Private mobility management enhancements
First Claim
1. A wireless terminal associated with a communication network, said wireless terminal comprising:
- memory for storing a network address of a mobility server configured to supplement mobility management operations of said communication network;
a prediction processor configured to predict future mobility management events associated with said wireless terminal; and
a message processor configured to generate mobility messages based on said prediction and to send said mobility messages as user-plane messages to said mobility server at said stored network address over a traffic data channel.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus described herein uses a mobility server to supplement the mobility management operations of a conventional mobile switching circuit (MSC). The mobility server receives mobility messages from a wireless terminal, and updates a location register associated with the MSC responsive to the received mobility messages. According to one exemplary embodiment, the mobility server has a pre-determined network address, such as a phone number, IP address, etc. The wireless terminal sends the mobility messages as user-plane messages to the pre-determined network address over a traffic data channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the mobility messages indicate the imminent loss of usable base station signals at an identified wireless terminal. For this embodiment, the mobility server may identify a satellite beam associated with the wireless terminal'"'"'s location based on the received mobility messages, and update the location register accordingly.
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1. A wireless terminal associated with a communication network, said wireless terminal comprising:
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memory for storing a network address of a mobility server configured to supplement mobility management operations of said communication network; a prediction processor configured to predict future mobility management events associated with said wireless terminal; and a message processor configured to generate mobility messages based on said prediction and to send said mobility messages as user-plane messages to said mobility server at said stored network address over a traffic data channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of supplementing mobility management operations in a communication network comprising:
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storing a network address of a mobility server configured to supplement mobility management operations of said communication network in a memory of a wireless terminal; predicting future mobility management events associated with said wireless terminal; generating mobility messages based on said prediction; and sending said mobility messages to said mobility server at said stored network address as user-plane messages over a traffic data channel. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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