Method of arranging data transfer in a wireless telecommunication system

• US 20090232099A1
• Filed: 04/27/2009
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Maenpaa, Henri
• Application Number:
  US12/385,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20090232099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/332
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5084 Providing for device mobility network addressing or numbering for mobility support in wireless networks H04W8/26; mobile IP H04W80/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0005 Control or signalling for completing the hand-off
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/026 Multicasting of data during hand-off
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/10 Reselecting an access point controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/005 Data network PoA devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A method of arranging data transfer in a wireless telecommunication system comprising at least one wireless terminal, a first radio access gateway and a first base station connected thereto, a second radio access gateway and a second base station connected thereto. The first base station and the first radio access gateway are arranged to transmit data between the terminal and an end point in an IP-based network. Address information on the second radio access gateway is specified to the first radio access gateway when it is detected that handover from the first base station to the second base station is needed for the terminal. Data directed to the terminal is transmitted through the first radio access gateway and the second radio access gateway to a wireless network after the terminal has been handed over to the second base station. The address information on the second radio access gateway is transmitted to the end point in the IP network and the data directed to the terminal is transmitted from the end point to the second radio access gateway.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

specifying, to a first radio access gateway, which is configured to perform a protocol conversion on data between a wireless terminal and an end point, address information for a second radio access gateway in response to detecting that a handover from a first base station in a service area of the first radio access gateway to a second base station in a service area of the second radio access gateway is needed for the wireless terminal;

transmitting a data directed to the at least one wireless terminal through said first radio access gateway and said second radio access gateway to the at least one wireless terminal in response to the at least one wireless terminal being handed over to the second base station; and

transmitting address information for said second radio access gateway to the end point, so that the end point may transmit information associated with the address information of the second radio access gateway.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting address information on the end point to said second radio access gateway; and

transmitting the data received from the at least one wireless terminal on said second radio access gateway to the end point based on the address information on the end point.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first radio access gateway, said second radio access gateway and the end point are controlled by one or more call control entities.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the data transmitted between the terminal and the end point comprises voice information.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the address information on said second radio access gateway is transmitted to the end point when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the handover.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the data transfer is configured by one of the following protocols H.323, session initiation protocol or H.248.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said terminal, said first and said second base stations support global system for mobile communication standard, and

said radio access gateways comprise means for carrying out the protocol conversion between the wireless network according to a global system for mobile communication system and an IP-based network.

4. A method, comprising:

specifying, to a first radio access gateway address information for a second radio access gateway in response to detecting that a handover from a first base station to a second base station is needed for the wireless terminal;

transmitting a data directed to the at least one wireless terminal through said first radio access gateway and said second radio access gateway to the at least one wireless terminal in response to the at least one wireless terminal being handed over to the second base station;

transmitting address information for said second radio access gateway to the end point; and

transmitting the data directed to the at least one wireless terminal from the end point to said second radio access gateway based on the address information,

wherein said first radio access gateway, said second radio access gateway and the end point are controlled by one or more call control entities

said first radio access gateway is controlled by a first call control entity, said second radio access gateway is controlled by a second call control entity and the end point is controlled by a third call control entity,

the first and the second call control entities comprise configuration information on the radio access gateways, the base stations connected to the radio access gateways and the call control entities controlling the radio access gateways,

information about a need to change the radio access gateway is transmitted from the first call control entity to the second call control entity in response to detecting, based on the information received from the first radio access gateway, that handover to the second base station is necessary,

the address information on the second radio access gateway is transmitted to said first radio access gateway from the first call control entity,

a handover command to establish a connection to the second base station is transmitted from said first radio access gateway to the at least one wireless terminal,

a connection between the terminal and said second radio access gateway is established,

the settings of said first radio access gateway are changed based on the address information on the second radio access gateway,

the data directed to the terminal is transmitted from said first radio access gateway to said second radio access gateway,

a data redirection request comprising the address information on the second radio access gateway is transmitted from the first call control entity to the third call control entity, and

a command to transmit the data to said second radio access gateway instead of the first radio access gateway is transmitted from the third call control entity to the end point.

9. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program configured to control a processor to perform:

specifying, to a first radio access gateway, which is configured to perform a protocol conversion on data between a wireless terminal and an end point, address information for a second radio access gateway in response to detecting that a handover from a first base station in a service area of the first radio access gateway to a second base station in a service area of the second radio access gateway is needed for the wireless terminal;

transmitting a data directed to the at least one wireless terminal through said first radio access gateway and said second radio access gateway to the at least one wireless terminal in response to the at least one wireless terminal being handed over to the second base station; and

transmitting address information for said second radio access gateway to the end point, so that the end point may transmit information associated with the address information of the second radio access gateway.

10. A computer program as claimed in claim 9, wherein said first radio access gateway, said second radio access gateway and the end point are controlled by one or more call control entities.

11. A computer program as claimed in claim 9, wherein

the data transmitted between the terminal and the end point comprises voice information.

12. A computer program as claimed in claim 9, wherein

the address information on said second radio access gateway is transmitted to the end point when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the handover.

13. A computer program as claimed in claim 9, wherein

the data transfer is configured by one of the following protocols H.323, session initiation protocol or H.248.

14. A computer program as claimed in claim 9, wherein said terminal, said first and said second base stations support global system for mobile communication standard, and

said radio access gateways comprise means for carrying out the protocol conversion between the wireless network according to a global system for mobile communication system and an IP-based network.

15. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program configured to control a processor to perform:

specifying, to a first radio access gateway address information for a second radio access gateway in response to detecting that a handover from a first base station to a second base station is needed for the wireless terminal;

transmitting a data directed to the at least one wireless terminal through said first radio access gateway and said second radio access gateway to the at least one wireless terminal in response to the at least one wireless terminal being handed over to the second base station;

transmitting address information for said second radio access gateway to the end point; and

transmitting the data directed to the at least one wireless terminal from the end point to said second radio access gateway based on the address information,

wherein said first radio access gateway, said second radio access gateway and the end point are controlled by one or more call control entities

said first radio access gateway is controlled by a first call control entity, said second radio access gateway is controlled by a second call control entity and the end point is controlled by a third call control entity,

the first and the second call control entities comprise configuration information on the radio access gateways, the base stations connected to the radio access gateways and the call control entities controlling the radio access gateways,

information about a need to change the radio access gateway is transmitted from the first call control entity to the second call control entity in response to detecting, based on the information received from the first radio access gateway, that handover to the second base station is necessary,

the address information on the second radio access gateway is transmitted to said first radio access gateway from the first call control entity,

a handover command to establish a connection to the second base station is transmitted from said first radio access gateway to the at least one wireless terminal,

a connection between the terminal and said second radio access gateway is established,

the settings of said first radio access gateway are changed based on the address information on the second radio access gateway,

the data directed to the terminal is transmitted from said first radio access gateway to said second radio access gateway,

a data redirection request comprising the address information on the second radio access gateway is transmitted from the first call control entity to the third call control entity, and

a command to transmit the data to said second radio access gateway instead of the first radio access gateway is transmitted from the third call control entity to the end point.