Radio communication system, and gateways, radio intelligent terminals and radio communication methods applied thereto

• US 7,103,028 B1
• Filed: 07/19/1999
• Issued: 09/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Okada, Noritake, Yasue, Reiko, Ohnishi, Nobukazu, Ozaki, Hirohisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Phunkulh, Bob A.
• Application Number:
  US09/356,350
• Time in Patent Office: 2,605 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/338, 370/349, 370/389, 370/400, 370/401, 370/329, 455/450, 455/556.1, 455/556.2
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/328 in the presentation layer [OSI layer 6]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0011 for data sessions of end-to-end connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/12 Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/22 Manipulation of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

The present invention is applied to the case that in a communication system establishing the communication between a radio intelligent terminal and a server via gateway, it is necessary to exchange from a gateway to be used originally to other gateway because of any reason. First, it is arranged in this invention that at receiving a gateway exchange instruction an information notifying means may notify a radio intelligent terminal of the generation of gateway exchange. In case of notifying only the gateway exchange, the above information in addition to the exchange notice can contains information necessary for the communication between the radio intelligent terminal and the server via exchange-destination gateway, for example, the exchange-destination gateway address.

Claims

1. A communication system which establishes a communication between a radio intelligent terminal and a server via a gateway:

wherein the gateway is provided with an information notifying means, in response to receiving a gateway exchange instruction while the exchange-original gateway is relaying the communication between the radio intelligent terminal and the server, notifying the radio intelligent terminal of the information necessary for the communication between the radio intelligent terminal and the server via an exchange-destination gateway; and

wherein the radio intelligent terminal is provided with a restart activating means, receiving from the exchange-original gateway the information necessary for the communication with the server via the exchange-destination gateway, and executing the restart sequence for the communication with the exchange-destination gateway while suspending the communication with the exchange-original gateway;

the communication system further comprising an information exchange means, wherein if an incomplete transaction is left after the suspend processing of the communication with the exchange-original gateway, by said information exchange means the exchange-original gateway notifies the exchange-destination gateway of the information of the respondent to a request of the terminal before the restart sequence.

2. In the communication system as defined in claim 1, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates after the exchange-original gateway sends the exchange notice to the radio intelligent terminal, but said request does not arrive at the server.

3. In the communication system as defined in claim 1, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request generated from the radio intelligent terminal has arrived at the server before the exchange-original gateway sends the exchange notice to the radio intelligent terminal, and in response to said request the exchange-original gateway sends back ACK to the radio intelligent terminal.

4. In the communication system as defined in claim 1, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates before the exchange-original gateway sends the exchange notice to the radio intelligent terminal, and ACK in response to said request arrives at the exchange-original gateway at the suspend processing, but does not arrive at the radio intelligent terminal.

5. A gateway used in a communication system relaying a communication between a radio intelligent terminal and a server offering services to the radio intelligent terminal,

wherein an exchange-original gateway is provided with an information notifying means notifying the radio intelligent terminal of the information necessary for the communication with an exchange-destination gateway;

and

wherein if an incomplete transaction is left at the suspend processing of the communication with the radio intelligent terminal, said exchange-original gateway notifying the server of the information of a respondent to the request of the terminal before the restart sequence.

6. In the gateway as defined in claim 5, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates after the exchange notice is sent to the radio intelligent terminal, but said request does not arrive at the server.

7. In the gateway as defined in claim 5, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request generated from the radio intelligent terminal has arrived at the server before the exchange notice is sent to the radio intelligent terminal, and ACK in response to said request is sent back to the radio intelligent terminal.

8. In the gateway as defined in claim 5, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates before the exchange notice is sent to the radio intelligent terminal, and ACK in response to said request does not arrive at the radio intelligent terminal at the suspend processing.

9. A communication system establishing a communication with a radio intelligent terminal and a server offering services to the radio intelligent terminal via a gateway,

wherein the gateway is provided with the information exchanging means able to exchange between the exchange-original gateway and the exchange-destination gateway the information necessary for the communication between the server and the radio intelligent terminal via the exchange-destination gateway, in response to receiving a gateway exchange instruction from an operator while the exchange-original gateway is relaying the communication between the radio intelligent terminal and the server, and an information notifying means notifying the radio intelligent terminal of the information necessary for the communication with the exchange-destination gateway from the exchange-original gateway;

and

wherein the radio intelligent terminal is provided with a restart activating means receiving from the exchange-original gateway the information necessary for the communication with the server via exchange-destination gateway, and executing the restart sequence for the communication with the exchange-destination gateway while suspending the communication with the exchange-original gateway.

10. The communication system as defined in claim 9, wherein the radio intelligent terminal is provided with the restart activating means, in case that the information of communication conditions in the radio intelligent terminal is different from in the exchange-original gateway before and after the information exchange between the exchange-original gateway and the exchange-destination gateway by the information exchanging means, said means notifying from the radio intelligent terminal to the exchange-destination gateway of the information supplementing the incompatibility of communication conditions at the time of connecting the communication with the exchange-destination gateway.

11. The communication system as defined in claim 10, wherein the incompatibility occurs based on the communication between the radio intelligent terminal and the exchange-original gateway device, said communication generates for a period of the information exchange.

12. The communication system as defined in claim 9 comprising:

the information exchanging means, if an incomplete transaction is left after the suspend processing of the communication with the exchange-original gateway, by said means the exchange-original gateway notifies the exchange-destination gateway of the information of the incomplete transaction before the restart sequence.

13. In the communication system as defined in claim 12, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates after the exchange-original gateway sends the exchange notice to the radio intelligent terminal, but said request does not arrive at the server.

14. In the communication system as defined in claim 12, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request generated from the radio intelligent terminal has arrived at the server before the exchange-original gateway sends the exchange notice to the radio intelligent terminal and in response to said request the exchange-original gateway sends back ACK to the radio communication terminal.

15. In the communication system as defined in claim 12, the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates before the exchange-original gateway sends the exchange notice to the radio intelligent terminal, and ACK in response to said request arrives at the exchange-original gateway at the suspend processing, but does not arrive at the radio intelligent terminal.

16. The communication system as defined in claim 9, comprising:

the information exchanging means, wherein the information send from the exchange-original gateway to the exchange destination gateway contains the capability of the terminal, in case that the capability of the terminal cannot be accommodated by the exchange-destination gateway, said means notifying from the exchange-destination gateway to the exchange-original gateway of the capability that the exchange-destination gateway can offer to the terminal.

17. The communication system as defined in claim 16, comprising:

the information notifying means notifying the terminal of the capability of the exchange-destination gateway together with the exchange notice; and

the judgment means in the radio intelligent terminal judging whether the communication with the exchange-destination gateway should restart or not according to the informed capability.

18. The communication system as defined in claim 16, comprising:

the judgment means in the exchange-original gateway judging if it is possible to perform the communication with the terminal based on the capability of the exchange-destination gateway, and if impossible, stopping the exchange-original gateway.

19. The communication system as defined in claim 9, comprising:

the information exchanging means, if the first nominated exchange-destination gateway rejects the exchange, said means executing the information exchange with other nominated exchange-destination gateway.

20. A gateway used in a communication system relaying the communication between a radio intelligent terminal and a server offering services to the radio intelligent terminal,

wherein the exchange-original gateway is provided with:

an information exchanging means, in response to receiving a gateway exchange instruction from an operator while the exchange-original gateway is relaying from the radio intelligent terminal to the server, said means able to exchange with the exchange-destination gateway the information necessary for the communication between the radio intelligent terminal and the server via exchange-destination gateway; and

an information notifying means notifying the radio intelligent terminal of the information necessary for the communication with the exchange-destination gateway.

21. The gateway at exchange-original side as defined in claim 20, comprising:

the information exchanging means, if an incomplete transaction is left after the suspend processing of the communication with the radio intelligent terminal, by said means the exchange-original gateway notifies the exchange-destination gateway of the information of the transaction before the restart sequence of the radio intelligent terminal.

22. The gateway as defined in claim 21, wherein the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates after the exchange notice is sent to the radio intelligent terminal, but said request does not arrive at the server.

23. The gateway as defined in claim 21, wherein the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request generated from the radio intelligent terminal has arrived at the server before the exchange notice is sent to the radio intelligent terminal, and ACK in response to said request is sent back to the exchange-original gateway from the server after the suspend processing.

24. The gateway as defined in claim 21, wherein the incomplete transaction occurs in case that the request from the radio intelligent terminal to the server generates before the exchange notice is sent to the radio intelligent terminal, and ACK in response to said request does not arrive at the radio intelligent terminal at the time of the suspend processing.

25. A radio intelligent terminal which establishes a communication with a server offering to services via gateway, comprising:

a restart activating means, in response to receiving an gateway exchange instruction from an operator while the exchange-original gateway is relaying from the radio intelligent terminal to the server, said means receiving from the exchange-original gateway the information necessary for the communication with the server via exchange-destination gateway together with the exchange notice, and executing the restart sequence for the communication with the exchange-destination gateway while suspending the communication with the exchange-original gateway;

wherein, in case that there is a incompatibility in the communication conditions with the exchange-original gateway before and after the information necessary after the exchange is exchanged between the exchange-original gateway and the exchange-destination gateway, the information supplementing the incompatibility is sent to the exchange-destination gateway by the restart sequence.

26. A communication method which establishes a radio intelligent terminal and a server offering services to the radio intelligent terminal via a gateway, comprising following steps:

notifying from the exchange-original gateway to the exchange-destination gateway of the information necessary for the communication between the radio communication terminal and the server via the exchange-destination gateway in response to receiving a gateway exchange instruction from an operator while the exchange-original gateway is relaying the communication between the radio intelligent terminal and the server;

notifying from the exchange-original gateway to the radio intelligent terminal of the information necessary for the communication with the exchange-destination gateway; and

executing the restart sequence for the communication with the exchange-destination gateway along with suspending the communication with the exchange-original gateway by the radio intelligent terminal which receives the information necessary for the communication with the server via the exchange-destination gateway.