Method and system for providing data service in interworking wireless public and private networks

• US 7,299,039 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2005
• Issued: 11/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sung-Hoon, Lee, Tai-Yoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Perez-Gutierrez; Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Karikari; Kwasi
• Application Number:
  US11/049,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20050176413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 455/445, 455/433, 455/426.1, 455/554.1, 455/552.1, 455/555, 455/435.1, 370/354, 370/353, 370/355, 370/356, 370/363, 370/374, 370/381
• US Class Current: 455/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/145 trading network capacity or selecting route based on tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5692 Selection among different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/105 PBS [Private Base Station] network H04W84/12 - H04W84/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A method and system for providing a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, allows for data service data being transmitted through the private network when a data service is to be transmitted through the private network within the network where the wireless public network and the wired/wireless private network are interworked. A method of providing a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, includes transmitting, by a user, a data service request signal; determining, by the private network, based on identifier information through which of the private and public networks to transmit the data service; transmitting a private network data service call to a private content server when it is determined based on the identifier information that it is the private network data service call; and transmitting a public network data service call to a public network content server when it is determined based on the identifier information that it is the public network data service call. Consequently, there is an advantage that a packet data service can be forwarded through any one selected from the public network and the private network. Further, there is another advantage that a data service is available through the private network by modifying the system without changing each user terminal, and thus an additional cost is hardly caused.

Claims

1. A method of requesting a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, comprising:

setting up, by a user, information as to which of the public and private networks is to receive the data service;

storing the information set up by the user in a private network database;

when any user requests the data service, retrieving an identifier of a corresponding user terminal from said private network database, and providing the data service through a corresponding one of said private network and said public network depending on a status set up in the database; and

releasing a function for setting up the data service through the private network;

wherein setting up said identifier by the user, is performed by the user inputting and setting up digits using button keys of a wireless terminal of the user;

wherein the digits include a combination of a private network access code, a function access code, and a characteristic code which is a private network data service setup function code.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

inputting and setting up a characteristic code, the characteristic code being combined with a private network data service setup function code and a code indicating whether to perform an authentication process on a data call.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein information on the code indicating whether to perform the authentication process, the code being inputted and set up by the user using the button keys of the wireless terminal, is stored in an authentication field of a private network packet data call setup table in a private network control station database.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

inputting and setting a characteristic code, the characteristic code being combined with a private network data service setup function code and a code indicating whether to perform a billing computation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information on the code indicating whether to perform the billing computation, the code being inputted and set by the user using said button key of said wireless terminal, is stored in a billing field of a private network packet data call setup table in a private network control station database.

6. A method of requesting a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, comprising:

setting up, by a user, information as to which of the public and private networks is to receive the data service;

storing the information set up by the user in a private network database;

when any user requests the data service, retrieving an identifier of a corresponding user terminal from said private network database, and providing the data service through a corresponding one of said private network and said public network depending on a status set up in the database; and

releasing a function for setting up the data service through the private network;

wherein releasing the function for setting up the data service through said private network is performed by the user inputting and setting up a specific number using button keys of said wireless terminal, said specific number being a private network access code plus a function access code plus a characteristic code, wherein said characteristic code is a private network data service setup and release function code.

7. A system for providing a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, comprising:

at least one base station for receiving a data service request signal received from a wireless terminal of a user and transmitting data to be transmitted to said wireless terminal of the user;

a public network taking charge of data control upon transmitting and receiving through the public network the data service request signal transmitted and received through said base station;

a private network having a route determining unit for determining, based on an identifier of the call transmitting side terminal included in the data service request signal received at said base station, through which of said private and public networks to send data for the data service, and transmitting the data through a corresponding network; and

a private network dedicated private content server for directly providing the data service through said private network rather than said public network, when said private network determines that the currently received data service request signal is for a private network data service;

wherein the private network includes;

a database having a table structure composed of an identifier field of a call transmitting side terminal and a field indicating a data service route;

a route determining unit for determining the data service route with respect to the identifier by referring to a database that stores the identifier of the call transmitting side terminal transmitting the data service request signal received through the base station, and transmitting the data to a corresponding one of said private network and said public network; and

a private network control module for transmitting data for a private network data service to a private content server when the data received through a data routing software module is said private network data service and, when there is an input regarding a setup to use which of said private and public networks from the call transmitting side terminal, writing the input to the database;

wherein the data service route field of said database includes an initial setup being default, said initial setup being set for a public network when the data service route is not voluntarily set by the user.

8. A system for providing a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, comprising:

at least one base station for receiving a data service request signal received from a wireless terminal of a user and transmitting data to be transmitted to said wireless terminal of the user;

a public network taking charge of data control upon transmitting and receiving through the public network the data service request signal transmitted and received through said base station;

a private network having a route determining unit for determining, based on an identifier of the call transmitting side terminal included in the data service request signal received at said base station, through which of said private and public networks to send data for the data service, and transmitting the data through a corresponding network; and

a private network dedicated private content server for directly providing the data service through said private network rather than said public network, when said private network determines that the currently received data service request signal is for a private network data service;

wherein the private network includes;

a database having a table structure composed of an identifier field of a call transmitting side terminal and a field indicating a data service route;

a route determining unit for determining the data service route with respect to the identifier by referring to a database that stores the identifier of the call transmitting side terminal transmitting the data service request signal received through the base station, and transmitting the data to a corresponding one of said private network and said public network; and

a private network control module for transmitting data for a private network data service to a private content server when the data received through a data routing software module is said private network data service and, when there is an input regarding a setup to use which of said private and public networks from the call transmitting side terminal, writing the input to the database;

wherein the private network control module includes;

a private network control module for managing a plurality of base stations and taking charge of a wireless channel setup and a frequency hopping process; and

a private packet data serving node module for taking charge of a switching function on a data call for a data service.

9. A system for providing a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, comprising:

at least one base station for receiving a data service request signal received from a wireless terminal of a user and transmitting data to be transmitted to said wireless terminal of the user;

a public network taking charge of data control upon transmitting and receiving through the public network the data service request signal transmitted and received through said base station;

a private network having a route determining unit for determining, based on an identifier of the call transmitting side terminal included in the data service request signal received at said base station, through which of said private and public networks to send data for the data service, and transmitting the data through a corresponding network; and

a private network dedicated private content server for directly providing the data service through said private network rather than said public network, when said private network determines that the currently received data service request signal is for a private network data service;

wherein the private network includes;

a database having a table structure composed of an identifier field of a call transmitting side terminal and a field indicating a data service route;

a route determining unit for determining the data service route with respect to the identifier by referring to a database that stores the identifier of the call transmitting side terminal transmitting the data service request signal received through the base station, and transmitting the data to a corresponding one of said private network and said public network; and

a private network control module for transmitting data for a private network data service to a private content server when the data received through a data routing software module is said private network data service and, when there is an input regarding a setup to use which of said private and public networks from the call transmitting side terminal, writing the input to the database;

wherein said terminal displays the network through which the packet data service is transmitted, remaining number of times of transmission and remaining time through a liquid crystal display.

10. A method comprising:

inputting a plurality of digits for setting up a private network data call;

transmitting a call transmitting side message with the inputted plurality of digits for setting up a function, to a first unit, where it is determined based on first digits of the plurality of digits of the call transmitting side message whether the message indicates a private network service, the first digits being a private network access code;

when said first digits is one of general numbers, determining that the first digits are not a private network access code but a public network access code and transmitting by the first unit, a data call to a public network base station controller;

when determining that the first digits are the private network access code, determining whether second digits of the plurality of digits of the call transmitting side message are a function code;

when it is determined that the second digits are not the function code but rather general numbers, setting no separate function setup while connecting to the private network, and the private packet data serving node module connecting the data call to the private network; and

when determining that the second digits are the function code, setting up a separate function, by establishing a private packet data service route according to the remaining digits of the plurality of digits subsequent to the second digits, a second unit sets a data service call route field of a corresponding terminal in the private data service call setup table as a private network, writes an authentication field to be a certain value and writes a billing field to be a certain second value, which are data service options.

11. A method comprising:

when a terminal of a user in a cell area shared by public and private networks transmits a signal to attempt to connect to a local content server through a uniform resource locator input menu on its browser, invoking a first unit in a private base station controller, data transmission and reception route setup information of a corresponding terminal from a private packet data call setup table;

when a private network packet data route field corresponding to the corresponding call transmitting side terminal identification is set as the private network, executing by said first unit, a private second unit point to point protocol daemon to make point to point protocol negotiation with a point to point protocol client module of the terminal;

when the point-to-point protocol negotiation is completed, comparing a value of the authentication field corresponding to the identification of the corresponding call transmitting side terminal in the private packet data call setup table;

when the value of the authentication field is a certain value, performing the terminal authentication process and then terminating the point-to-point protocol negotiation; and

when the point-to-point protocol negotiation process is terminated, a session is established between the terminal and the private content server and terminal of the user is allowed to connect to the local content server, and download packet data desired by the user among contents.

12. A method comprising:

manually inputting by a user a plurality of values for private network packet data call release including a first set for a private network access code, a second set for a function access code and a third set for a characteristic code for releasing a private network packet data call setup;

manually transmitting by the user the plurality of values for call transmitting side message, the call transmitting side message for setting up a function being transmitted to a first unit;

determining at the first unit, based on the first set of the message, whether a requested service is a private network service;

when the first set are general numbers, determining that code is not a private network access code but rather a public network access code and transmitting the current data call to the public network base station controller by said first unit;

when it is determined that the first set is a certain first value, the code is determined to be a private network access code and determining whether the second set of values is a function code;

when it is determined that the second set of values is not the function code, determining that there is no separate function setup while connecting to the private network, and the private second unit connecting the data call to the private network; and

when it is determined that the second set of values is the function code, determining that the user is setting up a separate function and to release the private packet data call setup depending on the remaining values subsequent to the second certain value, and changing the packet data call route field of the corresponding terminal in the private packet data call setup table into the public network.