Wireless communication system and routing method for packet switching service, femto AP using the routing method

• US 8,265,010 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Hsu, Yu-Ching, Gan, Chai-Hien, Liao, Hsin-Yu, Liang, Ching-Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): LIU, JUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/722,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20110103303A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370204-215, 370229-240, 370241-253, 370310-337, 370338-350, 370/395.1, 370/395.3, 370/395.4, 370/395.41, 370/395.42, 370/395.5, 370/395.52, 370/395.53, 370412-421, 370431-457, 370458-463, 370464-497, 370498-529
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2514 between local and global IP addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

A wireless communication system, a routing method for a packet switched service, and a Femto AP (FAP) using the routing method are provided. The wireless communication system may include a core network, a broadband IP network, a FAP and at least a user equipment (UE). The UE connects the core network through the FAP and the broadband IP network. The routing method is as follows. The FAP may evaluate a request of the packet switched service sent by the UE, and may reply an accept message to the UE. The accept message may include a FAP address. The UE may use the FAP address to send a packet switching data to the FAP in order to obtain the packet switched service. The FAP may directly conduct the packet switched service with a packet switched service supply end through the broadband IP network without routing through the core network.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a mobile core network, for providing a plurality of services;

a broadband IP network, connected to the mobile core network and a packet switched service supply end;

a Femto access point (FAP), connected to the broadband IP network, wherein the FAP has a session management function; and

a user equipment (UE), connected to the FAP through a wireless approach, so as to connect the broadband IP network through the FAP, and establish a connection channel with the mobile core network to obtain at least one of the services,

wherein when the UE performs a packet switched service request, an activate packet data protocol (PDP) context request message is sent to the FAP by the UE, the FAP evaluates the PDP context request message and determines whether a packet switched service accessed by the UE can be transmitted without routing through the mobile core network, if yes, the FAP generates and directly replies an activate PDP context accept message to the UE, wherein the activate PDP context accept message comprises a setting address provided by the FAP, and the UE sends a packet switching data to the FAP according to the setting address in order to obtain the packet switched service, and the FAP directly conduct the packet switched service with the packet switched service supply end through the broadband IP network.

2. The wireless communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the FAP evaluates the activate PDP context request message and before the FAP replies the activate PDP context accept message to the UE, a radio access bearer setup procedure is performed to confirm whether a session state satisfies a session quality of service (QoS) demand.

3. The wireless communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting address provided by the FAP is one of a plurality of configuration addresses that is selected as the setting address and assigned to the UE.

4. The wireless communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting address provided by the FAP is a private Internet protocol (IP) address that is generated by the FAP and assigned to the UE.

5. The wireless communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the UE and the FAP are connected through a standard mobile communication access protocol.

6. A routing method for a packet switched service, suitable for a wireless communication system including a mobile core network, a broadband IP network, a Femto AP (FAP) and a user equipment (UE), wherein the broadband IP network is connected to the mobile core network and a packet switched service supply end, and the UE is connected to the mobile core network through the FAP and the broadband IP network, the routing method for the packet switched service comprising:

sending an activate packet data protocol (PDP) context request message to the FAP by the UE when the UE performs a packet switched service request;

evaluating the PDP context request message and determining whether the packet switched service accessed by the UE can be transmitted without routing through the mobile core network by the FAP, and if yes, generating and directly replying an activate PDP context accept message to the UE by the FAP, wherein the activate PDP context accept message comprises a setting address provided by the FAP;

sending a packet switching data to the FAP by the UE according to the setting address in order to obtain the packet switched service; and

conducting the packet switched service with the packet switched service supply end by the FAP through the broadband IP network.

7. The routing method for the packet switched service as claimed in claim 6, wherein after the FAP evaluates the activate PDP context request message and before the FAP replies the activate PDP context accept message to the UE, a radio access bearer setup procedure is performed to confirm whether a session state satisfies a session quality of service (QoS) demand.

8. The routing method for the packet switched service as claimed in claim 6, wherein the setting address provided by the FAP is one of a plurality of configuration addresses that is appointed as the setting address and assigned to the UE.

9. The routing method for the packet switched service as claimed in claim 6, wherein the setting address provided by the FAP is a private Internet protocol (IP) address or a static address required by the UE that is generated by the FAP and assigned to the UE.

10. The routing method for the packet switched service as claimed in claim 6, wherein the UE and the FAP are connected through a standard mobile communication access protocol.

11. A Femto AP (FAP), suitable for a wireless communication system including a mobile core network, a broadband IP network, and a user equipment (UE), wherein the broadband IP network is connected to the mobile core network and a packet switched service supply end, and the UE is connected to the mobile core network through the FAP and the broadband IP network, the FAP comprises a storage medium storing a session management application software module, wherein the session management t application software module is used for executing a routing method for a packet switched service, which comprising:

receiving an activate packet data protocol (PDP) context request message from the UE when the UE performs a packet switched service request;

evaluating the PDP context request message and determining whether the packet switched service accessed by the UE can be transmitted without routing through the mobile core network by the FAP, and if yes, generating and directly replying an activate PDP context accept message to the UE, wherein the activate PDP context accept message comprises a setting address; and

conducting the packet switched service with the packet switched service supply end through the broadband IP network when a packet switching data that is sent by the UE according to the setting address in order to obtain the packet switched service is received.

12. The FAP as claimed in claim 11, wherein after the activate PDP context request message is evaluated and before the activate PDP context accept message is replied to the UE, a radio access bearer setup procedure is performed to confirm whether a session state satisfies a session quality of service (QoS) demand.

13. The FAP as claimed in claim 11, wherein the provided setting address is one of a plurality of IP addresses assigned by the broadband IP network that is appointed as the setting address and assigned to the UE.

14. The FAP as claimed in claim 11, wherein the setting address is a private IP address or a static address required by the UE that is generated and assigned to the UE.

15. The FAP as claimed in claim 11, wherein a method for generating the activate PDP context accept message comprises:

transmitting the activate PDP context request message to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN);

generating and transmitting back a PDP context by a gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) according to a request of the SGSN; and

transmitting back the activate PDP context accept message by the SGSN according to the PDP context.

16. The FAP as claimed in claim 15, further comprising executing a radio access bearer setup procedure to establish a session QoS between the UE and the mobile core network.

17. The FAP as claimed in claim 11, wherein the activate PDP context request message is a PDP context request message in a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), and the activate PDP context accept message is a PDP context accept message in the UMTS.

18. The FAP as claimed in claim 11, wherein the PDP context is an EPS bearer under a system architecture evolution (SAE) mode.

19. A non-transitory storage medium, for storing a session management application software module, and applied in a Femto AP for executing a routing method for a packet switched service, the Femto AP being suitable for a wireless communication system including a mobile core network, a broadband IP network, and a user equipment (UE), wherein the broadband IP network is connected to the mobile core network and a packet switched service supply end, and the UE is connected to the mobile core network through the FAP and the broadband IP network, the routing method for the packet switched service that is executed by the session management application software module comprising:

receiving an activate packet data protocol (PDP) context request message from the UE when the UE performs a packet switched service request;

evaluating the PDP context request message and determining whether the packet switched service accessed by the UE can be transmitted without routing through the mobile core network by the FAP, and if yes, generating and directly replying an activate PDP context accept message to the UE, wherein the activate PDP context accept message comprises a setting address; and

conducting the packet switched service with the packet switched service supply end through the broadband IP network when a packet switching data that is sent by the UE according to the setting address in order to obtain the packet switched service is received.