Method for verifications and fast QoS establishment

• US 8,195,175 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2005
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intertechnology Global LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Govindan, Saravanan, Cheng, Hong, Tan, Pek Yew
• Primary Examiner(s): LY, NGHI H
• Application Number:
  US12/159,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20100220665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,351 Days
• Field of Search: 455/450, 455/436, 455/442, 455/410, 455/411, 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2491 Mapping quality of service [QoS] requirements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]

Abstract

A wireless communication system is provided for rapidly establishing the QoS resource on different communication networks. In this system, the NAP evaluates a network resource used by the MT, and generates the QoS history information unit indicating the evaluation result. The AAA authenticates the QoS history information unit generated by the NAP. The NAP transmits the authenticated QoS history information unit to the MT. The MT request for a resource establishment to the NAP when switching the communicating party from the NAP to the NAP, and transmits the QoS history information unit. The NAP verifies the authenticity of the QoS history information unit to the AAA when receiving the request for resource establishment from the MT and allocates the network resource to the MT based on the QoS history information unit.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising a first communication network and a second communication network different from each other;

and a mobile wireless user terminal that communicates with the networks;

the system comprising;

the first communication network that evaluates a network resource used by the mobile wireless user terminal, and generates and transmits a QoS history information unit indicating the evaluation result to the mobile wireless user terminal,

the mobile wireless user terminal that requests for resource establishment to the second communication network when switching the communicating party from the first communication network to the second communication network and transmits the QoS history information unit to the mobile wireless user terminal; and

the second communication network that, when receiving the request for resource establishment from the mobile wireless user terminal, allocates the network resource to the mobile wireless user terminal based on the QoS history information.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 further comprising:

an external entity that authenticates the QoS history information unit generated in the first communication network, wherein

the second communication network verifies the authenticity of the QoS history information unit to the external entity when receiving the request for resource establishment from the mobile wireless user terminal.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 2, wherein external entity authenticates the QoS history information unit and provides a time-stamp;

and

the second communication network first verifies the authenticity of the QoS history information unit by analyzing the time-stamp.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first communication network summarizes the communication network service received by the mobile wireless user terminal and generates the QoS history information unit.

5. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the second communication network allocates a network resource so as to be the consistent service level provided to the mobile wireless user terminal by the first communication network.

6. A method of establishing a resource when a mobile wireless user terminal switches the communicating party from a first communication network to a second communication network, the method comprising:

a first step in which the first communication network evaluates a resource utilization of the mobile wireless user terminal;

a second step in which the first communication network generates and transmits a QoS history information unit indicating the evaluation result to the mobile wireless user terminal;

a third step in which the mobile wireless user terminal requests for a resource establishment to the second communication network and transmits the QoS history information unit; and

a fourth step in which the second communication network allocates the network resource to the mobile wireless user terminal based on the QoS history information unit.

7. The method of establishing resource according to claim 6, wherein

in the second step, the external entity authenticates the QoS history information unit generated in the first communication network;

and

in the fourth step, the second communication network verifies the authenticity of the QoS history information unit to the external entity when receiving the request for resource establishment from the mobile wireless user terminal.

8. The method of establishing resource according to claim 7, wherein

in the second step, the external entity authenticates the QoS history information unit and provides a time-stamp;

and

in the fourth step, the second communication network first verifies the authenticity of the QoS history information unit by analyzing the time-stamp.

9. The method of establishing resource according to claim 6, wherein in the second step, the first communication network summarizes the communication service network received by the mobile wireless user terminal and generates the QoS history information unit.

10. The method of establishing resource according to claim 6, wherein in the fourth step, the second communication network allocates the network resource so as to be the consistent service level provided to the mobile wireless user terminal by the first communication network.