Method and a radio terminal for interaction with a service provider

• US 6,498,788 B1
• Filed: 02/12/1999
• Issued: 12/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hanger Solutions, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Telia AB (Government of Norway)
• Inventors: Emilsson, Stellan, Schmitt, Mikael
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUONG, DUC T
• Application Number:
  US09/147,433
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 370/465, 370/466, 370/338, 370/230, 370/231, 370/235, 370/468, 370/395.21, 370/493, 370/494, 370/495, 370/342, 370/479, 370/441, 375/222, 455/426, 455/552, 455/553, 455/557, 455/452, 455/450
• US Class Current: 370/342
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/026 using code division
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters

Abstract

A mobile radio terminal for a digital cellular radio communication system. The system includes a number of base stations connected to a public network. Each of the base stations is adapted to serve a number of mobile radio terminals. The mobile radio terminal includes negotiation means for initial negotiation with the service provider for the provision of a service application required by terminal user. A control means dynamically controls individual elements of the service application, interconnections between individual elements and interconnection between the service application and a carrier network. A co-division access device enables different users to share radio resource. The Co-division access device may use CDMA or COFDM.

Claims

1. A mobile radio terminal for a digital cellular radio communication system, comprising:

a number of base stations connected to a public network, each of said base stations being adapted to serve a number of mobile radio terminals, characterized in that said mobile radio terminal comprises,

negotiation means for initial negotiation with a service provider for providing a service application required by a terminal user,

control means for dynamically controlling individual elements of the service application, interactions between said individual elements, and interactions between the service application and a carrier network, and

code division access means for enabling different users to share a radio resource;

a radio data modem for transmitting and receiving data for said service application, said data modem including an access function for controlling access to said carrier network;

a mobile user terminal interactively connected to said data modem,

wherein said mobile user terminal includes terminal user means for enabling a user to specify and control a required service application;

wherein said negotiation means are adapted to negotiate a service goal with said service provider which satisfies said user requirements;

wherein at least one service function of said mobile user terminal is adapted, on completion of said negotiation, to request said access function to establish a radio data channel connection to said service provider, thereby enabling achievement of said service goal, and

wherein said radio data modem is adapted, during provision of the required service, to dynamically coordinate and control the service application by ensuring that said radio data channel continues to enable achievement of said service goal.

3. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the service goal specifies a type and quality of a service available from the service provider.

4. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein said service provider includes the at least one service function in a fixed network.

5. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the service provider includes at least one service function belonging to another user of the digital cellular radio communication system.

6. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the achievement of the service goal is determined by a quality of service (QoS) provided by the established radio data channel.

7. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 6, wherein said QoS is determined by demands imposed by the service application.

8. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 6, wherein when a required quality of service (QoS) for achievement of the service goal cannot be satisfied, said data modem is informed of a maximum restricted QoS that can be offered,

wherein said mobile user terminal is informed by said data modem of the maximum restricted QoS, and

wherein said mobile user terminal, on receipt of information concerning the maximum restricted QoS, is adapted to optimize the service application on the basis of the maximum restricted QoS.

9. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the data modem receives information concerning an improved QoS, said mobile user terminal is informed of an improved QoS and, on receipt of information concerning the improved QoS, said mobile user terminal optimizes the service application on the basis of the improved QoS.

10. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the negotiation means are adapted to renegotiate the service goal during provision of the service application.

11. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein said renegotiation of the service goal results in at least one of longer provision of the service application and increased optimization of the service application.

13. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein said radio data modem is allotted resource frames containing, for individual elements of the service application, the maximum allowable bandwidth that may be used for respective individual elements of the service application, and how much bandwidth may be used, on average, by respective individual elements of the service application.

2. A mobile radio terminal for a digital cellular radio communication system, comprising:

a number of base stations connected to a public network, each of said base stations being adapted to serve a number of mobile radio terminals, wherein said mobile radio terminal comprises,

negotiation means for initial negotiation with a service provider for providing a service application required by a terminal user,

control means for dynamically controlling individual elements of the service application, interactions between said individual elements, and interactions between the service application and a carrier network, and

code division access means for enabling different users to share a radio resource,

a radio data modem for transmitting and receiving information data, said data modem being adapted to utilize a radio resource to accommodate different service applications and including;

an access function for controlling access by said mobile radio terminal to a carrier network;

a data flow control function for said data modem;

a mobile user terminal including,

control function for specifying and controlling a service application required by a terminal user;

at least one service function for establishing the service application and negotiating a service goal with a provider of the required service application, which satisfies said user requirements,

wherein said at least one service function is adapted, on completion of said negotiation, to request said access function to establish a radio data channel connection to said service provider, which enables achievement of said service goal; and

wherein said radio data modem is adapted, during provision of the required service, to dynamically coordinate and control the service application by ensuring that said radio data channel continues to make it possible to achieve said service goal.

12. A mobile radio terminal for a digital cellular radio communication system, comprising:

a number of base stations connected to a public network, each of said base stations being adapted to serve a number of mobile radio terminals, characterized in that said mobile radio terminal comprises,

negotiation means for initial negotiation with a service provider for providing a service application required by a terminal user,

control means for dynamically controlling individual elements of the service application, interactions between said individual elements, and interactions between the service application and a carrier network, and

code division access means for enabling different users to share a radio resource,

wherein the service application is a multimedia application,

wherein individual elements of the multimedia application include,

video,

audio, and

data, and

wherein said individual elements of the service application are allotted resource frames containing the maximum allowable bandwidth that may be used for a respective element of the service application, and how much bandwidth may be used, on average, by said respective individual elements of the service application.

14. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein said resource frames contain at least one quality requirement of respective individual elements of the service application.

15. A radio terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein each of said resource frames is associated with a multimedia application.

16. A method for efficient use of bandwidth for mobile radio services provided by a digital cellular radio communication system including a number of mobile user terminals, wherein each of said mobile user terminals has a radio data modem for transmitting and receiving information data on a radio channel;

a number of base stations connected to a public network, and each of said base stations is adapted to serve a number of mobile terminals, said method including the steps of;

a user of a mobile terminal specifying a required service application;

said mobile terminal initiating establishment of a required service application, on the basis of said user requirements, and negotiating a service goal, which satisfies said user requirements, with a provider of the required service application;

said mobile terminal, on completion of said service goal negotiation, establishing an established radio data channel between a respective radio data modem and a service provider, thereby enabling achievement of said service goal,

wherein said radio modem is adapted to utilize the radio channel to accommodate a plurality of service applications; and

said data modem, during provision of the required service, dynamically coordinates and controls individual elements of the service application by ensuring that said radio data channel continues to enable achievement of said service goal.

17. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the service goal specifies a type and quality of service available from the service provider.

18. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the service provider includes the service applications in a fixed network.

19. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the service provider includes service applications belonging to another user of the digital cellular radio communication system.

20. A method as claimed claim 16, wherein the achievement of the service goal is determined by a QoS provided by the established radio data channel.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein said QoS is determined by demands imposed by the service application.

22. The method as claimed in claim 20, further including the steps of:

when the required QoS for achievement of the service goal cannot be satisfied, said data modem is informed of the restricted maximum QoS that has been offered;

said mobile terminal is informed by said data modem of the restricted maximum QoS; and

said mobile terminal, on receipt of information concerning the restricted maximum QoS, is adapted to optimize the service application, on the basis of the restricted maximum QoS.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein said mobile terminal optimizes the service application on the basis of the restricted maximum QoS, said mobile terminal also prioritizes individual elements of the service application, thereby resulting in at least one of a deterioration of quality of at least one of said individual elements, and temporary deactivation of at least one other of said elements.

24. A method as claimed in claim 21, further including the steps of:

when the data modem receives information concerning an improved QoS, said mobile terminal is informed of the improved QoS; and

said mobile terminal, on receipt of the information concerning the improved QoS, optimizes the service application based on the improved QoS.

25. A method as claimed in claim 24, characterized in that optimization of the service application, on the basis of the improved QoS, includes the step of prioritizing individual elements of the service application, said prioritization resulting in the quality of at least one of said elements being improved, and/or activation of at least one other of said elements.

26. A method as claimed in claim 16, further including the step of periodically renegotiating the service goal.

27. A method as claimed in claim 26, characterised in that renegotiation of the service goal results in an extension of the service application.

28. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step of specifying further comprises specifying a multimedia application as the service application.

29. A method as claimed in claim 28, characterised in that the individual elements of the multimedia application are as follows:

video;

audio; and

data.

30. A method as claimed in claim 16, further including the step of allotting resource frames to individual elements of the service application, each resource frame containing a maximum allowable bandwidth that may be used for respective individual elements of the service application, and how much bandwidth may be used, on average, by said respective individual elements of the service application.

31. A method as claimed in claim 16, further including the step of allotting resource frames to the radio data modem, wherein for each element of the service application said resource frames contain a maximum allowable bandwidth that may be used for said each element, and how much bandwidth may be used, on average, by said each element.

32. A method as claimed in claim 30, characterized in that said resource frames contain at least one quality requirement of said respective individual elements of the service application.

33. A method as claimed in claim 30, characterized in that each of said resource frames is associated with a multimedia application.

34. A method as claimed in claim 16, characterized in that said method uses code division access to enable sharing of a radio resource by more than one user.

35. A method as claimed in claim 34, characterized in that said method uses CDMA or COFDM.

36. A mobile radio for a digital cellular radio communication system including a number of base stations connected to a public network, each of said base stations being adapted to serve a number of mobile radio terminals, wherein each of said terminals is adapted to effect efficient use of a radio resource and includes a service function for optimizing a service application required by a terminal user on the basis of a service goal and existing bandwidth of a radio data channel;

a radio data modem including an access function for dynamically controlling said radio data channel to provide a connection which makes it possible to achieve the service goal, and a data flow function for power control, channel encoding and code division of said radio data channel, said access function interacting with said service function; and

resource management means for managing said interaction between said service and access functions.

37. A mobile radio terminal as claimed in claim 36, characterized in that said resource management means includes first management means for controlling of resources used by elements of said service application, said resources being associated with control of the data flow function of said radio data modem, and said service application, and in that said control is effected by allocation of resource frames to said elements of said service application.

38. A mobile radio terminal as claimed in claim 37, characterized in that said resource management means include second management means for controlling of said radio resource, said radio resource being associated with control of the data flow function of said radio data modem to enable momentary use by said radio data modem of the bandwidth needed on said radio data channel, and in that said control is effected by allocation of resource frames to said radio data modem.