Handover Method and System of Dual-Mode Communication Terminal

• US 20130159535A1
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Guangze, Sun, Zehui, Zhang, Kaibing
• Application Number:
  US13/682,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159535A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0033 with transfer of context information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/22 Manipulation of transport tunnels
• 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

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a handover method and system of a dual-mode communication terminal. A first mode and a second mode of the dual-mode communication terminal adopt a master-slave universal serial bus USB driver structure. The methods includes: A host triggers initiating of network access to a second network by the dual-mode communication terminal; the host maintains occupation of an IP address which is in a first network by the dual-mode communication terminal, and obtains an Internet protocol IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network; if the IP address in the second network is the same as a current IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the first network, the host uses, in the second network, the IP address.

Claims

1. A handover method of a dual-mode communication terminal, wherein a first mode and a second mode of the dual-mode communication terminal adopt a master-slave universal serial bus USB driver structure, and the method comprises:

triggering, by a host, initiating of network access to a second network by the dual-mode communication terminal;

maintaining, by the host, occupation of an IP address which is in a first network by the dual-mode communication terminal, and obtaining an Internet protocol IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network; and

if the IP address in the second network is the same as a current IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the first network, using, by the host and in the second network, the IP address, so that the dual-mode communication terminal continues to use, in the second network, the IP address to perform a session.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the host comprises an operating system and a dual-mode management module DMCM,

the triggering, by the host, the initiating of the network access to the second network by the dual-mode communication terminal specifically is:

monitoring, by the dual-mode management module, that a condition on which the dual-mode communication terminal is handed over from the first network to the second network is satisfied, and triggering a handover; and

the maintaining, by the host, the occupation of the IP address which is in the first network by the dual-mode communication terminal specifically is;

instructing, by the DMCM module, the operating system to maintain the occupation of the current IP address which is in the first network.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second network is a 3G network, the first network is a 3G or a WiMAX network, and a modem module which corresponds to the second network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal has a built-in dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP server protocol stack, and the obtaining the IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network specifically is:

obtaining, by the DMCM module, the IP address which is in the second network from the modem module which corresponds to the second network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal; and

sending, by the modem module corresponding to the second network, the IP address which is obtained in a PPP session and in the second network to the DMCM module.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

if the IP address in the second network is different from the current IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the first network, triggering, by the host, network disconnection, and initiating a DHCP process to a built-in dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP server protocol stack which is in the modem module which corresponds to the second network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal, so as to obtain the IP address which is in the second network and obtained, in the PPP session, by the modem module corresponding to the second network.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second network is a WiMAX network, the first network is a 3G network, a modem module which corresponds to the first network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal has a built-in dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP client protocol stack, and the obtaining the IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network specifically is:

instructing, by the DMCM module, the modem module corresponding to the first network to obtain the IP address which is in the second network;

obtaining, by the built-in DHCP client protocol stack in the modem module corresponding to the first network, the IP address from a home agent of the dual-mode communication terminal through a DHCP process; and

sending, by the modem module corresponding to the first network, the IP address to the DMCM module.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second network is a WiMAX network, the first network is a 3G network, the host comprises a background management module of the dual-mode communication terminal, the background management module of the dual-mode communication terminal is configured with a dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP client protocol stack, and the obtaining the IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network specifically is:

performing, by the DHCP client protocol stack configured in the background management module, a DHCP process via the second network and a home agent which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network; and

obtaining, by the DHCP client protocol stack configured in the background management module, the IP address through a DHCP Ack message which is from the home agent.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

if the IP address in the second network is different from the current IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the first network, triggering, by the host, network disconnection, and requesting the IP address which is in the second network from the home agent which corresponds to the dual-mode communication terminal and is in the second network.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adopting the master-slave USB driver structure specifically is:

installing a USB driver of the first mode in the dual-mode communication terminal on a platform of the second mode, and installing a virtual network card of the second mode in the host; and

encapsulating a control command of the first mode in a format of a command of the second mode and delivering the encapsulated control command to a chip of the first mode for corresponding processing.

9. A handover system of a dual-mode communication terminal, comprising a software module running on a host and a software module running on the dual-mode communication terminal, wherein the software module running on the dual-mode communication terminal is a universal serial bus USB driver of a first mode and a second mode of the dual-mode communication terminal, and a structure of the USB driver adopts a master-slave structure;

the software module running on the host is pre-stored on the dual-mode communication terminal, and after the dual-mode communication terminal is connected to the host, the software module is installed on the host and runs;

the software module running on the host comprises a USB interface function module corresponding to the USB driver of the dual-mode communication terminal, and further comprises a module configured to implement the following functions;

triggering initiating of network access to a second network by the dual-mode communication terminal;

maintaining occupation of an IP address which is in a first network by the dual-mode communication terminal, and obtaining an Internet protocol IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network; and

if the IP address in the second network is the same as a current IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the first network, using, in the second network, the IP address, so that the dual-mode communication terminal continues to use, in the second network, the IP address to perform a session.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the software module running on the host specifically comprises a dual-mode management module DMCM,

the triggering the initiating of the network access to the second network by the dual-mode communication terminal specifically is:

monitoring, by the dual-mode management module, that a condition on which the dual-mode communication terminal is handed over from the first network to the second network is satisfied, and triggering a handover; and

the maintaining the occupation of the IP address which is in the first network by the dual-mode communication terminal specifically is;

instructing, by the DMCM module, an operating system of the host to maintain the occupation of the current IP address which is in the first network.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the second network is a 3G network, the first network is a 3G or a WiMAX network, the software module running on the dual-mode communication terminal further comprises a modem module which corresponds to the second network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal, the modem module has a built-in dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP server protocol stack, and the obtaining the IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network specifically is:

obtaining, by the DMCM module, the IP address which is in the second network from the modem module which corresponds to the second network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal; and

sending, by the modem module corresponding to the second network, the IP address which is obtained in a PPP session and in the second network to the DMCM module.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the second network is a WiMAX network and the first network is a 3G network, the software module running on the dual-mode communication terminal further comprises a modem module which corresponds to the first network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal, the modem module which corresponds to the first network and is in the dual-mode communication terminal has a built-in dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP client protocol stack, and the obtaining the IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network specifically is:

instructing, by the DMCM module, the modem module corresponding to the first network to obtain the IP address which is in the second network;

obtaining, by the built-in DHCP client protocol stack in the modem module corresponding to the first network, the IP address from a home agent of the dual-mode communication terminal through a DHCP process; and

sending, by the modem module corresponding to the first network, the IP address to the DMCM module.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the second network is a WiMAX network and the first network is a 3G network, the software module running on the host further comprises a background management module of the dual-mode communication terminal, the background management module of the dual-mode communication terminal is configured with a dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP client protocol stack, and the obtaining the IP address which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network specifically is:

performing, by the DHCP client protocol stack configured in the background management module, a DHCP process via the second network and a home agent which is of the dual-mode communication terminal and in the second network; and

obtaining, by the DHCP client protocol stack configured in the background management module, the IP address through a DHCP Ack message which is from the home agent.

14. The system according to claim 9, wherein the structure of the master-slave USB driver specifically is:

installing a USB driver of the first mode in the dual-mode communication terminal on a platform of the second mode, wherein the USB interface function module installed on the host is a virtual network card of the second mode; and

encapsulating a control command of the first mode in a format of a command of the second mode and delivering the encapsulated control command to a chip of the first mode for corresponding processing.