Method, system and packet data serving node (PDSN) for mobile IP (MIP) registration of a mobile node (MN)
First Claim
1. In a cellular telecommunications network, a method for Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP) registration between a Mobile Node (MN) and a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN), the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection between the MN and the PDSN;
responsive to the establishment of the PPP connection, starting a PPP timer set to expire after a predetermined period of time;
attempting an MIP registration of the MN with the PDSN;
detecting if the MIP registration is successful;
upon detecting an unsuccessful MIP registration of the MN with the PDSN, keeping alive the PPP connection between the MN and the PDSN until an expiration of the predetermined period of time of the PPP timer;
detecting if a new MIP registration request is received by the PDSN from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time; and
if a new MIP registration request is received by the PDSN from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time, resetting the PPP timer to the predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
In an IP-based cellular telecommunications network, such as for example in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2000 cellular telecommunications network, a method, a system and a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) for registering a Mobile Node (MN) with the PDSN. Once a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection is established between the MN and the PDSN, a PPP timer is started, the PPP timer being set to expire after a predetermined period of time. A Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP) registration takes place between the MN and the PDSN. The PDSN detects if the MIP registration is successful and if so, resets the PPP timer to a substantially higher value and the PPP session continues until one of the involved parties terminates it. If the MIP registration is not successful, the PDSN further detects if a new MIP registration request is received before the expiration of the predefined period of time, and if so, the PDSN resets the PPP timer again to the predefined period of time. Otherwise, if a new MIP registration request is not received before the timer expiration, the PDSN terminates the PPP connection. The PDSN comprises the PPP timer, an RP stack for supporting an RP connection, a PPP stack activated for the duration of the PPP connection, and a foreign agent for performing the MIP registration of the MN, which may be implemented using software or hardware modules, or a combination thereof.
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24 Claims
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1. In a cellular telecommunications network, a method for Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP) registration between a Mobile Node (MN) and a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN), the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection between the MN and the PDSN;
responsive to the establishment of the PPP connection, starting a PPP timer set to expire after a predetermined period of time;
attempting an MIP registration of the MN with the PDSN;
detecting if the MIP registration is successful;
upon detecting an unsuccessful MIP registration of the MN with the PDSN, keeping alive the PPP connection between the MN and the PDSN until an expiration of the predetermined period of time of the PPP timer;
detecting if a new MIP registration request is received by the PDSN from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time; and
if a new MIP registration request is received by the PDSN from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time, resetting the PPP timer to the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) cellular telecommunications system comprising:
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a Mobile Node (MN); and
a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) connected to the MN through a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection;
wherein responsive to an establishment of the PPP connection, the PDSN starts a PPP timer set to expire after a predetermined period of time, detects if an Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP) registration is successful and wherein upon detecting an unsuccessful MIP registration attempt of the MN with the PDSN, the PDSN keeps alive the PPP connection between the MN and the PDSN until an expiration of the predetermined period of time of the PPP timer, further detects if a new MIP registration request is received from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time, and if a new MIP registration request is received from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time, resets the PPP timer to the predefined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) comprising:
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a Point-to-Point Protocol connection (PPP) timer started upon establishment of a PPP connection between the PDSN and a Mobile Node (MN), the PPP timer being set to expire after a predetermined period of time;
a PPP stack enabled upon the establishment of the PPP connection;
a PDSN/Foreign agent functionality for performing a Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP) registration of the MN with the PDSN and for detecting if the MIP registration is successful; and
wherein upon detecting an unsuccessful MIP registration attempt of the MN with the PDSN, the PDSN/Foreign agent keeps the PPP stack enabled and the PPP connection alive between the MN and the PDSN until an expiration of the predetermined period of time of the PPP timer, detects if a new MIP registration request is received from the MN before the expiration of the Predetermined period of time; and
if a new MIP registration request is received from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time, resets the PPP timer to the predefined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a cellular telecommunications network, a method for Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP) registration between a Mobile Node (MN) and a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN), the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection between the MN and the PDSN;
responsive to the establishment of the PPP connection, starting a PPP timer set to expire after a predetermined period of time;
attempting an MIP registration of the MN with the PDSN;
detecting if the MIP registration is successful; and
upon detecting an unsuccessful MIP registration of the MN with the PDSN;
sending from the PDSN to the MN an MIP registration reply for informing the MN that the MIP registration was unsuccessful;
keeping alive the PPP connection between the MN and the PDSN until an expiration of the predetermined period of time of the PPP timer; and
responsive to a receipt of the MIP registration reply at the MN, attempting an additional MIP registration of the MN with the PDSN by sending an additional MIP registration request from the MN to the PDSN, detecting if the additional MIP registration request is received by the PDSN from the MN before the expiration of the redetermined period of time and if the additional MIP registration request is received by the PDSN from the MN before the expiration of the predetermined period of time, resetting the PPP timer to the predetermined period of time wherein the steps of attempting an MIP registration and the step of attempting an additional MIP registration comprise sending from the MN to the PDSN an MIP registration request. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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