DIGITAL MOBILE RADIO FRONT END PROCESSOR

• US 20140161028A1
• Filed: 12/07/2012
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Maria, Arturo
• Application Number:
  US13/708,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20140161028A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/045 involving different protocol versions, e.g. MIPv4 and MIPv6

Abstract

Front-end processors are provided that receive an identifier representative of a target device and match the identifier with a device type. The identifier can be received from a first device that utilizes a first communication protocol and the target device can utilize a second communication protocol. Communications received from the first device and intended for the target device can be translated from the first communication protocol to the second communication protocol. The communication, translated to the second communication protocol type can be transmitted to the target device for reception at the target device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform operations, comprising;

receiving, from a source device that utilizes a first communication protocol, an identifier representative of a target device;

matching the identifier with a device type and a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol;

receiving, from the source device over a communication link according to the first communication protocol, a communication directed to the target device;

translating the communication from the first communication protocol to the second communication protocol to generate a translated communication, wherein the translating is transparent to the source device and the target device; and

initiating a transmission of the translated communication to the target device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the source device is a digital mobile radio unit.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the target device is a digital mobile radio unit.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

routing the translated communication to a gateway device configured to manage communications for the target device, wherein the gateway device is identified based on the device type.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the source device is a digital mobile radio unit associated with a digital mobile radio network and the gateway device is a long term evolution gateway device associated with a mobile cellular network and wherein the translating causes the mobile cellular network to become an extension of the digital mobile radio network.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the source device is a digital mobile radio unit associated with a digital mobile radio network and the gateway device is a gateway general packet radio service support node device associated with a mobile cellular network and wherein the translating causes the mobile cellular network to become an extension of the digital mobile radio network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication protocol is a digital mobile radio protocol and the second communication protocol is a voice over Internet protocol.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication protocol is a voice over Internet protocol and the second communication protocol is a digital mobile radio protocol.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise authenticating the source device before the translating the communication.

10. A method, comprising:

evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, an identification of a first device to determine a first communication protocol used by the first device;

receiving, by the system, a communication directed to the first device and that originated at a second device using a second communication protocol, wherein the second device is provisioned with a digital mobile radio application;

translating, by the system, the communication from the second communication protocol to the first communication protocol resulting in a translated communication; and

sending, by the system, the translated communication to the first device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first communication protocol is a digital mobile radio protocol and the second communication protocol is a voice over Internet protocol, wherein the translating the communication comprises converting the communication from the voice over Internet protocol to the digital mobile radio protocol, and wherein the sending comprises directing the translated communication to a digital mobile radio unit.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first communication protocol is a voice over Internet protocol and the second communication protocol is a digital mobile radio protocol, wherein the translating the communication comprises converting the communication from the digital mobile radio protocol to the voice over Internet protocol, and wherein the sending comprises directing the translated communication to a gateway general packet radio service support node device.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the first communication protocol is a voice over Internet protocol and the second communication protocol is a digital mobile radio protocol, wherein the translating the communication comprises converting the communication from the digital mobile radio protocol to the voice over Internet protocol, and wherein the sending comprises directing the translated communication to a long term evolution gateway device.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the translating the communication includes receiving the translated communication from the second device and the sending the translated communication comprises directing the translated communication to a digital mobile radio gateway device, wherein the translating is transparent to the second device and the digital mobile radio gateway device.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the translating the communication includes receiving the translated communication from a digital mobile radio gateway front end processor and the sending the translated communication comprises conveying the translated communication to a long term evolution gateway device, and wherein the translating is transparent to the digital mobile radio gateway front end processor and the long term evolution gateway device.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the translating the communication includes receiving the translated communication from a digital mobile radio gateway front end processor and the sending the translated communication comprises conveying the translated communication to a global system for mobile communications gateway device.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol are different communication protocols.

18. A tangible computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving, from an originating device, an identification of a destination device;

determining that a first protocol used by the originating device is different from a second protocol used by the destination device, wherein the second protocol is derived based on the identification of the destination device;

converting a format of a communication, received from the originating device, from the first protocol to the second protocol resulting in a reformatted communication; and

conveying the reformatted communication to a gateway device associated with the destination device, wherein the gateway device is identified according to a routing code included in the identification of the destination device.

19. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the originating device is a digital mobile radio unit that is configured to use a digital mobile radio protocol and the destination device is a cellular phone that is configured to use a voice over Internet protocol.

20. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the originating device is a cellular device that is configured to use Voice over Internet protocol and the destination device is a digital mobile radio unit that is configured to use a digital radio protocol.