Messaging for registration in an unlicensed wireless communication system
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1. A method comprising:
- a) at a network controller of a first communication network that communicatively couples a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising (i) a licensed wireless radio access network and (ii) a core network comprising a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), registering a telecommunication device in a particular service region to enable said telecommunication device access to communication services of the core network, wherein the network controller provides said access to the core network through the MSC; and
b) after registering the telecommunication device, sending from the network controller a paging message received from the MSC to the particular service region to initiate routing of a communication session from the core network to the particular service region.
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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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1. A method comprising:
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a) at a network controller of a first communication network that communicatively couples a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising (i) a licensed wireless radio access network and (ii) a core network comprising a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), registering a telecommunication device in a particular service region to enable said telecommunication device access to communication services of the core network, wherein the network controller provides said access to the core network through the MSC; and b) after registering the telecommunication device, sending from the network controller a paging message received from the MSC to the particular service region to initiate routing of a communication session from the core network to the particular service region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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a) at a network controller of a first communication network that communicatively couples a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising (i) a licensed wireless radio access network and (ii) a core network comprising a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), registering a telecommunication device in a particular service region to enable said telecommunication device access to communication services of the core network, wherein the network controller provides said access to the core network through the MSC; b) from the network controller, sending a channel activation message to the particular service region to activate a channel for facilitating said communication services; and c) through an activated channel, receiving at the network controller communication session data from the particular service region for routing to the second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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a) at a network of a first communication network that communicatively couples a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising (i) a licensed wireless radio access network and (ii) a core network comprising a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), registering a telecommunication device in a particular service region of the first communication network to enable said telecommunication device access to communication services of the core network, wherein the network controller provides said access to the core network through the MSC; and b) from the network controller, sending a ciphering mode message to a particular service region, wherein a telecommunication device at the particular service region uses the ciphering mode message to enable ciphering when a communication session is handed over from the first communication network over to the licensed wireless radio access network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
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a) at a network controller of a first communication network that communicatively couples a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, receiving a register message sent from a particular service region, the register message for registering a telecommunication device in the particular service region with the first communication network; b) at the network controller, sending a registration acknowledgement message from the network controller to the particular service region when said telecommunication device is authorized to access services of the first communication network; c) after successfully registering the telecommunication device, receiving a location update message at the network controller from the telecommunication device; and d) passing the location update message from the network controller to the core network, said location update message for notifying the core network that said telecommunication device is located in the particular service region enabling the core network to page the telecommunication device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. For a network controller of a first communication network that communicatively couples a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising a licensed wireless radio access network and a core network, a computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by the network controller, the computer program comprising:
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a) a set of instructions for receiving a register message sent from a particular service region, the register message for registering a telecommunication device in the particular service region with the first communication network; b) a set of instructions for sending a registration acknowledgement message from the network controller to the particular service region when said telecommunication device is authorized to access services of the first communication network; c) a set of instructions for receiving a location update message from the telecommunication device; and d) a set of instructions for passing the location update message to the core network, said location update message for notifying the core network that said telecommunication device is located in the particular service region enabling the core network to page the telecommunication device.
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45. A method comprising:
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a) detecting that a telecommunication device enters a particular service region of a first communication network comprising a network controller that communicatively couples each of a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising (i) a licensed wireless radio access network and (ii) a core network comprising a Mobile Switching Center (MSC); and b) at the network controller, registering said telecommunication device to enable said telecommunication device access to services of the core network, wherein the network controller provides said access to the core network through the MSC, wherein registering comprises providing a location area identifier (LAI) of the first communication network to the particular service region to facilitate said services. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. For a network controller of a first communication network that communicatively couples a plurality of service regions of the first communication network to a second communication network comprising (i) a licensed wireless radio access network and (ii) a core network comprising a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), a computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by the network controller, the computer program comprising:
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a) a set of instructions for detecting that a telecommunication device enters a particular service region of the first communication network; and b) a set of instructions for registering said telecommunication device to enable said telecommunication device access to services of the core network, wherein the network controller provides said access to the core network through the MSC, wherein registering comprises providing a location area identifier (LAI) of the first communication network to the particular service region to facilitate said services.
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