Registration messaging for an unlicensed wireless communication system
First Claim
1. In a communication system comprising a licensed wireless communication system and an unlicensed wireless communication system, the unlicensed wireless communication system having an unlicensed region served by an unlicensed wireless network controller, the unlicensed wireless communication system having an unlicensed wireless base station that has an unlicensed wireless link with a mobile station using an unlicensed frequency, a method of registering a mobile station with the unlicensed wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- a) through the unlicensed wireless link, establishing at the unlicensed network controller a secure link with the mobile station; and
b) at the unlicensed network controller, exchanging a set of unlicensed radio resource (RR) registration messages with the mobile station to register the mobile station with unlicensed wireless communication system, wherein the set of RR registration messages includes;
a register message received at the unlicensed network controller from the mobile station for enabling the unlicensed network controller to start monitoring for paging requests targeted at the mobile station, said register message sent by the mobile station while located in the unlicensed region served by the unlicensed network controller.
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Abstract
An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. An indoor base station and indoor network controller provide protocol conversion for the unlicensed wireless service into a standard base station controller interface of the licensed wireless service.
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22 Claims
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1. In a communication system comprising a licensed wireless communication system and an unlicensed wireless communication system, the unlicensed wireless communication system having an unlicensed region served by an unlicensed wireless network controller, the unlicensed wireless communication system having an unlicensed wireless base station that has an unlicensed wireless link with a mobile station using an unlicensed frequency, a method of registering a mobile station with the unlicensed wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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a) through the unlicensed wireless link, establishing at the unlicensed network controller a secure link with the mobile station; and b) at the unlicensed network controller, exchanging a set of unlicensed radio resource (RR) registration messages with the mobile station to register the mobile station with unlicensed wireless communication system, wherein the set of RR registration messages includes; a register message received at the unlicensed network controller from the mobile station for enabling the unlicensed network controller to start monitoring for paging requests targeted at the mobile station, said register message sent by the mobile station while located in the unlicensed region served by the unlicensed network controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An unlicensed wireless network controller to operate in an unlicensed wireless communication system comprising a first radio access network, comprising:
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a) a first network interface comprising a broadband access network interface; b) a second network interface through which messages are sent to and received from a mobile station via an unlicensed wireless base station communicatively coupled between the mobile station and the unlicensed network controller, said second network interface including a plurality of layers implemented over the first network interface; c) a third network interface for connecting the unlicensed network controller to a telecommunications network employed by a licensed wireless communication system; d) circuits for handling a set of unlicensed radio resource (RR) messages transmitted over the second interface to support registering and deregistering of the mobile station to and from the unlicensed wireless communication system, wherein the set of unlicensed RR messages includes; a register message received at the unlicensed network controller from the mobile station for enabling the unlicensed network controller to start monitoring for paging requests targeted at the mobile station, said register message sent by the mobile station while located in an unlicensed region served by the unlicensed network controller. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a communication system that includes a licensed wireless communication system for communicatively connecting to a mobile station using a licensed wireless frequency and an unlicensed wireless communication system for communicatively connecting to the mobile station using an unlicensed wireless frequency, a computer readable medium of an unlicensed wireless network controller, said computer readable medium storing a set of instructions, which when executed by the unlicensed network controller causes the unlicensed network controller to:
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a) have a connection to an unlicensed wireless base station, said base station communicatively coupled to the mobile station using the unlicensed wireless frequency; b) generate, transmit, and process a set of unlicensed radio resource (RR) messages to support registering and deregistering of the mobile station to and from the unlicensed wireless communication system, wherein the set of unlicensed RR messages comprises; a register message received at the unlicensed network controller from the mobile station for enabling the unlicensed network controller to start monitoring for paging requests targeted at the mobile station, said register message sent by the mobile station while located in an unlicensed region served by the unlicensed network controller. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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