Mobile location management in ATM networks
First Claim
1. A network comprising a plurality of switches, said switches being formed into respective peer groups, said peer groups being formed into a hierarchical logical network of L levels, where L≧
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprisingat one of said switches, responsive to receiving from an associated base station a registration message originating from one of said wireless terminals, generating a message containing information relating to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and sending the message to the other switches that are within S levels of said one of said switches and to a switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals,at each of said other switches, responsive to receipt of said message, updating an associated reachability database to indicate the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, andat said switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, responsive to receipt of said message, setting a pointer pointing to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, and wherein if said one of said wireless terminals is not within scope S of said previous switch, then said previous switch responsive to receipt of said message, updates an associated reachability database to indicate that said one of said wireless terminals may be reached via a home switch associated with said one of said wireless terminals.
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Abstract
The tracking of mobile terminals served by base stations supported by respective switches are formed into respective peer groups of switches in which the peer groups are then formed into a hierarchical logical network having a prescribed number of levels of scope S, and in which individual ones of the switches serve as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals is enhanced. Specifically, responsive to receiving a registration message sent by one of the wireless terminals, the receiving switch notifies the home switch associated with the sending terminal. The home switch, in turn, notes the current location of that terminal and sends a similar message to the switch serving the zone in which the sending wireless terminal was last located. The latter switch, responsive to receipt of the message sets a pointer that points to (a) the current location of the sending wireless terminal if the switch is within the scope of the current location of the sending terminal or (b) the home switch if the switch is outside of the scope of the current location of the sending terminal.
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39 Claims
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1. A network comprising a plurality of switches, said switches being formed into respective peer groups, said peer groups being formed into a hierarchical logical network of L levels, where L≧
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising
at one of said switches, responsive to receiving from an associated base station a registration message originating from one of said wireless terminals, generating a message containing information relating to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and sending the message to the other switches that are within S levels of said one of said switches and to a switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, at each of said other switches, responsive to receipt of said message, updating an associated reachability database to indicate the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, and at said switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, responsive to receipt of said message, setting a pointer pointing to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, and wherein if said one of said wireless terminals is not within scope S of said previous switch, then said previous switch responsive to receipt of said message, updates an associated reachability database to indicate that said one of said wireless terminals may be reached via a home switch associated with said one of said wireless terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17)
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising
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4. A network comprising a plurality of switches, said switches being formed into respective peer groups, said peer groups being formed into a hierarchical logical network of L levels, where L≧
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals said network further comprising
at one of said switches, responsive to receiving from an associated base station a registration message originating from one of said wireless terminals generating a message containing information relating to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and sending the message to the other switches that are within S levels of said one of said switches and to a switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, at each of said other switches, responsive to receipt of said message, updating an associated reachability database to indicate the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, at said switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, responsive to receipt of said message, setting a pointer pointing to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, wherein if said one of said wireless terminals is not within scope S of said previous switch, then said previous switch, responsive to receipt of said message, updates an associated reachability database to indicate that said one of said wireless terminals may be reached via a home switch associated with said one of said wireless terminals, and in said one switch, responsive to said home switch being outside of the scope of said one switch, sending said message to the home switch. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 22)
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals said network further comprising
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11. A network comprising a plurality of switches, said switches being formed into respective peer groups, said peer groups being formed into a hierarchical logical network of L levels, where L≧
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising
at one of said switches, responsive to receiving from an associated base station a registration message originating from one of said wireless terminals, generating a message containing information relating to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and sending the message to the other switches that are within S levels of said one of said switches and to a switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, at each of said other switches, responsive to receipt of said message, updating an associated reachability database to indicate the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, at said switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, responsive to receipt of said message, setting a pointer pointing to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, and at another one of said switches, responsive to receiving a call for said one wireless terminal, reading from its associated database reachability information associated with said one wireless terminal and routing the call to said one wireless terminal as a function of the read reachability information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23)
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising
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24. A network comprising a plurality of switches, said switches being formed into respective peer groups, said peer groups being formed into a hierarchical logical network of L levels, where L≧
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective communications cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising
at one of said switches, responsive to receiving from an associated base station a registration message originating from one of said wireless terminals, generating a message containing information relating to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and sending the message to the other switches that are within S levels of said one of said switches, and at each of said other switches, responsive to receipt of said message, updating an associated reachability database to indicate the current location of said one of said wireless terminals.
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective communications cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising
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25. A network comprising a plurality of switches, said switches being formed into respective peer groups, said peer groups being formed into a hierarchical logical network of L levels, where L≧
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective communications cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising at one of said switches, responsive to receiving from an associated base station a registration message originating from one of said wireless terminals, generating a message containing information relating to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and sending the message to the other switches that are within S levels of said one of one of said switches and to a switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals,
at each said other switches, responsive to receipt of said message, updating an associated reachability database to indicate the current location of said one of said wireless terminals, and at said switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals, responsive to receipt of said message, setting a pointer pointing to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and updating an associated reachability database to indicate that said one of said wireless terminals may be reached via the home switch associated with said one of said wireless terminals if said previous switch is outside of the scope S of said one of said switches.
- 1, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in respective communications cells, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, said network further comprising at one of said switches, responsive to receiving from an associated base station a registration message originating from one of said wireless terminals, generating a message containing information relating to the current location of said one of said wireless terminals and sending the message to the other switches that are within S levels of said one of one of said switches and to a switch previously serving said one of said wireless terminals,
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26. A wireless network comprising
a plurality of switches formed into respective peer groups, each of said switches being associated with a plurality of base stations each operative for communicating with wireless terminals located in a respective communications zone, individual ones of said switches serving as a home switch for respective ones of said wireless terminals, and a plurality of location registers formed into S levels of location registers such that each of the location registers forming a first level of location registers is associated with a respective one of said peer groups of switches and such that each location register in a succeeding level of location registers is associated hierarchically with a group of location registers in a preceding level of location registers, where S≧ - 1,
wherein each of said first level of location registers is operative for tracking the location of wireless terminals currently served by base stations connected to one of the switches forming the respective one of said peer groups and each succeeding level of location registers is operative for tracking the location of wireless terminals currently tracked by the location registers forming the preceding level of location registers. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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