Short user messages in system control signaling

• US 8,280,417 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Venkatachalam, Muthaiah, Taaghol, Pouya, Mohanty, Shantidev, Yang, Xiangying
• Primary Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US12/646,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20100279717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: 455/69, 455/70, 455/72, 455/403, 455/418, 455/420, 455/446, 455/466, 4554561-4563, 4554565-4566, 455/511, 455/515, 455517-519, 455/550.1, 455/556.2, 455557-558, 455560-561, 4554121-4122, 455/415, 455/434, 455/500, 455/514, 455/551, 455566-567, 370/300, 370/310, 370312-313, 370/328, 370348-349, 370/469, 370473-474, 370/477, 370/913, 707/692, 707/695, 707700-701
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Short user messages can be conveyed in system management signaling for a data or telephony network. In one example, a first control message is sent from a first radio to a second radio, the control message including a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of the first radio to a user of a third radio. In response, a second control message is received in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending a first control message from a first radio to a second radio, the control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the first control message, a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of the first radio to a user of the second radio and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message;

receiving a second control message in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the second control message, a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reply is an acknowledgment of the short message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the reply is a second short message from a remote user to the user of the first radio.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second short message is from a user of a third radio.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the short message is a text message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the short message is a short message service message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the short message is a multimedia message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data field is assigned for use for the control message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first control message is a media access control message.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the media access control message is used for connected mode and idle mode media access control operations.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a page from the second radio and wherein sending the first control message is in response to receiving the page.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first control message is a location update.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising encrypting the short message at an application layer before sending.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the short message is encrypted, the method further comprising decrypting the response to the short message at an application layer.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a processor to generate a control message, the control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the first control message, a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of a first radio to a user of a second radio and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message; and

a transceiver to send the control message from the first radio to the second radio and to receive a second control message in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the second control message, a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message and a type identification to identify the contents of data field as a short message.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further to encrypt the short message at an application layer before sending.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the data field is assigned for use for a control message.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when operated on by the machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

sending a first control message from a first radio to a second radio, the control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the first control message, a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of the first radio to a user of a third radio and a type identification to identify the contents of data field as a short message;

receiving a second control message in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a control message type to identify a type of media access control for the second control message, a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message and a type identification to identify the contents of the data field as a short message.

19. The medium of claim 18, the instructions further comprising receiving a page from the second radio and wherein sending the first control message is in response to receiving the page.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the first control message is a location update.