Data gateway for mobile data radio terminals in a data communication network
First Claim
1. A method for managing the communication of data packets between a mobile data radio terminal and a plurality of fixed base stations in a data communications network, in which each base station includes a set of cellular telephone voice transceivers, each tuned to one of a preselected set of communication channels, and means for coupling each transceiver in said set of transceivers to an antenna to facilitate the performance of duplex radio communications over said set of channels with said mobile data radio terminal within range of at least one of said fixed base stations, including a first and second base stations coupled through a first mobile data gateway to said data communications network and a third base station coupled through a second mobile data gateway to said data communications network, the method for managing comprising steps of:
- allocating with said first mobile data gateway, a first channel at said first base station, for the mobile data radio terminal;
receiving a data packet from said mobile data radio terminal, including first signal strength measurement data for said first base station, second signal strength measurement data for said second base station and third signal strength measurement data for said third base station;
determining if said third signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and said second signal strength measurement data and if so, establishing in said first mobile data gateway, a forwarding address to said second mobile data gateway, sending forwarding information from said first mobile data gateway to said second mobile data gateway, and allocating with said second mobile data gateway, a new channel at said third base station, for said mobile data radio terminal; and
if said third signal strength measurement data is not better than said second signal strength measurement data, then determining if said second signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and if so, allocating with said first mobile data gateway, a new channel at said second base station, for said mobile data radio terminal, the mobile data gateway coupled to the base station receiving the strongest signal strength being defined as the serving mobile data gateway.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for managing the communication of data packets between a mobile data radio terminal and a plurality of fixed base stations in a data communications network. In a system of a plurality of base stations (each including a set of cellular telephone voice transceivers), wherein a first and second base stations are coupled through a home mobile data gateway (MDG) to the data communications network and a third base station is coupled through a server mobile data gateway to the data communications network, a method and apparatus which establishes in the home mobile data gateway, a forwarding address to a server mobile data gateway, sends forwarding information from the home mobile data gateway to the server mobile data gateway, and allocates with the server mobile data gateway, a new channel at the third base station, for the mobile data radio terminal. The method further includes determining which base station is providing better signal measurement data and allocating with the home mobile data gateway, a new channel at the better base station, for the mobile data radio terminal. The method further includes allocating an additional channel to the mobile data radio when the forward data packet size is greater than a threshold value. Further in accordance with the invention, when the system receives a forward data packet at the home mobile data gateway from the data communications network, directed to the mobile data radio terminal, it sends the forward data packet to the server mobile data gateway.
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1. A method for managing the communication of data packets between a mobile data radio terminal and a plurality of fixed base stations in a data communications network, in which each base station includes a set of cellular telephone voice transceivers, each tuned to one of a preselected set of communication channels, and means for coupling each transceiver in said set of transceivers to an antenna to facilitate the performance of duplex radio communications over said set of channels with said mobile data radio terminal within range of at least one of said fixed base stations, including a first and second base stations coupled through a first mobile data gateway to said data communications network and a third base station coupled through a second mobile data gateway to said data communications network, the method for managing comprising steps of:
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allocating with said first mobile data gateway, a first channel at said first base station, for the mobile data radio terminal; receiving a data packet from said mobile data radio terminal, including first signal strength measurement data for said first base station, second signal strength measurement data for said second base station and third signal strength measurement data for said third base station; determining if said third signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and said second signal strength measurement data and if so, establishing in said first mobile data gateway, a forwarding address to said second mobile data gateway, sending forwarding information from said first mobile data gateway to said second mobile data gateway, and allocating with said second mobile data gateway, a new channel at said third base station, for said mobile data radio terminal; and if said third signal strength measurement data is not better than said second signal strength measurement data, then determining if said second signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and if so, allocating with said first mobile data gateway, a new channel at said second base station, for said mobile data radio terminal, the mobile data gateway coupled to the base station receiving the strongest signal strength being defined as the serving mobile data gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for managing the communication of data packets between a mobile data radio terminal and a plurality of fixed base stations in a data communications network, in which each base station includes a set of cellular telephone voice transceivers, each tuned to one of a preselected set of communication channels, and means for coupling each transceiver in said set of transceivers to an antenna to facilitate the performance of duplex radio terminal communications over said set of channels with said mobile data radio terminal within range of at least one of said fixed base stations, comprising:
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first and second base stations coupled through a first data gateway to said data communications network; a third base station coupled through a second data gateway to said data communications network; allocating means in said first data gateway, for allocating a first channel at said first base station, for the mobile data radio terminal; storage means in said first data gateway, receiving a data packet from said mobile data radio terminal, including first signal strength measurement data for said first base station, second signal strength measurement data for said second base station and third signal strength measurement data for said third base station; first determining means in said first data gateway, coupled to said storage means, for determining if said third signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and said second signal strength measurement data and if so, establishing in said first data gateway, a forwarding address to said second data gateway, sending forwarding information from said first data gateway to said second data gateway, and allocating with said second data gateway, a new channel at said third base station, for said mobile data radio terminal; and said first determining means determining if said third signal strength measurement data is not better than said second signal strength measurement data, then determining if said second signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and if so, allocating with said first data gateway, a new channel at said second base station, for said mobile data radio terminal, the mobile data gateway coupled to the base station receiving the strongest signal strength being defined as the serving mobile data gateway. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for managing the communication of data packets between a mobile data radio terminal and a plurality of fixed base stations in a data communications network, in which each base station includes a set of transceivers, each tuned to one of a preselected set of communication channels, and means for coupling each transceiver in said set of transceivers to an antenna to facilitate the performance of duplex radio terminal communications over said set of channels with said mobile data radio terminal within range of at least one of said fixed base stations, including a first and second base stations coupled through a first mobile data gateway to said data communications network and a third base station coupled through a second mobile data gateway to said data communications network, the method for managing comprising steps of:
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allocating with said first mobile data gateway, a first channel at said first base station, for the mobile data radio terminal; receiving a data packet from said mobile data radio terminal, including first signal strength measurement data for said first base station, second signal strength measurement data for said second base station and third signal strength measurement data for said third base station; determining if said third signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and said second signal strength measurement data and if so, establishing in said first mobile data gateway, a forwarding address to said second mobile data gateway, sending forwarding information from said first mobile data gateway to said second mobile data gateway, and allocating with said second mobile data gateway, a new channel at said third base station, for said mobile data radio terminal; and if said third signal strength measurement data is not better than said second signal strength measurement data, then determining if said second signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and if so, allocating with said first mobile data gateway, a new channel at said second base station, for said mobile data radio terminal.
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10. A system for managing the communication of data packets between a mobile data radio terminal and a plurality of fixed base stations in a data communications network, in which each base station includes a set of transceivers, each tuned to one of a preselected set of communication channels, and means for coupling each transceiver in said set of transceivers to an antenna to facilitate the performance of duplex radio terminal communications over said set of channels with said mobile data radio terminal within range of at least one of said fixed base stations, comprising:
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first and second base stations coupled through a home data gateway to said data communications network; a third base station coupled through a server data gateway to said data communications network; allocating means in said home data gateway, for allocating a first channel at said first base station, for the mobile data radio terminal; storage means in said home data gateway, receiving a data packet from said mobile data radio terminal, including first signal strength measurement data for said first base station, second signal strength measurement data for said second base station and third signal strength measurement data for said third base station; determining means in said home data gateway, coupled to said storage means, for determining if said third signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and said second signal strength measurement data and if so, establishing in said home data gateway, a forwarding address to said server data gateway, sending forwarding information from said home data gateway to said server data gateway, and allocating with said server data gateway, a new channel at said third base station, for said mobile data radio terminal; and said determining means determining if said third signal strength measurement data is not better than said second signal strength measurement data, then determining if said second signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and if so, allocating with said home data gateway, a new channel at said second base station, for said mobile data radio terminal.
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11. A method for managing the communication of data packets between a mobile data radio terminal and a plurality of fixed base stations in a data communications network, in which each base station includes a set of cellular telephone voice transceivers, each tuned to one of a preselected set of communication channels, and means for coupling each transceiver in said set of transceivers to an antenna to facilitate the performance of duplex radio terminal communications over said set of channels with said mobile data radio terminal within range of at least one of said fixed base stations, including a first and second base stations coupled through a home mobile data gateway to said data communications network and a third base station coupled through a server mobile data gateway to said data communications network, each base station further including at least one data transceiver, and a set of sensors coupled to each voice transceiver in said set of voice transceivers, the method for managing comprising steps of:
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determining in said first base station, when it is safe to switch said data transceiver onto a first channel to which a particular one of the voice transceivers in said set of voice transceivers is tuned; allocating with said home mobile data gateway, said first channel at said first base station, for the mobile data radio terminal; receiving a data packet from said mobile data radio terminal, including first signal strength measurement data for said first base station, second signal strength measurement data for said second base station and third signal strength measurement data for said third base station; determining if said third signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and said second signal strength measurement data and if so, establishing in said home mobile data gateway, a forwarding address to said server mobile data gateway, sending forwarding information from said home mobile data gateway to said server mobile data gateway, and allocating with said server mobile data gateway, a new channel at said third base station, for said mobile data radio terminal; if said third signal strength measurement data is not better than said second signal strength measurement data, then determining if said second signal strength measurement data is better than said first signal strength measurement data and if so, allocating with said home mobile data gateway, a new channel at said second base station, for said mobile data radio terminal, the mobile data gateway coupled to the base station receiving the strongest signal strength being defined as the serving mobile data gateway; and determining in said first base station, when to turn off said data transceiver based on sensing a demand for said first channel by said particular one of the voice transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for managing data packets between a mobile radio terminal and a plurality of base stations in a communications network comprising:
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a first mobile data gateway coupling a first and second base station to the network; a second mobile data gateway coupling a third base station to the network; means for sending a forwarding address from the first mobile data gateway to the second mobile data gateway for allocating with the second mobile data gateway a new channel at the third base station for the mobile data radio terminal; and means for further allocating the new channel among the base stations according to a comparison of a signal strength measurement for each base station included in the data packet, the mobile data gateway coupled to the base station receiving the strongest signal strength being defined as the serving mobile data gateway. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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