Method and system for call set-up between mobile communication terminals

• US 7,809,839 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2006
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Inventors: Yoon, Mi Ja
• Primary Examiner(s): Dalencourt, Yves
• Application Number:
  US11/340,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20060165043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,714 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 370/328, 370/338, 370/352, 370/389, 455/436, 455/509, 455/515, 455/517, 455/518, 455/519
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC

Abstract

A method and system for a call set-up in a mobile communication terminal perform a call set-up using a binary Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message of short data burst, instead of using a general traffic channel, when a call is set up between the mobile communication terminals on the basis of the SIP. Consequently, it is possible to minimize a delay time required for the call set-up between the mobile communication terminals for providing an SIP signaling protocol service.

Claims

1. A method for a call set-up between mobile communication terminals, comprising steps of:

receiving a signaling message for a call set-up with a call-incoming terminal from a call-originating terminal through short data burst (SDB);

setting up a traffic channel of the call-originating terminal depending on a first origination signal sent by the call-originating terminal after transmitting the signaling message;

receiving a response message of the call-incoming terminal to the signaling message; and

setting up a traffic channel of the call-incoming terminal depending on a second origination signal sent by the call-incoming terminal after transmitting the response message,

wherein the signaling message is a binary session initiation protocol (SIP) message comprising information about Method (MT), Application ID (AP), and Service Type (ST) for Push-To-Talk session,

wherein the step of setting up the traffic channel of the call-originating terminal comprises;

receiving the first origination signal from the call-originating terminal;

converting the binary SIP message received from the call-originating terminal into a standard full SIP message by a proxy server managing the call-originating terminal; and

routing the standard full SIP message to a group talk server (GTS), and

wherein the step of receiving the response message of the call-incoming terminal further comprises converting the response message from a standard full SIP type into a binary SIP type if the call-originating terminal is in a dormant state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the binary SIP message is structured to have a minimal size to be transmitted through the SDB.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signaling message is received through an access channel.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of setting up the traffic channel of the call-originating terminal further comprises a sub-step of routing the standard full SIP message to a media resource control server (MRC).

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the response message to the signaling message is a message of a standard full SIP type message transmitted from the MRC if a connection is made between the call-originating terminal and the MRC.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the call-incoming terminal tries an origination to set up the traffic channel of the call-incoming terminal, the call-originating terminal having received the standard full SIP message converted into the binary SIP message under dormant state.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step that the call-originating terminal starts a data transmission while the call-incoming terminal is being set up.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising a step that the call-incoming terminal receives and plays the data when the traffic channel of the call-incoming terminal is activated while the call-originating terminal transmits the data.

9. A system for a call set-up between mobile communication terminals, comprising:

a call-originating base station and first proxy server to receive a signaling message for a call set-up with a call-incoming terminal from a call-originating terminal, to receive a first origination signal for a set-up of a traffic channel from the call-originating terminal after receiving the signaling message, and to set up the traffic channel of the call-originating terminal depending on the first origination signal;

a call-incoming base station and second proxy server to transmit the signaling message to the call-incoming terminal, to receive a response message to the signaling message from the call-incoming terminal, to receive a second origination signal for a set-up of a traffic channel from the call-incoming terminal after receiving the response message, and to set up the traffic channel of the call-incoming terminal depending on the second origination signal; and

a group talk server (GTS) to intermediate between the call-originating base station and first proxy server and the call-incoming base station and second proxy server, and to transmit/receive the signaling message and the response message,

wherein the signaling message transmitted from the call-originating terminal is a binary session initiation protocol (SIP) message comprising information about Method (MT), Application ID (AP), and Service Type (ST) for Push-To-Talk session,

the first proxy server converts the binary SIP message sent from the call-originating terminal into a standard full SIP message, and then transmits the standard full SIP message to the GTS, and

wherein the first proxy server converts the response message of the call-incoming terminal from a standard full SIP type into a binary SIP type if the call-originating terminal is in a dormant state.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the call-incoming base station and second proxy server converts the standard full SIP message into a binary SIP message to transmit to the call-incoming terminal.

11. The system according to claim 9, further comprising a media resource control server (MRC) to receive the standard full SIP message from the GTS and to transmit the response message to the GTS.