Method of configuring parameters for data packet transmission

• US 7,680,058 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2002
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Castagnet, Stephane, Seurre, Emmanuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Ricky
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu, Ben H
• Application Number:
  US10/471,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20040076137A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,924 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/311, 370/254, 370/389, 370/401, 455/432, 455557-559
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of configuring parameters used to transmit packets of data between a data processing and/or transfer terminal, such as a computer or the like, for example, and a radiocommunication network, using a radiocommunication device, in particular a mobile station with an autonomous power supply.

The method is characterized in that it consists in authorizing dynamic configuration by the transfer and/or processing terminal of parameters defining a discontinuous reception mode of said radiocommunication device when in a standby mode, after static setting of said parameters by said device, as a function of the autonomy of said device, the responsiveness required of said device, and transmission requirements of said terminal.

Claims

1. A method of configuring parameters used to transmit packets of data between a terminal and a radiocommunication network, using a radiocommunication device comprising a mobile station with an autonomous power supply, which method is characterized in that it comprises the steps of authorizing dynamic configuration by the terminal of parameters defining a discontinuous reception mode of said radiocommunication device when in a standby mode, after static setting of said parameters by said device, as a function of the autonomy of said device, the responsiveness required of said device, and transmission requirements of said terminal, wherein said parameters correspond to DRX parameters defining the conditions of discontinuous reception and of listening to the network by the radiocommunication device when the device is not in a communication mode, and wherein said dynamic configuration of said parameters by said terminal comprises the steps of (i) setting the specific value of each DRX parameter in said terminal, (ii) transmitting said specific values from the terminal to the radiocommunication device, and (iii) starting a location request procedure in said radiocommunication device, in order to communicate the specific values of the DRX parameters to the network from the terminal.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the formats of the parameters whose values are transmitted from the terminal to the radiocommunication device correspond to the formats of parameters exchanged between said device and the serving GPRS support node (SGSN).

3. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the formats of the parameters whose values are transmitted from the terminal to the device correspond to those set in 3GPP Recommendation 24.008.

4. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the parameters comprise at least a field setting the period of listening for incoming calls, verifications effected by the radiocommunication device when the radiocommunication device is not listening continuously, an indicator indicating which discontinuous reception method is used, and a field indicating the period during which the device is listening continuously after completion of a packet transfer.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein said terminal is external of said radiocommunication device.

5. A system for transmitting data packets from a terminal to a telecommunication network via a radiocommunication device able to connect to said network, said device comprising a mobile station with an autonomous power supply, which system is characterized in that parameters defining said transmission are configured by authorizing dynamic configuration by the terminal of said parameters defining a discontinuous reception mode of said radiocommunication device when in a standby mode, after static setting of said parameters by said device, as a function of the autonomy of said device, the responsiveness required of said device, and transmission requirements of said terminal, and wherein said parameters comprise DRX parameters, wherein said parameters correspond to DRX parameters defining the conditions of discontinuous reception and of listening to the network by the radiocommunication device when the device is not in a communication mode, and wherein said dynamic configuration of said parameters by said terminal comprises the steps of (i) setting the specific value of each DRX parameter in said terminal, (ii) transmitting said specific values from the terminal to the radiocommunication device, and (iii) starting a location request procedure in said radiocommunication device, in order to communicate the specific values of the DRX parameters to the network from the terminal.

8. A system according to claim 5, wherein said terminal is external of said radiocommunication device.

6. A mobile radiocommunication device with an autonomous power supply, for use in a system for transmitting data packets from a terminal to a telecommunication network via said mobile radiocommunication device, said device having an autonomous power supply, which system is characterized in that parameters defining said transmission are configured by authorizing dynamic configuration by said terminal of said parameters defining a discontinuous reception mode of said radiocommunication device when in a standby mode, after static setting of said parameters by said device, as a function of the autonomy of said device, the responsiveness required of said device, and transmission requirements of said terminal, wherein said parameters correspond to DRX parameters defining the conditions of discontinuous reception and of listening to the network by the radiocommunication device when the device is not in a communication mode, and wherein said dynamic configuration of said parameters by said terminal comprises the steps of (i) setting the specific value of each DRX parameter in said terminal, (ii) transmitting said specific values from the terminal to the radiocommunication device, and (iii) starting a location request procedure in said radiocommunication device, in order to communicate the specific values of the DRX parameters to the network from the terminal.

9. A radiocommunication device according to claim 6, wherein said terminal is external of said radiocommunication device.