OAMP FOR DISTRIBUTED MOBILE ARCHITECTURE

• US 20120094659A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Inventors: PAN, SHAOWEI
• Granted Patent: US 9,198,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A method includes receiving a first call to a mobile station at a first distributed mobile architecture gateway (dMAG). The mobile station is accessible via the first dMAG. The method includes determining a routing path for the first call based on register data associated with the mobile station. The routing path includes one or more components of the first dMAG, a first distributed mobile architecture (dMA) node, and a private Internet Protocol (IP) network. The method includes sending one or more command messages to reserve the one or more components of the first dMAG, the first dMA node, and the private IP network and receiving one or more confirmation messages indicating that the one or more components are reserved to route the first call. The method further includes connecting the first call to the mobile station via the one or more reserved components.

Claims

1. A method of routing calls via a communications network, the method comprising:

receiving a first call at a first distributed mobile architecture gateway (dMAG), the first call placed to a mobile station accessible via the first dMAG;

determining a routing path for the first call based on register data associated with the mobile station, the routing path including at least one component of the first dMAG, at least one component of a first distributed mobile architecture (dMA) node, and at least one component of a private Internet Protocol (IP) network;

sending one or more command messages to reserve the at least one component of the first dMAG, the at least one component of the first dMA node, and the at least one component of a private Internet Protocol (IP) network;

receiving one or more confirmation messages indicating that the at least one component of the first dMAG, the at least one component of the first dMA node, and the at least one component of the private IP network are reserved to route the first call; and

connecting the first call to the mobile station via the reserved at least one component of the first dMAG, the reserved at least one component of the first dMA node, and the reserved at least one component of the private IP network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the register data indicates that the first dMA node is identified by a home dMA register of a second dMAG.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the register data indicates that the first dMA node is roaming with respect to the second dMAG and that the first dMA node is identified by a visitor dMA register of the first dMAG.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the routing path is established based on call traffic data associated with the private IP network, the call traffic data indicating at least a second routing path associated with a second call routed via the private IP network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second call is routed from the first dMAG to a second dMA node via the private IP network.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to display the first routing path, the second routing path, or any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a master agent of the first dMAG sends a first resource allocation query to the at least one component of the first dMAG, a second resource allocation query to the at least one component of the private IP network, and a third resource allocation query to the at least one component of the first dMA node, and wherein the first resource allocation query is related to requesting to route the first call via the at least one component of the first dMAG, the second resource allocation query is related to requesting to route the first call via the at least one component of the private IP network, and the third resource allocation query is related to requesting to route the first call via the at least one component of the first dMA node.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the master agent of the first dMAG receives first resource allocation data after sending the first resource allocation query, second resource allocation data after sending the second resource allocation query, and third resource allocation data after sending the third resource allocation query and wherein the first resource allocation data indicates the availability of the at least one component of the first dMAG to route the first call, the second resource allocation data indicates the availability of the at least one component of the private IP network to route the first call, and the third resource allocation data indicates the availability of the at least one component of the first dMA node to route the first call.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first resource allocation query, the second resource allocation query, and the third resource allocation query are sent by the master agent before the first call is received at the first dMAG.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending first configuration data to the at least one component of the first dMAG, second configuration data to the at least one component of the private IP network, and third configuration data to the at least one component of the first dMA node.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first configuration data, the second configuration data, and the third configuration data are sent before the first call is received at the first dMAG.

12. A method of routing calls via a communications network, the method comprising:

receiving a resource allocation query command message at a first distributed mobile architecture (dMA) node from a first distributed mobile architecture gateway (dMAG), the first dMA node roaming with respect to the first dMAG and the resource allocation query being related to a call directed to a mobile station;

sending a response message to the first dMAG from the first dMA node, the response message indicating that one or more components of the first dMA node are reserved for the call;

receiving one or more packets related to the call at the first dMA node from the first dMAG via a private Internet Protocol (IP) network; and

sending one or more signals associated with the one or more packets related to the call to the mobile station via a wireless transceiver integrated with the first dMA node.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more components of the first dMA node are reserved based on call traffic data at the first dMA node.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the call traffic data relates to one or more additional calls routed via the first dMA node.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining that insufficient resources are available at the first dMA node to route a particular call directed to an additional mobile stations.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first dMA node sends an indication to the first dMAG that the particular call cannot be routed to the additional mobile station via the first dMA node.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the first dMA node is identified by a home dMA register of a second dMAG.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising converting the one or more packets related to the call to one or more signals compatible with the mobile station.

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

receive a first call at a first distributed mobile architecture gateway (dMAG), the first call placed to a mobile station accessible via the first dMAG;

determine a routing path for the first call based on register data associated with the mobile station, the routing path including at least one component of the first dMAG, at least one component of a first distributed mobile architecture (dMA) node, and at least one component of a private Internet Protocol (IP) network;

send one or more command messages to reserve the at least one component of the first dMAG, the at least one component of the first dMA node, and the at least one component of a private Internet Protocol (IP) network;

receive one or more confirmation messages indicating that the at least one component of the first dMAG, the at least one component of the first dMA node, and the at least one component of the private IP network are reserved to route the first call; and

connect the first call to the mobile station via the reserved at least one component of the first dMAG, the reserved at least one component of the first dMA node, and the reserved at least one component of the private IP network.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the register data indicates that the first dMA node is identified by a home dMA register of a second dMAG.