Handling multiple voice over internet protocol (VoIP) calls via a single bearer

• US 8,780,799 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2011
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Kotecha, Lalit R., Kamdar, Kamlesh S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Ricky
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAMUEL, DEWANDA A
• Application Number:
  US13/098,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20120281685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 370/232, 370/235, 370/252, 370/230.1, 370/234, 370/236, 370/328
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A device receives a first request to establish a bearer with a first UE associated with a LTE device, where the first request includes first parameters associated with the first UE. The device also determines that the LTE device does not have the bearer established, and provides a new bearer request, with the first parameters, to a wireless network in order to establish the bearer with the LTE device at a first data rate. The device further receives a second request to establish another bearer with a second UE associated with the LTE device, where the second request includes second parameters associated with the second UE. The device determines that the LTE device has the bearer established, and provides a modify bearer request, with the second parameters, to the wireless network in order to modify the bearer with the LTE device to a second data rate.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a first request to establish a single bearer with a first user equipment associated with a long term evolution user (LTE) device, wherein the LTE device is a fixed wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) configured to provide access to an LTE network for a plurality of user equipment and the first request includes first parameters associated with the first user equipment;

determining, by the computing device, that the LTE device does not have the single bearer established;

providing, by the computing device, a new bearer request, with the first parameters, to a wireless network in order to establish the single bearer with the LTE device at a first data rate;

receiving, by a computing device, a second request to establish another bearer with a second user equipment associated with the LTE device, where the second request includes second parameters associated with the second user equipment;

determining, by the computing device, that the LTE device has the single bearer established for the first user equipment; and

providing, by the computing device, a modify bearer request, with the second parameters, to the wireless network in order to modify the single bearer with the LTE device to a second data rate.

2. The method of claim 1, where the second data rate includes a data rate for the use by the first user equipment and another data rate for use by the second user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1, where the first user equipment conducts a first call via the modified single bearer while the second user equipment conducts a second call via the modified single bearer.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a request to drop one of the first call or the second call; and

providing, based on the request to drop one of the first call or the second call, another modify bearer request to the wireless network in order reestablish the single bearer with the LTE device at the first data rate.

5. The method of claim 1, where determining that the LTE device has the single bearer established comprises:

identifying that the first user equipment and the second user equipment are associated with the same LTE device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the LTE device is configured to enable multiple non-LTE capable devices to make voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calls via the LTE network.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the first user equipment and the second user equipment comprise one of wire line telephones or Internet protocol (IP)-based devices.

8. A device, comprising:

a processor to;

receive a first request to establish a single bearer with a first user equipment associated with a long term evolution (LTE) device, wherein the LTE device is one of a WiFi access point or a fixed wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) and the first request includes first parameters associated with the first user equipment,

determine that the LTE device does not have the single bearer established in a wireless network,

provide a new bearer request, with the first parameters, to the wireless network in order to establish the single bearer with the LTE device at a first data rate,

receive a second request to establish another bearer with a second user equipment associated with the LTE device, where the second request includes second parameters associated with the second user equipment,

determine that the LTE device has the single bearer established in the wireless network, and

provide a modify bearer request, with the second parameters, to the wireless network in order to modify the single bearer with the LTE device to a second data rate, where the second data rate includes a data rate for the use by the first user equipment and another data rate for use by the second user equipment.

9. The device of claim 8, where the first user equipment conducts a first call via the modified single bearer while the second user equipment conducts a second call via the modified single bearer.

10. The device of claim 9, where the processor is further to:

receive a request to drop one of the first call or the second call; and

provide, based on the request to drop one of the first call or the second call, another modify bearer request to the wireless network in order reestablish the single bearer with the LTE device at the first data rate.

11. The device of claim 8, where, when determining that the LTE device has the single bearer established in the wireless network, the processor is further to:

identify that the first user equipment and the second user equipment are associated with the same LTE device.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the LTE device comprises the WiFi access point and the first user equipment and the second user equipment comprise WiFi devices.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the LTE device comprises the fixed wireless CPE and the first user equipment and the second user equipment comprise one of wire line telephones or Internet protocol (IP)-based devices.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a first call request from a first user equipment associated with a long term evolution (LTE) device, wherein the LTE device is one of a WiFi access point or a fixed wireless customer premises equipment (CPE);

providing, by the computing device, a first establish bearer request to a network device associated with a wireless network,

where the first establish bearer request includes first credentials associated with the first user equipment, and

where the network device establishes, based on the first establish bearer request, a single bearer with the LTE device at a first data rate;

receiving, by a computing device, a second call request from a second user equipment associated with the LTE device; and

providing, by the computing device, a second establish bearer request to the network device,

where the second establish bearer request includes second credentials associated with the second user equipment, and

where the network device modifies, based on the second establish bearer request, the single bearer with the LTE device to a second data rate.

15. The method of claim 14, where the second data rate includes a data rate for the use by the first user equipment and another data rate for use by the second user equipment.

16. The method of claim 14, where the first user equipment conducts a first call via the modified single bearer while the second user equipment conducts a second call via the modified single bearer.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a request to drop one of the first call or the second call; and

providing a drop call request to the network device based on the request to drop one of the first call or the second call,

where the network device reestablishes, based on the drop call request, the single bearer with the LTE device at the first data rate.

18. A device, comprising:

a processor to;

receive a first call request from a first user equipment associated with a long term evolution (LTE) device, wherein the LTE device is one of a WiFi access point or a fixed wireless customer premises equipment (CPE),

provide a first establish bearer request to a network device associated with a wireless network,

where the first establish bearer request includes first credentials associated with the first user equipment, and

where the network device establishes, based on the first establish bearer request, a single bearer with the LTE device at a first data rate,

receive a second call request from a second user equipment associated with the LTE device, and

provide a second establish bearer request to the network device,

where the second establish bearer request includes second credentials associated with the second user equipment,

where the network device modifies, based on the second establish bearer request, the single bearer with the LTE device to a second data rate, and

where the second data rate includes a data rate for the use by the first user equipment and another data rate for use by the second user equipment.

19. The device of claim 18, where the first user equipment conducts a first call via the modified single bearer at the same time the second user equipment conducts a second call via the modified bearer.

20. The device of claim 19, where the processor is further to:

receive a request to drop one of the first call or the second call, and

provide a drop call request to the network device based on the request to drop one of the first call or the second call, where the network device reestablishes, based on the drop call request, the single bearer with the LTE device at the first data rate.