System, method, and device for providing communications using a distributed mobile architecture

• US 7,486,967 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2005
• Issued: 02/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lemko Corporation
• Inventors: Pan, ShaoWei, Labun, Nicholas
• Primary Examiner(s): MEHRPOUR, NAGHMEH
• Application Number:
  US11/104,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20060234774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,392 Days
• Field of Search: 455/560, 455/414.1, 455/417, 455/550, 455/439, 4554321-4323, 455/433, 455/435.1, 455/43, 455/466, 4554121-4122, 455/461, 455/445, 455/426, 455/419, 455/415
• US Class Current: 455/560
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4046 with distributed floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/14 WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

A device for providing a communication path between two or more wireless telephones via one or more wireless transceivers is disclosed. The device includes a housing that includes a mobile switching center module and includes a base station controller module. Further, in another particular embodiment, the mobile switching center module includes a program for switching received telephone calls. Additionally, the mobile switching center module includes a program to establish a peer-to-peer connection with a remote distributed mobile architecture server. The mobile switching center module further includes a program to transmit telephone calls to a remote distributed mobile architecture server via one or more peer-to-peer Internet protocol connections.

Claims

1. A method for deploying a terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server, the method comprising:

establishing a direct physical connection between the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server and a base transceiver station, wherein the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server comprises a computer readable medium, a mobile switching center (MSC) module embedded in the computer readable medium, a base station controller (BSC) module embedded in the computer readable medium, a home locator resource (HLR) module embedded in the computer readable medium, a visitor locator resource (VLR) module embedded in the computer readable medium, and a call detail record (CDR) module embedded in the computer readable medium;

activating the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server; and

establishing a network connection with respect to the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server;

wherein the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server is operable to provide a communication path for use by one or more mobile handsets via the base transceiver station while the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server moves from a first location to a second location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server to a location proximate to the base transceiver station.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

opening a portion of a housing that incorporates the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

activating computer software stored within the computer readable medium of the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

initiating telephone call transmission via the terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server.

6. A method of replacing a terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server, the method comprising:

receiving call data from a first plurality of mobile handsets at a first terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server, wherein the first plurality of mobile handsets is associated with the first terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server, wherein the first terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server comprises a first computer readable medium, a first mobile switching center (MSC) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, a first base station controller (BSC) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, a first home locator resource (HLR) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, a first visitor locator resource (VLR) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, and a first call detail record (CDR) module embedded in the first computer readable medium; and

receiving call data from a second plurality of mobile handsets at the first terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server when a second terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server is inoperable, wherein the second plurality of mobile handsets is associated with the second terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server, wherein the second terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server comprises a second computer readable medium, a second MSC module embedded in the second computer readable medium, a second BSC module embedded in the second computer readable medium, a second HLR module embedded in the second computer readable medium, a second VLR module embedded in the second computer readable medium, and a second CDR module embedded in the second computer readable medium.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

disconnecting a direct physical connection between the second terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server and a base transceiver station; and

establishing a direct physical connection between a third terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server and the base transceiver station.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

removing the second terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

moving the third terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server to a location proximate to the base transceiver station.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

activating the third terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

establishing a peer-to-peer network connection to the third terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server.

12. A communication system, comprising:

a first terrestrial distributed mobile architecture (DMA) server, wherein the first terrestrial DMA server comprises a first computer readable medium, a first mobile switching center (MSC) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, a first base station controller (BSC) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, a first home locator resource (HLR) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, a first visitor locator resource (VLR) module embedded in the first computer readable medium, a first call detail record (CDR) module embedded in the first computer readable medium and comprising instructions to store first call billing information, and a first connection to a first wireless transceiver, the first terrestrial distributed mobile architecture server including;

a power supply; and

a network interface module adapted to;

send first call data from the first terrestrial DMA server to a second terrestrial DMA server via a first Internet Protocol (IP) network connection, wherein the second terrestrial DMA server comprises a second computer readable medium, a second MSC module embedded in the second computer readable medium, a second BSC module embedded in the second computer readable medium, a second HLR module embedded in the second computer readable medium, a second VLR module embedded in the second computer readable medium, a second CDR module embedded in the second computer readable medium, and a second connection to a second wireless transceiver;

establish a second IP network connection between the first terrestrial DMA server and a third terrestrial DMA server, wherein the third terrestrial DMA server comprises a third computer readable medium, a third MSC module embedded in the third computer readable medium, a third BSC module embedded in the third computer readable medium, a third HLR module embedded in the third computer readable medium, a third VLR module embedded in the third computer readable medium, a third CDR module embedded in the third computer readable medium, and a third connection to a third wireless transceiver; and

send second call data from the first terrestrial DMA server to the third terrestrial DMA server via the second IP network connection;

wherein the first terrestrial DMA server is operable to communicate while the first terrestrial DMA server moves from a first location to a second location.

13. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the first distributed mobile architecture server has a volume less than 6,000 centimeters cubed and a weight less than 6 kilograms.

14. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the network interface module is adapted to concurrently provide a plurality of communication paths for use by one or more mobile devices.

15. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the network interface module is adapted to terminate the first IP network connection between the first distributed mobile architecture server and the second distributed mobile architecture server.

16. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the first distributed mobile architecture server is adapted to be mounted in a land-based vehicle.

17. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the first distributed mobile architecture server includes a data network connection that provides a connection to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or to a wireless carrier mobile switching center.

18. The communication system of claim 17, wherein the data network connection includes an E1 connection, a T1 connection, a cable connection, a microwave connection, a satellite connection, or any combination thereof.

19. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the first distributed mobile architecture server includes a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Interim Standard (IS) 95 interface, a CDMA 1X interface, a CDMA Evolution Data Only (EVDO) interface, a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) interface, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) interface, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) interface, an IEEE 802.11 interface, an IEEE 802.16 interface, an IS-41 interface, an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) interface, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) interface, an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 41 interface, or any combination thereof.

20. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the first terrestrial DMA server is operable to communicate while the second terrestrial DMA server moves from a third location to a fourth location, while the third terrestrial DMA server moves from a fifth location to a sixth location, and while at least one mobile communication device in wireless communication with the first terrestrial DMA server moves from a seventh location to an eighth location.

21. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the second CDR module stored in the second computer readable medium comprises instructions to store second call billing information, and the third CDR module stored in the third computer readable medium comprises instructions to store third call billing information.

22. A communication system, comprising:

a first terrestrial distributed mobile architecture (DMA) server, comprising;

a power supply;

one or more base transceiver stations adapted to receive voice calls via an antenna;

a processor; and

a computer readable medium, comprising;

a switching module responsive to the one or more base transceiver stations, the switching module comprising instructions to switch the received voice calls;

a network interface module comprising instructions to transmit the received and switched voice calls via at least one peer-to-peer Internet Protocol (IP) connection;

a home locator resource (HLR) module;

a visitor locator resource (VLR) module; and

a call detail record (CDR) module comprising instructions to store billing information associated with the received and switched voice calls;

wherein the first terrestrial DMA server is operable to route and communicate the received and switched voice calls to a second terrestrial DMA server over the at least one peer-to-peer IP connection.

23. The communication system of claim 22, wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

an operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAMP) module; and

an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) module.

24. The communication system of claim 22, wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

a packet data server node (PDSN) gateway module; and

a gateway general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (GGSN) gateway module.