Network, private branch exchange, wireless LAN terminal, and multiprotocol communication terminal control method therefor

• US 7,408,910 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2004
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kimata, Shinobu, Itagaki, Yoshio
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Chau T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Choi; Eunsook
• Application Number:
  US10/968,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20050083923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1322 PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/16 WPBX [Wireless Private Branch Exchange]

Abstract

A standard-SIP (session initiation protocol) protocol control module and an expanded sip protocol control module are provided so as to correspond to respective Sip protocol corresponding terminals, such as wireless LAN terminals compliant with the SIP. A signal (a request) from each Sip protocol corresponding terminal is converted into a signal according to a protocol of an IP-PBX and is sent to a PBX basic-connection-processing providing module. A signal (a response for the request or a request to the Sip protocol corresponding terminal) from the PBX basic-connection-processing providing module is converted into an Sip protocol signal and is sent to the Sip protocol corresponding terminal. A location-information management module collects a basic service set identifier (BSSID) from each wireless LAN network and stores the BSSID information into a database.

Claims

1. A network comprising:

at least one session initiation protocol (SIP) terminal for performing communication based on a session initiation protocol that implements connection-oriented communication in which communication is performed upon confirmation of a connection with another terminal in an internet protocol (IP) network;

a private branch exchange for performing call connection processing between terminals;

a database; and

a wireless local area network including

an access point that is connected to the private branch exchange through a transmission path, and

at least one wireless local-area-network terminal that belongs to the access point and notifies of unique identifier information of the access point;

wherein the private branch exchange comprises at least one session-initiation-protocol protocol control module, obtained by modularizing processing of the session initiation protocol through use of a scheme of a back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) that acts as a proxy user agent and incorporated as one component; and

a location-information management module, incorporated as one component, for managing the unique identifier information of which the wireless local-area-network terminal notifies,

wherein the unique identifier information of the access point comprises a basic service set identifier (BSSID), and

wherein the location-information management module collects the unique identifier information that comprises the BSSID, and records the unique identifier information in the database.

2. The network according to claim 1, wherein the session initiation protocol is a communication protocol used to start and end multimedia communication through use of data in an internet packet format.

3. The network according to claim 1, wherein the session-initiation-protocol protocol control modules are provided so as to correspond to the respective session-initiation-protocol terminals having different protocols from each other.

4. The network according to claim 1, wherein the private branch exchange provides protocol modules with at least one of interconnection and an additional service.

5. The network according to claim 1, wherein each wireless local-area-network terminal is compliant with the session initiation protocol.

6. The network according to clam 1, wherein the wireless area network further comprises:

a PBX additional services providing module that provides additional services for the SIP terminal, the additional services including at least one of a call back service, an extension interruption service, and a third party control service.

7. The network according to clam 1, wherein the BSSID corresponds to a media access control (MAC) address of the access point, which is different for each of a plurality of access points that are connected to said private branch exchange.

8. A private branch exchange for performing call connection processing between terminals, the private branch exchange comprising:

at least one session-initiation-protocol (SIP) protocol control module, obtained by modularizing processing of a session initiation protocol through use of a scheme of a back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) that acts as a proxy user agent, the session initiation protocol implementing connection-oriented communication in which communication is performed upon confirmation of a connection with another terminal in an internet protocol (IP) network;

a database; and

a location-information management module, incorporated as one component, for managing unique identifier information of an access point included in a wireless local area network and connected to the private branch exchange through a transmission path, the wireless local area network including at least one wireless local-area-network terminal that belongs to the access point and that notifies of the unique identifier information,

wherein the unique identifier information of the access point comprises a basic service set identifier (BSSID), and

wherein the location-information management module collects the unique identifier information that comprises the BSSID, and records the unique identifier information in the database.

9. The private branch exchange according to claim 8, wherein the session initiation protocol is a communication protocol used to start and end multimedia communication through use of data in an internet packet format.

10. The private branch exchange according to claim 8, wherein the session-initiation-protocol protocol control modules are provided so as to correspond to respective session-initiation-protocol terminals having different protocols from each other.

11. The private branch exchange according to claim 8, wherein the private branch exchange provides protocol modules with at least one of interconnection and an additional service.

12. The private branch exchange according to claim 8, wherein each wireless local-area-network terminal is compliant with the session initiation protocol.

13. The private branch exchange according to clam 8, further comprising:

a PBX additional services providing module that provides additional services for the SIP terminal, the additional services including at least one of a call back service, an extension interruption service, and a third party control service.

14. A wireless local-area-network terminal included in a wireless local area network having an access point to which the wireless local-area-network terminal belongs, the wireless local area network being provided in a network that includes, at least, a database, and a private branch exchange for performing call connection processing between terminals and at least one session-initiation-protocol (SIP) terminal for performing communication based on a session initiation protocol that implements connection-oriented communication in which communication is performed upon confirmation of a connection with another terminal in an internet protocol (IP) network, the access point being connected to the private branch exchange through a transmission path, wherein the private branch exchange comprises a location-information management module, incorporated as one component, for managing unique identifier information of the access point, and at lease one session-initiation-protocol control module obtained by modularizing processing of the session initiation protocol through use of a scheme of a back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) that acts as a proxy user agent and incorporated as one component, the wireless local-area-network terminal comprising:

notifying means for notifying the location-information management module of the unique identifier information of the access point via the session-initiation-protocol control module,

wherein the unique identifier information of the access point comprises a basic service set identifier (BSSID), and

wherein the location-information management module collects the unique identifier information that comprises the BSSID, and records the unique identifier information in the database.

15. The wireless local-area-network terminal according to claim 14, wherein the session initiation protocol is a communication protocol used to start and end multimedia communication through use of data in an internet packet format.

16. The wireless local-area-network terminal according to claim 14, wherein the wireless local-area-network terminal is compliant with the session initiation protocol.

17. The wireless local-area-network terminal according to claim 14, further comprising:

a PBX additional services providing module that provides additional services for the SIP terminal, the additional services including at least one of a call back service, an extension interruption service, and a third party control service.

18. A method for controlling at least one multiprotocol communication terminal in a network that includes at least a database and one session initiation protocol (SIP) terminal for performing communication based on a session initiation protocol that implements connection-oriented communication in which communication is performed upon confirmation of a connection with another terminal in an internet protocol (IP) network, a private branch exchange for performing call connection processing between terminals, and a wireless local area network including an access point that is connected to the private branch exchange through a transmission path and at least one wireless local-area-network terminal that belongs to the access point and notifies of unique identifier information of the access point;

the method comprising the steps of;

causing at least one session-initiation-protocol protocol control module to perform processing of the session initiation protocol, the session-initiation-protocol protocol control module being obtained by modularization through use of a scheme of a back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) that acts as a proxy user agent and being incorporated as one component of the private branch exchange; and

causing a location-information management module to manage the unique identifier information of which the wireless local-area-network terminal notifies, the location-information management module being incorporated as one component of the private branch exchange,

wherein the unique identifier information of the access point comprises a basic service set identifier (BSSID), and

wherein the location-information management module collects the unique identifier information that comprises the BSSID, and records the unique identifier information in the database.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the session initiation protocol is a communication protocol used to start and end multimedia communication through use of data in an internet packet format.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the session-initiation-protocol protocol control modules are provided so as to correspond to the respective session-initiation-protocol terminals having different protocols from each other.

21. The method according to claim 18, wherein the private branch exchange provides protocol modules with at least one of interconnection and an additional service.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein each wireless local-area-network terminal is compliant with the session initiation protocol.

23. The method according to clam 18, further comprising:

providing, by way of a PBX additional services providing module, additional services for the SIP terminal, the additional services including at least one of a call back service, an extension interruption service, and a third party control service.

24. The method according to clam 18, wherein the BSSID corresponds to a media access control (MAC) address of the access point, which is different for each of a plurality of access points that are connected to said private branch exchange.