HOME SERVICE INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT BY EMPLOYING LOCAL BREAKOUT MECHANISMS IN A FEMTOCELL

• US 20100128709A1
• Filed: 11/20/2009
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Huber, Kurt, Faryar, Alireza, Liu, Cheng P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,798,017 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/12 Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/03 Protocol definition or specification protocol conformance testing H04L1/244
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0226 based on location or mobility handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0231 based on communication conditions dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0967 Quality of Service [QoS] parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0022 for transferring data sessions between adjacent core network technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/248 Connectivity information update
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/53 based on regulatory allocation policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 : using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 : Access point controller devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 : Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A system and methodology that facilitates home services integration by employing a local breakout mechanism at a femto access point (AP) is provided. In particular, the system can perform mapping to provide home functions to an authorized user equipment (UE) attached to the femto AP and provide integration with one or more home services. Further, a monitoring component is employed for home monitoring and facilitates monitoring and/or controlling devices on the home Local Area Network (LAN) via the UE. Furthermore, an access management component is utilized to set, manage and implement access privileges associated with UEs authorized to access the DH LAN. In addition, shared location data is determined and utilized for location based management and/or location assistance services.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates interworking between a user equipment (UE) and an application on a local area network (LAN) on during femtocell communication, comprising:

an integration component that provides integration of at least one of a service, an application or a device on the LAN connected to a femto access point (AP) with the UE attached to the femto AP; and

a routing component that employs one or more local breakout mechanisms at the femto AP to facilitate communication between the at least one of the service, the application or the device with the UE for the integration, without directing the communication through a macro network.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a UE digital home (DH) agent that performs a mapping to interface the UE attached to the femto AP with a DH function.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the UE DH agent identifies attachment of the UE to the femto AP and communicates a presence of the UE to the DH function.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the service includes at least one of Digital Rights management (DRM), Remote User Interface (RUI), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), session management (SM), Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), or Analog Terminal Adapter (ATA).

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the integration component facilitates at least one of private branch exchange (PBX) integration, intercom integration, or control and automation integration by employing one or more clients.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising, a monitoring component that enables an authorized UE to at least one of view or modify at least one of activity information or information associated with the at least one of the service, the application or the device, based in part on an access privilege associated with the UE.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the monitoring component facilitates control of the UE from at least one device on the LAN, without employing macro network resources.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the monitoring component facilitates transfer of streaming video output from a device on the LAN to the UE, without employing macro network resources.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising, a RUI manager that generates a user interface (UI) for the at least one of the service, the application or the device, which can be displayed on the UE, the RUI manager interprets a user entry received from the UE in response to the UI and sends interpreted information to the at least one of the service, the application or the device.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising, an access management component that at least one of sets, manages or implements an access privilege associated with the UE, which prohibits a UE to access a set of at least one of services, applications or devices on the LAN.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising, a femto DH agent that determines location data associated with the femto AP and shares the location data between at least two of the UE, the service, the application or the device, the shared location data is provided to at least one of a mobility location server or a location-based service.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the femto DH agent facilitates location based access to the at least one of the service, the application or the device based in part on the shared location data.

13. A method that facilitates home services integration by employing a local breakout mechanism at a femto access point (FAP), comprising:

determining authorization of a user equipment (UE) attached to the FAP for accessing a local area network (LAN) connected to the FAP;

integrating the UE as a device compliant with the LAN based in part on the determined authorization; and

enabling control of at least one of a service, an application or a device on the LAN via the UE, directly through the FAP, by employing the local breakout mechanism.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising, transferring requested information from the at least one of the service, the application or the device, to the UE, via the FAP, without routing the requested information through a core mobility network.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising, generating and rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) for display on the UE, which enables at least one of monitoring or control of the at least one of the service, the application or the device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a command from the UE in response to the GUI;

interpreting the command; and

transferring the interpreted command to the at least one of the service, the application or the device.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising, enabling the UE to behave as an end device for at least one of a private branch exchange (PBX), intercom, or remote control application, employed in the LAN.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining location information and sharing location information between at least two of the UE, the service, the application or the device; and

providing the shared location information to at least one of a core mobility network or a location-based service.

19. A system that performs local breakout at a femto access point (FAP) for Local Area Network (LAN) integration, comprising:

means for integrating a user equipment (UE) attached to the FAP with a LAN, connected to the FAP; and

means for monitoring and controlling of at least one of a service, an application or a device on the LAN via the UE, directly through the FAP.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising, means for providing at least one of location, application or UE based access level to the at least one of the service, the application or the device.