the mobile gateway platform placing an outbound call for the mobile station on a second network connection.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mobile station is involved in a handoff with at least one nanocell local wireless transceiver.

10. A method of providing advanced communications features in a mobile communications network comprising:

receiving communications in at least one of a variety of communications technology from a radio access network (RAN) through a first network connection of a mobile gateway platform;

receiving communications from a mobile station over the first network connection, wherein the mobile station communicates with the RAN, and the first network connection connects to high-speed neighborhood Internet access infrastructure serving as a backbone for at least one RAN;

providing inter-working and routing with a radio access network (RAN) and with a session initiation protocol (SIP) network at the mobile gateway platform;

determining a protocol and technology suitable for transmitting data received at the mobile gateway platform and providing the data in that protocol and on that technology on a second network connection.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the RAN is a nanocell local wireless transceiver.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the nanocell local wireless transceiver covers 0.05 kilometers.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving communications at the mobile gateway platform from the nanocell local wireless transceiver through a cable modem that connects to the high-speed neighborhood Internet access.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing Voice over IP to the mobile station over the high-speed neighborhood Internet access from the mobile gateway platform.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving communications at the mobile gateway platform from the nanocell local wireless transceiver through an asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) that connects to the high-speed neighborhood Internet access.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing a handoff with at least one nanocell local wireless transceiver.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising placing an outbound call for a mobile station on the second network connection.