METHOD OF COMMUNICATION UNDER NETWORK CONDITION CONVERGING CELLULAR NETWORK AND WLAN

• US 20140036852A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Liu, Gang, Zhang, Kaibin
• Application Number:
  US14/112,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20140036852A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2514 between local and global IP addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/04 based on wireless node resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A method of communication for an access control apparatus under network condition converging cellular network and WLAN, includes receiving an uplink data package from an user equipment; retrieving a destination address of the uplink data package from the received uplink data package; and determining the attribution of the destination address. If the destination address is attributed to the fixed network segment, then the uplink data package is routed to the fixed access network through Network Address Translation function. If the destination address is attributed to the mobile core network segment, then the uplink data package is routed to the mobile core network through Network Address Translation function.

Claims

1. A method of communication for an access control apparatus under network condition converging cellular network and WLAN, comprising:

a. receiving an uplink data package from an user equipment;

b. retrieving a destination address of the uplink data package from the received uplink data package;

c. determining the attribution of the destination address, if the destination address is attributed to the fixed network segment, then routing the uplink data package to the fixed access network through Network Address Translation function;

if the destination address is attributed to the mobile core network segment, then routing the uplink data package to the mobile core network through Network Address Translation function.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein, the method comprises a step in which the access control apparatus performs Authentication, Authorization and Accounting of the user equipment as an agent.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein, the method comprises a step in which the access control apparatus allocates a local area network address to the user equipment.

4. A method of downlink data communication for an access control apparatus under network condition converging cellular network and WLAN, wherein, the method comprises:

d. receiving a downlink data package;

e. performing Network Address Translation function, and forwarding the downlink data package to the user equipment corresponding to the downlink data package.

9. A method according to claim 4, wherein, when the user equipment is switched from WLAN to mobile cellular network, the access control apparatus forwards the downlink data package of the user equipment by establishing a tunnel to the mobile core network mobility anchor.

5. A method of uplink data communication for an user equipment under network condition converging cellular network and WLAN, comprising:

A. determining an Access Point Name corresponding to a desired data traffic;

B. if the desired data traffic is corresponding to a first type of Access Point Name, encapsulating a data package using a first address as source address;

if it is determined that the desired data traffic is corresponding to a second type of Access Point Name, encapsulating a data package using a second address as source address.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein, the first type of Access Point Name of the desired data traffic is corresponding to mobile core network, and the second type of Access Point Name of the desired data traffic is corresponding to fixed network;

the first address is an address allocated to the user equipment by the mobile core network;

the second address is an address allocated to the user equipment by the fixed network.

7. A method of communication for an access control apparatus under network condition converging cellular network and WLAN, comprising:

i. receiving an uplink data package from an user equipment;

ii. retrieving a source address of the uplink data package from the received uplink data package;

iii. determining whether the source address is a first address allocated to the user equipment by the mobile core network or a second address allocated to the user equipment by the fixed network, if the source address is the second address, then forwarding the uplink data package via the fixed network;

if the source address is the first address, then forwarding the uplink data package to the mobile core network after adding a head with the source address being the second address and the destination address being the mobile core network gateway address to the uplink data package.

8. A method of downlink data communication for an access control apparatus under network condition converging cellular network and WLAN, wherein, the method comprises:

iv. receiving a downlink data package;

v. determining whether the source address of the downlink data package is attributed to the mobile core network segment or the fixed network segment, if the source address is attributed to the fixed network segment, then forwarding the downlink data package directly to the user equipment corresponding to the downlink data package;

if the source address is attributed to the mobile core network segment, then decapsulating the downlink data package, and retrieving an original data package with the destination address being the address allocated to the user equipment by the mobile core network, and then forwarding the original data package to the user equipment.

10. A method of communication based on DSMIP for an access control apparatus under network condition converging cellular network and WLAN, comprising:

a. receiving an uplink data package encapsulated according to DSMIP protocol from an user equipment;

b. detecting a destination address of an original data package in the uplink data package encapsulated according to DSMIP protocol, and determining its attribution;

c. if the destination address is attributed to the fixed network segment, then discarding the head of DSMIP protocol encapsulation, and routing the original data package directly to the fixed access network;

if the destination address is attributed to the mobile core network segment, then routing the tunnel encapsulated uplink data package to the mobile core network.