SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL ROUTING AND PAGING ACROSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF NETWORKS

• US 20130143607A1
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Menon, Narayan Parappil, Carlton, Alan Gerald
• Granted Patent: US 8,787,361 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/458
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/12 Inter-network notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A network architecture uses an Application Server Autonomous Access (ASAA) server which allows paging and call routing across different types of wireless and wireline access networks. The ASAA. server provides connectivity between am external voice or data network and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), The external voice or data network may be a public switched, telephone network (PSTN) or a public data network (PDN), so that the connectivity between, the external network and the WTRU is provided through the access networks using data from the ASAA server.

Claims

1. An architecture for providing network services to at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising:

a server for communicating with a plurality of networks;

a paging circuit providing paging requests through at least a subset of the plurality of networks, the paging circuit responsive to the server;

the server responsive to received messages from the plurality of networks, such that a response to a paging request a particular WTRU and received from one of the networks provides an indication of connectivity of the WTRU through said one of the networks;

a communication, network including an external voice and/or data network; and

a communication circuit, communicating with the server, for communication between the external voice and/or data network and the WTRU through network routing which includes said one of the networks in response to the received response to the paging request.

2. The architecture of claim 1, comprising the server providing information, regarding system status of plural networks.

3. The architecture of claim 1, wherein the external voice and/or data network communicates with at least one of the networks in response to the received response to the paging request.

4. The architecture of claim 1, wherein the external voice and/or data network includes at least one of a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a public data network (PDN).

5. The architecture of claim 1, wherein an Application Server Autonomous Access (ASAA) server provides connectivity between the external network and the WTRU is provided through the access networks using data from the ASAA server.

6. An architecture for providing network services to at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising:

a server for communicating with a. plurality of networks;

a circuit function on the WTRU for providing an addressing message to the server;

the server responsive to received addressing message from the WTRU, thereby permitting establishment of a communications link between the WTRU and a target network through a network connected to the WTRU, wherein the network connected to the WTRU provides an indication of connectivity of the WTRU;

a communication network including an external voice and/or data network; and

a communication circuit, communicating with the server, for communication, between, the external, voice and/or data network and the WTRU through network routing which includes said network connected to the WTRU.

7. The architecture of claim 6, comprising the server providing information regarding system status of plural networks.

8. The architecture of claim 6, comprising the server communicating with the WTRU through said one of the networks in response to the received response to a communication, request communicated to the server.

9. The architecture of claim 6, wherein the external voice and/or data network includes at least one of a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a public data network (PDN).

10. The architecture of claim 8, wherein an Application Server Autonomous Access (ASAA) server provides connectivity between, the external network and the WTRU is provided, through the access networks using data from the ASAA server.