Setting a communication channel
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first network element configured to generate a request to setup a communication channel and including in said request a parameter indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from said first network element and to communicate the request to a second network element, said second network element receiving from said first network element, said request to setup a communication channel having an indication indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from said first network element,at least one of said first or second network element setting filtering information for said communication channel in response to receiving said request to set up said communication channel; and
at least one of said first network element and said second network element filtering messages transferred on said communication channel according to said filtering information set in response to receiving said parameter.
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Abstract
In a packet switched wireless communications network, a parameter of a communication channel request indicates that the communication channel is to be used to transfer call related control messages. Upon receipt of the communication channel request, a network element sends a request to a radio access network that a part of the communication channel should be setup to transfer call related control messages. Another network element sets filtering information to allow only specific messages to be transferred on the communication channel. Specifically, the filtering information is set such that only call related control messages may be transferred on the communication channel. The other network element then sends the filtering information to the user equipment (UE). The UE derives the uplink filtering information from the received filtering information.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first network element configured to generate a request to setup a communication channel and including in said request a parameter indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from said first network element and to communicate the request to a second network element, said second network element receiving from said first network element, said request to setup a communication channel having an indication indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from said first network element, at least one of said first or second network element setting filtering information for said communication channel in response to receiving said request to set up said communication channel; and at least one of said first network element and said second network element filtering messages transferred on said communication channel according to said filtering information set in response to receiving said parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus comprising:
a first network element programmed to; generate a request to setup a communication channel; include in the request, a parameter which indicates that said communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from said first network element and that filtering information should be set in response to said request; and send, to another network element in a packet switched wireless communications network, said request to setup said communication channel, said request having the parameter indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from said first network element and that filtering information should be set in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
a first network element programmed to; receive, from another network element in a packet switched wireless communications network, a request to setup a communication channel, said request including a parameter, said parameter indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call control messages; set filtering information for said communication channel in response to receiving the parameter from the request to set up a communication channel for call related control messages; monitor data sent on said communication channel based on said filtering information; and block the data from transfer in said communication channel if the data is not call related control messages. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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generating, at a first network element, a request to setup a communication channel; including in the request, a parameter which indicates that said communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from the first network element and that filtering information should be set in response to said request; and sending, to another network element in a packet switched wireless communications network, said request to setup said communication channel, said request having the parameter indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call related control messages to or from the first network element and that filtering information should be set in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving, from another network element in a packet switched wireless communications network, a request to setup a communication channel, said request including a parameter, said parameter indicating that the communication channel will be used for transferring call control messages; setting filtering information for said communication channel in response to receiving the parameter from the request to set up a communication channel for call related control messages; monitoring data sent on said communication channel based on said filtering information; and blocking the data from transfer in said communication channel if the data is not call related control messages. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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Specification