Method and system for a traditional terminal user to access an IMS domain

• US 7,643,474 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2006
• Issued: 01/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Huang, Shibi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang; Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): King; Simon
• Application Number:
  US11/481,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20070008957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/401, 370/353, 370/354, 370/355, 370/356, 455/412.2, 455/412.1, 455/435.1, 379/93.17, 379/218.01, 709/217, 709/223
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]

Abstract

Provided are an implementing method and a communication system for a traditional terminal user accessing an IMS domain. The method allocates an IMS domain user identification including a public identification and a private identification to a traditional terminal user on an AGF entity controlled by an AGCF entity, and establishes a mapping relation between the IMS domain user identification and the line identification of the user. When receiving a command or message for a certain user terminal sent from the AGF entity, the AGCF entity determines the IMS domain user identification of the user according to the mapping relation and sends a corresponding SIP message to the IMS domain.

Claims

1. A method for a traditional terminal user to access an IP multimedia subsystem domain, comprising the steps of:

an access gateway control function entity allocating an IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification comprising a public identification and a private identification to a traditional terminal user on an access gateway function entity controlled by the access gateway control function entity, and establishing a mapping relation between the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification and a line identification of the user, the line identification being used for determining the access gateway function entity and port corresponding to the user; and

when receiving at least one of a command and a message for a certain user terminal sent from the access gateway function entity, the access gateway control function entity determining the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification of the user according to the mapping relation and sending a corresponding SIP message to a call session control function entity in the IP multimedia subsystem domain;

or when receiving a SIP message sent from the call session control function entity in the IP multimedia subsystem domain, the access gateway control function entity determining the line identification of the user according to the mapping relation and sending a corresponding at least one of a command and a message to the access gateway function entity based on the control protocol of the access gateway function entity, and the at least one of a command and a message being converted into an analog line signaling by the access gateway function entity and being transmitted to the user terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the access gateway control function entity and the access gateway function entity are arranged in a reliable security network domain to guarantee communication security therebetween.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, a security path is arranged between the access gateway control function entity and the access gateway function entity to further guarantee the communication security.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the access gateway control function entity allocates the same private identification to at least a part of traditional terminal users under its control.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, the access gateway control function entity allocates at least one public identifications to each accessing user.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the access gateway control function entity allocates at least one public identifications to each accessing user.

7. A method for a traditional terminal user to register to an IMS domain, comprising the steps of:

an access gateway control function allocating an IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification comprising a public identification and a private identification to a traditional terminal user on an access gateway function entity controlled by the access gateway control function entity, and establishing a mapping relation between the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification and the line identification of the user, the line identification being used for determining the access gateway function entity and port corresponding to the user; and

when the access gateway function entity issues that the status of the port corresponding to the user is normal, the access gateway control function entity determining the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification of the user according to the mapping relation, constructing a corresponding SIP registration message and sending it to a call session control function entity in the IP multimedia subsystem domain.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, after the user successfully registers, the registration information relative to the user is recorded on the access gateway control function entity.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein, the access gateway control function entity further initiates the subscription procedure of the user registration status and initiates the user re-registration procedure before the consulted period of validity of the registration is overridden.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein, when the access gateway function entity issues that the status of the port corresponding to the user is abnormal in the subsequent procedure, the access gateway control function entity replies a response to the access gateway function entity, constructs a SIP deregistration message, sends it to the IP multimedia subsystem domain, and deletes the registration information relative to the user.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein, when receiving a message indicative of that the IP multimedia subsystem domain requests to deregister the registered user in the subsequent procedure, the access gateway control function entity deletes the registration information relative to the user.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein, the access gateway control function entity stores the terminal status issued by the access gateway function entity and the registration status of the user corresponding to the terminal in the IP multimedia subsystem domain, and when receiving a message showing that the communication connection between the access gateway control function entity and the access gateway function entity is temporarily interrupted and then recovered, the access gateway control function entity performs synchronization for the status of the terminal.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein, during the procedure of performing synchronization for the terminal status, if detecting that the terminal status changes from the stored normal status to the detected abnormal status and the corresponding user has registered in the IP multimedia subsystem network, the access gateway control function entity constructs an SIP deregistration message, sends it to the IP multimedia subsystem domain and deletes the registration information relative to the user;

and if detecting that the terminal status changes from the stored abnormal status to the detected normal status and the corresponding user has not registered in the IP multimedia subsystem network yet, the access gateway control function entity indicates to initiate the registration procedure to the IP multimedia subsystem network for the user.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein, when detecting that communication with the access gateway function entity is interrupted, the access gateway control function entity constructs SIP deregistration messages for all registered users on the access gateway function entity and sends them to the IP multimedia subsystem domain so as to deregister the users in the IP multimedia subsystem domain.

15. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the access gateway function entity issues the statuses of a plurality of terminals in a message issuing the status of a terminal.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the access gateway control function entity issues at least one of a limited registration and a limited deregistration message within a time period, in response to a request of the access gateway control function entity to perform at least one of registration and deregistration for the users corresponding to the plurality of terminals to the IMS domain according to the issued statuses of the terminals.

17. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the access gateway control function entity and the access gateway function entity are arranged in a reliable security network domain to guarantee communication security therebetween.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein, a security path is arranged between the access gateway control function entity and the access gateway function entity to further guarantee the communication security.

19. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the access gateway control function entity allocates the same private identification to at least a part of traditional terminal users under its control.

20. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the access gateway control function entity allocates at least one public identification to each accessing user.

21. A method for deregistering a registered traditional terminal user, comprising the steps of:

an access gateway function entity controlled by an access gateway control function entity issuing that the status of a port corresponding to the traditional terminal user registered in the IMS domain is abnormal in which the access gateway control function entity allocates an IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification to the traditional terminal user and establishes a mapping relation between the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification and the line identification of the user, and the line identification is used for determining the access gateway function entity and port corresponding to the user; and

the access gateway control function entity determining the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification of the user according to the mapping relation, constructing a SIP deregistration message, send the SIP deregistration message to a call session control function entity in the IP multimedia subsystem domain and deleting the registration information relative to the user.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein, after receiving an issued message from the access gateway function entity, the access gateway control function entity replies a response message to the access gateway function entity.

23. A method for deregistering a traditional terminal user from an IP multimedia subsystem domain, comprising the steps of:

a call session control function entity in the IP multimedia subsystem domain sending a SIP Notify message for deregistering the traditional terminal user to an access gateway control function entity in which the access gateway function entity allocates an IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification to the traditional terminal user and establishes a mapping relation between the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification and the line identification of the user, and the line identification is used for determining the access gateway function entity and port corresponding to the user; and

after receiving the SIP Notify message, the access gateway control function entity deleting stored registration information of the user and replying a response message to the call session control function entity in the IP multimedia subsystem domain.

24. A communication system comprising an IMS network, an access gateway function entity, a plurality of terminal devices in a circuit domain, and an ACGF entity, wherein the IP multimedia subsystem network comprises a call session control function entity and the terminal devices are connected to the access gateway function entity, wherein the access gateway control function entity is connected between the call session control function entity and the access gateway function entity such that the terminals on the access gateway function entity are accessed to the IP multimedia subsystem domain under the control of the access gateway control function entity, and wherein the access gateway control function entity is capable of allocating an IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification comprising a public identification and a private identification to the user corresponding to the terminal device under the access gateway function entity and storing mapping relations between the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification and the line identification of the user.

25. The communication system according to claim 24, wherein, the communication system further comprises one or more access gateway function entities and the access gateway control function entity and the access gateway function entities are arranged in a reliable security network in which the access gateway function entities directly access the IP multimedia subsystem network through the access gateway control function entity.

26. An access gateway control function entity for a traditional terminal user to access an IP multimedia subsystem domain, comprising:

means for allocating an IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification comprising a public identification and a private identification to a traditional terminal user on an access gateway function entity controlled by the access gateway control function entity; and

means for establishing a mapping relation between the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification and a line identification of the user, the line identification being used for determining the access gateway function entity and port corresponding to the user;

wherein

when receiving at least one of a command and a message for a certain user terminal sent from the access gateway function entity, the access gateway control function entity determines the IP multimedia subsystem domain user identification of the user according to the mapping relation and sends a corresponding SIP message to the IP multimedia subsystem domain, or when receiving a SIP message sent from the IMS domain, the access gateway control function entity determines the line identification of the user according to the mapping relation and sends a corresponding at least one of a command and a message to the access gateway function entity based on the control protocol of the access gateway function entity, and the at least one of a command and a message is converted into an analog line signaling by the access gateway function entity and transmitted to the user terminal.

27. The entity according to claim 26, wherein, the access gateway control function entity and the access gateway function entity are arranged in a reliable security network domain to guarantee communication security therebetween.

28. The entity according to claim 26, wherein, the access gateway control function entity allocates the same private identification to at least a part of traditional terminal users under its control.

29. The entity according to claim 26, wherein, the access gateway control function entity allocates at least one public identification to each accessing user.