SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR ROUTING CALLS USING A DISTRIBUTED MOBILE ARCHITECTURE

• US 20110060853A1
• Filed: 11/09/2010
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Inventors: Pan, Shaowei
• Granted Patent: US 8,310,990 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/102 Gateways arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways, H04L12/66
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/00 Communication routing or communication path finding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/24 between backbone network devices

Abstract

Methods and devices for routing communications between distributed mobile architecture (DMA) servers using DMA gateways are disclosed. Communications information is received at a first DMA gateway of a DMA gateway communications network. The communications information is associated with a communications network that is accessible by a second DMA gateway of the DMA gateway communications network. The communications information is stored at a memory of the first DMA gateway. The first DMA gateway receives a communication that is associated with a destination device indicated by the communications information to be served by the second DMA gateway. The communication is routed from the first DMA gateway to the destination device by relaying the communication from the first DMA gateway to the second DMA gateway via the DMA gateway communications network.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive, at a first distributed mobile architecture (DMA) gateway of a DMA gateway communications network, communications information associated with a communications network that is accessible by a second DMA gateway of the DMA gateway communications network;

store the communications information at a memory of the first DMA gateway;

receive a communication associated with a destination device that is indicated by the communications information to be served by the second DMA gateway; and

route the communication to the destination device by relaying the communication from the first DMA gateway to the second DMA gateway via the DMA gateway communications network.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first DMA gateway and the second DMA gateway includes a satellite-based DMA gateway, and wherein the DMA gateway communications network includes a satellite communications network.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the communications information is stored in a home location register, and wherein the communications information indicates one or more devices that are accessible by a DMA server.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the DMA server includes one of a ground-based DMA server and a satellite-based DMA server.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the communications information indicates one or more devices that are accessible by a legacy communications network.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the legacy communications network includes one of a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless communication network serviced by a mobile switching center (MSC), a public internet protocol (IP) network, and an American National Standards Institute 41 (ANSI-41) network.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send a notification from the first DMA gateway to the second DMA gateway, wherein the notification indicates that the communications information is stored at the first DMA gateway.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to automatically send at least a portion of the communications information from the first DMA gateway to the second DMA gateway via the DMA gateway communications network in response to the first DMA gateway receiving the communications information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send at least a portion of the communications information from the first DMA gateway to the second DMA gateway via the DMA gateway communications network in response to the first DMA gateway receiving a query from the second DMA gateway for the communications information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine that the communications network that is accessible by the second DMA gateway is within a communications range of the first DMA gateway.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send communications network information from the first DMA gateway to the second DMA gateway, wherein the communications network information indicates that the communications network that is accessible by the second DMA gateway is within the communications range of the first DMA gateway.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send communications network information from the first DMA gateway to a central database, wherein the communications network information indicates that the communications network that is accessible by the second DMA gateway is within the communications range of the first DMA gateway.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive additional communications network information from the second DMA gateway in response to the second DMA gateway determining that an additional communications network is within a second communications range of the second DMA gateway.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a second notification from the central database, the second notification indicating that second register data is stored at the central database.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine that a second communications network is within a service area of the first DMA gateway.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first DMA gateway determines that a private Internet Protocol (IP) network access point is within a communications range of the first DMA gateway, and wherein the first DMA gateway is adapted to communicate with the second communications network via the private IP network.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first DMA gateway receives the communications information from one of the second DMA gateway and a central database.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive, at a first distributed mobile architecture (DMA) server, first routing instructions from a first DMA gateway when the first DMA server is in a first service area of the first DMA gateway, wherein the first DMA gateway comprises a first orbiting satellite; and

send a first call to the first DMA gateway via a private Internet Protocol (IP) network according to the first routing instructions, wherein the first call is received at the first DMA server from a first mobile communication device via a wireless transceiver integrated with the first DMA server,

wherein the first call is placed to a destination device that is accessible via a legacy communications network, wherein the legacy communications network is accessible via the first DMA gateway.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the first DMA server is adapted to send the first call while being transported from a first location to a second location.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive second routing instructions from a second DMA gateway in response to the first DMA server moving into a second service area of the second DMA gateway, wherein the second service area includes the second location, and wherein the second DMA gateway comprises a second orbiting satellite.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send a second call received at the first DMA server from the first mobile communication device to the second DMA gateway via the private IP network according to the second routing instructions.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second call is associated with a second destination device that is accessible via the legacy communications network.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second call is associated with a second mobile communication device that is accessible via a second DMA server, wherein the second DMA server is accessible to the second DMA gateway via the private IP network.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the first DMA server receives the second routing instructions from the second DMA gateway during the first call.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to send first DMA server register data from the first DMA server to the second DMA gateway in response to receiving the second routing instructions from the second DMA gateway.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a first call via a first interface of an orbiting satellite, wherein the first interface is adapted to communicate with a legacy communications network, and wherein the call is directed to a mobile communication device that is accessible to a first distributed mobile architecture (DMA) server; and

route the first call to the first DMA server via a second interface of the orbiting satellite, wherein the second interface is adapted to communicate with a private internet protocol (IP) network,

wherein the first DMA server includes a wireless transceiver to communicate with the mobile communication device.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive a second call via the first interface of the orbiting satellite, wherein the second call is directed to a second mobile communication device that is accessible to a second DMA server; and

route the second call to the second DMA server via the second interface of the orbiting satellite,

wherein the second DMA server includes a second wireless transceiver to communicate with the second mobile communication device.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive a second call via the second interface of the orbiting satellite, wherein the second call is directed to a destination device that is accessible to the legacy communications network; and

route the second call to the legacy communications network via the first interface of the orbiting satellite.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive a second call via the first interface of the orbiting satellite, wherein the second call is directed to a second mobile communication device that is accessible to a second DMA server associated with a second orbiting satellite; and

route the second call to the second orbiting satellite via a third interface of the orbiting satellite, wherein the third interface is adapted to communicate with a satellite communications network,

wherein the second orbiting satellite is adapted to communicate with the second DMA server via a second private IP network, and

wherein the second DMA server includes a second wireless transceiver to communicate with the second mobile communication device.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive a second call via the second interface of the orbiting satellite, wherein the second call is directed to a destination device that is associated with a second legacy communication network; and

route the second call to a second orbiting satellite via a third interface of the orbiting satellite, wherein the third interface is adapted to communicate with a satellite communications network,

wherein the second orbiting satellite is adapted to route the second call to the destination device via the second legacy communications network.