METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING INTERWORKING CDMA 3G1x MOBILES AND EVDO MOBILES WITH AN IMS CORE NETWORK

• US 20080316976A1
• Filed: 06/25/2007
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Thompson, Robin Jeffrey, Wierzbicki, Alex Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US11/767,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20080316976A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/335
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A basestation 3G1x network architecture which is used to convert 3G1x control and signaling to IMS/SIP in basestation is disclosed. The system includes a user agent that bi-directionally translates between SIP messaging and CDMA messaging. The system also includes a 1x basestation emulator which may act as an interface for the 3G1x handset. The basestation emulator is also configured to terminate CDMA mobile protocol and interconnect messages and operations with the user agent. The methods include mapping between the CDMA mobile message and the SIP message through the basestation emulator and the SIP user agent. The method may facilitate basestation origination and termination as well as feature services. These feature services may include three way calling, call waiting and call waiting with caller identification.

Claims

1. A method of interworking a 3G1x call control and signaling with session initiation protocol signaling comprising:

receiving an incoming code division multiple access mobile message from an associated mobile station;

mapping between said code division multiple access mobile message and a session initiation protocol message through a basestation emulator and signal initiation protocol user agent; and

sending said session initiation protocol message to an associated internet protocol multimedia subsystem.

2. The method according claim 1 further comprising acknowledging messages between said associated code division multiple access network and said associated internet multimedia subsystem where mapping is not required and satisfying signaling protocol requirements.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising parsing said code division multiple access mobile message into multiple classes for transmission to said user agent.

4. The method according claim 3 wherein said multiple classes include operations and messages.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising facilitating subscriber features.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein said subscriber features include three-way calling.

7. The method according to claim 5 wherein said subscriber features include call waiting.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein said subscriber features include call waiting with caller identification.

9. The method according to claim 1 further comprising assigning a traffic channel via said basestation emulator for voice or data communication.

10. A system used for facilitating communication between code division multiple access mobile units and the internet multimedia subsystem network comprising:

a user agent that bidirectionally facilitates translations between session initiation protocol messages and code division multiple access mobile messages; and

a 1x basestation emulator configured to act as a interface for code division multiple access mobile protocol and interconnect messages and operations with said user agent.

11. The system according to claim 10 wherein said system is housed within a basestation.

12. The system according to claim 10 wherein said basestation is a femto basestation.

13. The system according to claim 10 where said basestation is configured to assign a traffic channel to during a call origination sequence.

14. The system according to claim 10 where said basestation is configured to assign a traffic channel to during a call termination sequence.

15. The system according to claim 10 further comprising a billing database that tracks billing information for basestation origination and termination calls.

16. The system according to claim 10 further comprising a media resource function that processes requests for media services.

17. A method of interworking a 3G1x call control and signaling with session initiation protocol signaling comprising:

receiving an incoming session initiation protocol message at a user agent;

translating said session initiation protocol message to code division multiple access between said user agent and a basestation emulator; and

sending said messages via code division multiple access to an associated mobile unit configured to communicate through code division multiple access messaging.

18. The method according to claim 17 further comprising recognizing communicated messages that do not require translation for processing and transmitting said communicated messages though signal protocol.

19. The method according to claim 17 wherein said incoming session initiation protocol messages are received from an associated internet protocol multimedia subsystem core.

20. The method according to claim 17 further comprising assigning a traffic channel via said basestation emulator for call origination or termination.